Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...account is incorrect and unbalanced on several points. Though a Jewish state may have been created in the midst of an Arab population, a Jewish homeland was not. Jews have lived in Israel and called it home for millennia. If the aspirations for an independent Jewish state were merely political, the early Zionists would have chosen the much less complicated option of establishing a state in Uganda...
Tadros also eschews historical accuracy by ignoring that the War for Independence was in fact an invasion of Israel by six Arab nations and that much of the Palestinian exodus occurred at the behest of these invading armies: as Glubb Pasha, former commander of the Arab legion, stated, "villages were frequently abandoned [by Palestinians] even before they were threatened by the progress...
...easy trick. The trick works something like this: find some notorious evil people and compare your opponent to them. By referring to an ongoing tragedy that has been in the news, Tadros tries to fool us into associating the horrible images we've seen of Bosnia, with the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is a clever move because it forces the "pro-Israel side" to have to explain how and why the Israelis aren't rapists and murderers. This is essentially a variation on the old "when-did-you-stop-beating-your wife" strategy. If anything, Tadros is doing a disservice...
...article also states that "Israel proceeded to carry out one of the most stable transitions into democratic statehood...in January of 1949 [Israel] extend[ed] votes and citizenship rights equally to all, including its substantial Arab minority." Yet until after 1956, Palestinians living in Israel needed to obtain travel permits in order to leave their towns. In South Africa, this is known as apartheid. What kind of democracy discriminates against some of its people based on race...
Five decades later, Israel is still a stable democracy engaged in an earnest effort to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to a peaceful, stable and secure resolution. It is economically strong and technologically sophisticated. Israel's Independence Day is truly a cause for celebration for Israelis and Jews and free people around the world...