Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: attenzione alle parole

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3783717,00.html
Every time someone writes, speaks of ‘Palestinians’ a myth is
reinforced
Moshe Dann
The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Nakba
(catastrophe) for Arabs, and the aggression by five well-armed Arab
countries, assisting local Arab gangs and militias that had been
attacking Jews for years, placed Jews in Israel and the state in
mortal danger.
Fighting back, Israel eventually negotiated an armistice in 1949 that
allowed a respite from open war, albeit not terrorism, and without
peace. The Egyptians occupied the Gaza Strip; the Jordanians occupied
Judea, Samaria and the eastern part of Jerusalem, including the Old
City and Temple Mount; Syria continued to occupy the Golan Heights,
from which it constantly shelled Israeli settlements; all trained and
supplied terrorists who raided Israel. The UN did nothing.
Arabs who left homes and property in Israel and many from other
countries who joined Arab armies and did not want to return, remained
in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, most as "refugees" under the care of UNRWA.
This heterogeneous population was called "Arab refugees," not
"Palestinians," because at the time there was no such group, or
people.
One reason they were called "Arab refugees" was because there were
many other refugees in Palestine, who were Jewish. Hundreds of
thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries streamed into Israel.
UNRWA offered no aid, although Jewish refugees had lost everything and
the newly established state had few resources.
t took a crafty Egyptian, Yasser Arafat, to create the PLO with his
friends to promote the destruction of Israel and the return of Arab
refugees. Arab countries saw them as convenient proxies in their war
against Israel, to "liberate Palestine."
Except for Jordan, no Arab host country permitted the newcomers to
obtain citizenship; as temporary residents, their civil and
humanitarian rights were harshly restricted.
The designation "Palestinian" did not become widely accepted until
after the war in 1967, in which Israel, in self-defense, captured
areas that had been assigned to a Jewish State by the League of
Nations and Mandate, and then occupied by Arab countries: Judea,
Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem; the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, rich in
Jewish history and archeology, and the Sinai Peninsula.
As the PLO launched mega-terrorist attacks around the world,
"Palestinianism" became accepted, backed by the Arab League, Muslim
and "non-aligned" countries, and the United Nations.
As the proportion of anti-Israel countries in the UN grew,
"Palestinians" were given more and more recognition, support and
legitimacy, unlike any other group.
And the fraud worked! It worked so well because the world's media
accepted the Palestinians' self-definition and their cause. Even the
Israeli media, politicians and jurists adopted this myth. Academics
promoted "Palestinian archeology," "Palestinian society and culture."
Every time someone writes or speaks of "Palestinians" it reinforces
this myth.
‘Liberating Palestine’
Most major newspapers use only the term "West Bank" – a Jordanian
reference from 1950 to distinguish the area from the "East Bank" –
rather than its authentic names, Judea and Samaria, apparently to deny
its Jewish history.
"Palestinian" came to mean Arabs who lived in Judea, Samaria and Gaza
– as well as those in UNRWA-sponsored "refugee camps" in Lebanon,
Syria and Jordan, and hundreds of thousands of "Palestinians" living
throughout the world. By UNRWA's unique and controversial definition,
anyone who claims to live or have lived in Palestine, and all
descendents, forever, are considered "Palestinian," with full rights
and privileges.
Spread among 58 "refugee camps" (in many cases entire towns) UNRWA's
over half-billion dollar budget supports about 1.5 million "refugees
in camps" and 5 million "registered refugees;" the total population is
expected to reach 7 or 8 million next year, and growing.
As Palestinian nationalism spread among Israeli Arabs, the term became
an identity magnet for Arabs on both sides of the 1949 Armistice Line
– the "Green Line," as well as those living in other countries. Today,
"Palestinian" can be anyone who for whatever reason identifies as
such, including their children, grandchildren, etc.
This amalgam of national identity is possible because "Palestinian" is
not a separate, unique linguistic, cultural, ethnic, religious or
racial group. Nor does this motley group, currently led by Fatah and
Hamas terrorist organizations, aspire to a country with clearly
defined borders. Their goal is not statehood, but exterminating the
Jews, thereby "liberating Palestine."
The success of "Palestinianism" is a tribute to what money, influence
and Jew-hatred will buy and attract. That Jewish and Israeli media and
NGO's support Palestinianism stems from liberal ideals of helping
those who are less fortunate, the underdog, and even a genuine,
although misdirected desire to live in peace, a supreme Jewish value.
Although there's probably no way to prevent the notion of
"Palestiniansm" from spreading, there's no reason to ignore it, and
less to accept it. Arabs of Palestine are entitled to civil and human
rights in the countries in which they have resided for generations.
That there needs to be a second Arab Palestinian state, in addition to
Jordan, which was carved out of Palestine and whose population is two-
thirds "Palestinian," and whether such a state will resolve all the
attendant problems is extremely doubtful.
That the State of Israel should commit suicide to accomplish this goal
is unthinkable.
 The author, a former assistant professor of History, is a writer and
journalist living in Israel.

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Si pu� perdere tempo a leggere oltre, dopo questo fessissimo incipit? 
Suvvia, non insultare la tua intelligenza, che io, come sai, apprezzo. 
Israele *ha* un problema *palestinese* (contribuisco perfidamente al "mito" 
:); riconoscerlo, beh, � una parte della soluzione. Non riconoscerlo fa 
invece parte del mondo dello spettacolo (quanto meno, per chi abita 
altrove). Che dici? Discuterete del problema o dobbiamo (noi che abitiamo 
altrove) munirci di birra & patatine? Per noi "aliens" � l'istess, eh.
Namib 

 altrove). Che dici? Discuterete del problema
dipende con chi. Per quel che si vede, ogni volta che si discute con i
palestinesi aumentano gli attentati, quando si discute dei palestinesi
il numero delle vittime civili diminuisce. Se tu vivessi in Israele te
ne saresti accorto.

 il numero delle vittime civili diminuisce.
Quindi, meglio abolire la realt�, per motivi di sicurezza? Oh, scusa se ho 
interrotto "La cantatrice calva", eh.
Namib 

 Suvvia, non insultare la tua intelligenza
Ha mandato un tot di domande a un po' di Lost&Found sparsi per il
mondo, ma della suddetta intelligenza ancora nessuna notizia.

 Quindi, meglio abolire la realtà,
La realta' dice che l'idea di terra in cambio di pace ha portato ad
aumenti degli attentati. E la realta' dice anche che fino a un paio di
generazioni fa nessuno parlava di palestinesi ma solo di rifugiati
arabi, E ancora anni dopo la guerra dei sei giorni, c'erano istruttori
di guida arabi, che vivevano a Ramallah e davano lezioni di guida a
minorenni ebree (di quelle che poi sono state definite "colone"), a
testimonianza del fatto che una convivenza c'era. Il resto lo ha fatto
la guerra fredda. che anche quella fa parte della realta'. In breve,
la realta' dice (e te lo ripeto) che  gli attentati diminuiscono con
un governo di destra. Sara' mica che sanno trattare in maniera
convincente?

 La realta' dice che l'idea di terra in cambio di pace
Questi sono problemi vostri: sbrogliatevela come vi pare. Ma dubito ve la 
caverete sostenendo che non esistano i palestinesi. Esistono.
Namib 

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LOL

 addirittura a non nominare.
pofferbacco. E io che credevo che gli arabi che vivono da quelle parti
fossero parte della nazione araba.

 fossero parte della nazione araba.
Immagini siano sauditi? :)
Namib