Friday, July 4, 2008

1948, Israel, and the Palestinians: Annotated Text

"Sixty years after its establishment by an internationally recognized act of self-determination, Israel remains the only state in the world that is subjected to a constant outpouring of the most outlandish conspiracy theories and blood libels...."

So begins an article by Efraim Karsh in CommentaryMagazine.com.

The article is important because it details (with an abundance of citations from recently released documents) how the ME conflict was "created", with deliberation, by the ruling families within the Palestinian Arab world and the greater Pan Arab world.

If you're interested in how and why of the conflict, and have a bent for history, then this article is for you. Let it not be said that you didn't have the opportunity to inform yourself.

Click here to open to the story.

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