David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s revered founding father and first prime minister, described the partition plan as “the most wonderful lever for the gradual conquest of all of Palestine.”
For many Palestinians, Israel’s war in Gaza and the Hamas attack last October that provoked it are not standalone events, but the culmination of 75 years of abuse and erasure by the Israeli government.
Source: What was the Nakba? And why does 1948 matter so much to Palestinians and Israelis? | Salon.com
In the late 19th century, travelers on the long road from Jaffa to Jerusalem could stop at a rest station to relax and have a cup of (overpriced) coffee. This past, and the story of Jerusalem opening itself to the world, has been lost in the Zionist retelling of history. By Yonathan Mizrachi There is an ongoing debate in Israel over whether an Ottoman-era site along the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway should commemorate the actions in 1948 of the late, deeply controversial Rehavam Ze’evi, or the Harel Brigade of the Palmach, the pre-state incarnation of the Israel Defense Forces. But the…
Source: Remembering the history Israel swept aside in 1948 | +972 Magazine
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