1. What is Plan Dalet?
2. Who devised Plan Dalet?
3. When was Plan Dalet implemented?
4. What resulted from Plan Dalet?
5. Why is Plan Dalet relevant today?
1. What is Plan Dalet?
On March 10, 1948, Zionist political and military leaders met at the "Red House" in Tel Aviv and agreed to Plan Dalet, which called for the systematic expulsion of Palestinians from areas sought for the soon-to-be-founded state of Israel. The plan led to what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba.
At that time (1948), Jews owned only about seven percent of the land in Palestine and constituted about 33 percent of the population. The Palestinians' presence and predominant ownership of the land were obstacles to the creation of a Jewish state. Moshe Sharett, Israel's second prime minister, said "We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it."
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Note: This post addresses the issue of one of the most fraudelent hasbara myths widely spread today: "They were not forced out, they fled"
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"Israel has since claimed that it was attacked by surrounding Arab states immediately after its founding on May 14, 1948, and that refugees fled due to the ensuing conflict. In fact, Plan Dalet predated the entrance of the Arab states into war with Israel. Some 250,000 Palestinians were expelled in the two months between the March 10 adoption of Plan Dalet and the establishment of Israel in mid-May. The stream of refugees into the Arab states created pressure on them to intervene to stanch the flow. It is more accurate to say that the refugee flight caused Arab intervention than the other way around."
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ReplyDeleteFarshoot, Egypt (AINA) -- Since early morning on Saturday, November 21, the Upper Egyptian town of Farshoot, as well as the neighboring villages of Kom Ahmar, Shakiki and Ezbet Waziri, has been the scene of ongoing Muslim mob violence against Coptic Christian inhabitants. The mob looted, vandalized and burnt Coptic property, while Copts hid indoors fearing to venture out. Reuters Cairo reported that a witness said "chaos is overwhelming (in the city)."
http://www.aina.org/news/20091121211751.htm
<span>Off topic, but newsworthy.
ReplyDeleteFarshoot, Egypt (AINA) -- Since early morning on Saturday, November 21, the Upper Egyptian town of Farshoot, as well as the neighboring villages of Kom Ahmar, Shakiki and Ezbet Waziri, has been the scene of ongoing Muslim mob violence against Coptic Christian inhabitants. The mob looted, vandalized and burnt Coptic property, while Copts hid indoors fearing to venture out. Reuters Cairo reported that a witness said "chaos is overwhelming (in the city)."
http://www.aina.org/news/20091121211751.htm</span>
Rashid khalidi from his book The Iron Cage:
ReplyDelete<p>This argument furthermore ignores the fact that in many cases palestinians were driven out of areas where there was no fighting,where there were local truces,or where fighting had long ended,and that the vast majority were not allowed to return to their homes even after the fighting was over . Most importantly ,it ignores a basic fact,which had been clear to those with any sense on both sides since the beginning of the conflict a few decades earlier.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">This was that if a state with a jewish majority controlling the bulk of the land was to be created in Palestine,a country with a massive Arab majority with uncontested legal claim to the lion's share of privately owned land,the expulsion of a large part of this majority and the seizure of their land were absolutely necessary</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">.</span>This fact was the basis of the extraordinary discussion amongst Zionist leader in the 1920 and 1930s (always private,so as not to reveal the unfriendly ears of the true intentions of the movement ) concerning the "transfer" of the Arab population outside the frontiers of mandatory Palestine.
<p>The very term "transfer",still occasionally used in Israel public discourse,is an Orwellian euphemism for the violent removal of a people from a country.It is what would be called toddy "ethnic cleansing", but rarely applied to what happened in 1948.
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ReplyDelete<p>This was a fantastic concept at best,and a sinister one at worst,since it was manifestly clear to all concerned that the palestinians had no intention of allowing themselves to be "transferred' out of their own country,and that if they were to be made to leave , massive force would be required.
I want to beat anan for the longest comments.
ReplyDeleteEven though I appreciate what you posted VAA, it is not necessary to use long comments to beat anan. Seeing that he says almost nothing which resembles the truth in his comments, and some are so bereft of common knowledge that is is a wonder that he ties his shoe laces in the morning without help.
ReplyDelete<span>I want to beat anan for the longest comments.</span>
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Not a good idea if you ask me. What if he takes up the challenge?
America's client, vza, Israel's friend. No criticism please. It's not as if this were happening in Syria.
ReplyDelete" ... it is a wonder that he ties his shoe laces in the morning without help."
ReplyDeleteHow can you be sure that he does, v?
Oh baloney. It does not matter where it is happening.
ReplyDelete<span style="">How can you be sure that he does</span>
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Jemmy , are you implying mummy does it ? Lah lah lah ....Haram. :-D
<span style="">Not a good idea if you ask me. What if he takes up the challenge?</span>
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Well then he gets to be a Haj. Haj anan lol
Egypt is one of America's worst enemies. At least Syria doesn't wear those silly fake smiles.
ReplyDeleteI just left a link for this post at:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/11/terrorisms-mask.php
You might get some visitors.
However, I should have also left a link to Khalidi's book the "Iron Cage." I really like and admire Khalidi. {When Palin attacked Khalidi, I was dissipointed. Hell, who am I kidding. The way she so completely mispronounced Khalidi's name . . . I laughed my head off.}