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Israel/Palestine

Nitram

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4. If the goal was to kill, physically remove or scare Palestinians away from Israel, that is indeed...

Reply to shira (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 11:45 AM

Oct 2016

...ethnic cleansing. And there is no need to deflect using examples of the sins of other countries. Sadly, there are many.

Simple Definition of Ethnic Cleansing by Merriam-Webster

"The practice of removing or killing people who belong to an ethnic group that is different from the ruling group in a country or region."

Full Definition of ethnic cleansing

: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

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Mondoweiss: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ becomes ‘No ethnic cleansing’ in Israeli history by Benny Morris [View all] Little Tich Oct 2016 OP

Israel Conducted No Ethnic Cleansing in 1948 Little Tich Oct 2016 #1

December 1947 – March 1948 Nitram Oct 2016 #2

Compared to Americans & Europeans in WW2, that was quite tame for those times. shira Oct 2016 #3

If the goal was to kill, physically remove or scare Palestinians away from Israel, that is indeed... Nitram Oct 2016 #4

How do you know the goal was to remove or scare all Pal'ns from Israel? shira Oct 2016 #5

Um, shira, did you actually read the post you commented on earlier? I'll copy for you. Nitram Oct 2016 #6

Yes. What do you make of Benny Morris' recent article? n/t shira Oct 2016 #7