Zionism and its Impact
Zionism and its Impact
Ami Isseroff concentrates her intellectual energies on debunking the lies about Zionism on the internet.
Zionism and its Impact
Effect of Zionist Settlement on Arab Palestinian Economy and Society
What was actual impact of Zionist Settlement on the Arabs of Palestine?
A widely circulated article by Ann M. Lesch, entitled "Zionism and its Impact" (undated article at the Washington Report of Middle East Affairs originally at the "Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians" ) charges that the Zionist movement had the aim of expelling the Arabs of Palestine, and accomplished its aim by carefully thought out policies from the start of the British Mandate until the Israeli war of Independence in 1948. Lesch claims:
The dispossession and expulsion of a majority of Palestinians were the result of Zionist policies planned over a thirty-year period. Fundamentally, Zionism focused on two needs:
to attain a Jewish majority in Palestine;
to acquire statehood irrespective of the wishes of the indigenous population. Non-recognition of the political and national rights of the Palestinian people was a KEY Zionist policy.
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The implementation of those approaches led to the formation of independent Israel, at the cost of dismembering the Palestinian community and fostering long-term hostility with the Arab world.
Lesch's article is an amplification of the thesis propagated by Arab Palestinians and anti-Zionists since the inception of the Zionist movement, that Zionist settlement of Palestine was aimed at dislocating the Arabs and would have that effect. The unspoken reasoning behind the thesis was that Palestine was like a full box. If one person was put into the box, another would have to be taken out. The idea spread rapidly among by the Arabs of Palestine, who managed to convince the British as well, and caused them to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine. That was the result of anti-Zionism and its impact.
The evidence does not support Lesch's assertions. MORE
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Posted by Ted Belman at December 15, 2005 10:02 AM
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Zionism and its Impact
Ami Isseroff concentrates her intellectual energies on debunking the lies about Zionism on the internet.
Zionism and its Impact
Effect of Zionist Settlement on Arab Palestinian Economy and Society
What was actual impact of Zionist Settlement on the Arabs of Palestine?
A widely circulated article by Ann M. Lesch, entitled "Zionism and its Impact" (undated article at the Washington Report of Middle East Affairs originally at the "Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians" ) charges that the Zionist movement had the aim of expelling the Arabs of Palestine, and accomplished its aim by carefully thought out policies from the start of the British Mandate until the Israeli war of Independence in 1948. Lesch claims:
Lesch's article is an amplification of the thesis propagated by Arab Palestinians and anti-Zionists since the inception of the Zionist movement, that Zionist settlement of Palestine was aimed at dislocating the Arabs and would have that effect. The unspoken reasoning behind the thesis was that Palestine was like a full box. If one person was put into the box, another would have to be taken out. The idea spread rapidly among by the Arabs of Palestine, who managed to convince the British as well, and caused them to limit Jewish immigration to Palestine. That was the result of anti-Zionism and its impact.
The evidence does not support Lesch's assertions. MORE
Basil's for Breakfast, Jo's Cafe, Reasoned Audacity, TMH's Bacon Bits, Liberal Common Sense
Posted by Ted Belman at December 15, 2005 10:02 AM