From: perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman)
Subject: Re: Y. Rabin's war crimes 1948-1988
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:36:03 GMT

In article <1g9hhkINNhl3@manuel.anu.edu.au> bdm@cs.anu.edu.au writes:
>
>In article <1992Dec10.203133.13557@colorado.edu> Eric Perlman writes:
>>In article <1g6m5lINNt4r@manuel.anu.edu.au> bdm@cs.anu.edu.au writes:
>>>In article 6569@colorado.edu, perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman) writes:
>>>>In article <1483500304@igc.apc.org> cpr@igc.apc.org (Center for Policy Research) writes:
>
>I have chosen not to follow-up on the "ethnic cleansing" theme.  
>You know me well enough to know that doesn't mean I agree with you.

Fair enough.

>>>>>In the 1967 war between Israel and Jordan, Yitzhak Rabin was Chief
>>>>>of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces. In this short war some
>>>>>5.000 inhabitants from three villages in the Latrun triangle
>>>>>between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (Emwas, Beit Nuba and Yalou) were
>>>>>expelled by the Israeli army and their villages totally destroyed.
>>>>>An Israeli soldier, Amos Kenan, who took part in the expulsions,
>>>>>described these acts in a report sent to all Israeli Members of
>>>>>Parliament.  Mr. Yitzhak Rabin admitted in Canadian TV personal
>>>>>responsibility for the expulsions and the destruction of these
>>>>>villages.
>[...]
>>He's right about the three villages, though.
>
>>Actually, I was aware of the Latrun triangle situation, though I think
>>those villages were destroyed by the war itself, and those who fled fled
>>just as much because Jordanian fire was destroying homes as because
>>Israel was firing back.
>
>You are mistaken.  The reference is to actions taken after the 
>ceasefire.  These villages (and I think some others) were destroyed 
>as a calculated Israeli action.  I suggest you look up Amos Kenan's 
>testimony.  Two places it appears are This Land is Our Land (Metzer, 
>Orth, & Sterling, p135) and Documents from Israel (Davis and Mezvinsky).  
>Each gives further references.  If Kenan is not lying (something I 
>can't argue without doing more research than I have time for) the
>villagers were just driven out of their homes and left to fend for
>themselves in the countryside.  Bits of the last two paragraphs:

[paragraphs deleted for brevity]

I won't debate this till I check them out for myself.  Thanks for the
references.  Given that it's finals time and I also have a poster paper
and lots of other things in the works that may take a little time.

>>I'm willing to bet that the same group would
>>>>probably call the likes of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the leader who started 
>>>>the 1948 war with genocidal aims towards the returned Jews 
>
>>>If that is true, you should be able to present some evidence for it.
>>>It would be the first I have seen.
>
>>I was under the impression that quite a lot of evidence for it had been
>>presented in this forum.  Evidently there is disagreement about that.
>
>Well, you can make an indirect argument based on his war-time activities
>(let's not get into that again so soon, please!).  

I think you know from past discussions on this theme that that's my main
basis for believing as I do about al-Husseini.  I don't think I want to
re-open that can of worms right now, though.


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     Eric S. Perlman 				 <perlman@qso.colorado.edu> 
  Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
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