Palestinian villages lost in 1948 war - 13 May 08

Al Jazeera's correspondent, David Chater, takes an indepth look at the formation of Israel and the ensuing Palestinian catastrophe, or the Nakba, from the eyes of a West Bank village of Beit Tul.
Sixty years of war, division and unresolved conflict preclude Israel's 60th anniversary since it had declared independence in 1948, but their creation as a state is scarred by the deadly battle for control of land.

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[arabi1024]

israel is wrong no matter what u say n u kno it so jus shut ur stupid ass up

[majdijr]

Jews cannot kill Muslims !!! Your problem is not with muslims, dont make it sound like a holy war, 40% of Palestine's population were christians and thanks to you its something like 5% now. You destroyed churches and kicked christians like you did to muslims. Your problem is with the Arabs and not with muslims or christians.

As for the Mufti (God bless his soul) you know he was so desperate and wanted at any cost to stop the Zionist plans to take over Palestine

[AbbadiLaith]

Zionists raised a rifle not Palestinians

Jews, Muslims and Christians used to live in peace before the establishment of Israel

[pcangeldust]

@collision934 That's because the Zionist own/runs the media industry in the US and has strong influence in politics etc.

[thegodfather90able]

One day Palestine will be free ! they will never forget nor forgive those basters Zionist gangs who control everything like a cancer they said Palestine was a desert was empty then how you could U explain basters all those Olives trees that have been there from long time and how do U explain that all the Palestinians R farmers; U started this fire against them and your excuse was the religion, the lie that U had wrote in your holy books, God wiling dosen`t say take the land after U got punish

[MUDSHARK111]

@ELVISCHALLENGE Israel was born out of Jewish terrorism.Israel might have been legally recognised by the UN after Zionist pressure and back door shenanigans . but there was nothing ethical or fair about it .and this crap about the Palestinians being a fiction might work on the ignorant but to any one with more than a passing interest can find out the history.however it is largely irrelevant as they sure as shit exist now, and they have as much right to as Israel ever did.

[IustitiaPax]

@ELVISCHALLENGE In reality, the Palestinians (Both Christians and Muslims among them) are the descendants of the ancient Christianized Hebrews, mixed with nearby Arab tribes, with Phoenicians, Samaritans, Assyrians and later Byzantine Greeks and some Latin Crusaders. These are the Palestinians. The Caucasus-based rabbis and their descendants are genetically nearly unrelated to the Holy Land. The Palestinians are natives, not European Jews.

[ELVISCHALLENGE]

Q: How many Jewish homes and lives were lost by pogroms and murders in Arab lands - of Jews who lived in those lands before Islam existed? The difference is, Palestine was the Jewish land, the name was applied to Judea by Rome - not to any Islamic lands. Israel was re-established legally, unlike the Arab regimes which are historical fictions and never existed 120 years ago.

[maggiestardust]

@ramysayegh Even History Books have a side in this story.. Israels History books says that its their country and vice Versa with Palestine books.. So in this case you cant really rely on the books .. Im sorry to say that ..

[Bloomfieldcrew]

@collision934

Yeah but they gave them land, and food and they started to fire rockets at towns. And come on not wine about how the jewish people stole their land, palestines started the war in 1948 and lost their land, there came more wars but they didn't thought of the fact that the jewish people had lost everything in the holocaust. So when they got their country, they will fight tot the end to defend it.

[PhobetorXVII]

@arabi1024 fuck you arab pig

itbah al arab