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Tuesday, 29 May 2007

Six Day War

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What right had the British, in 1917, to promise the Jews a national home in Palestine? Why did the Palestinians reject partition in 1947? Why did Israel colonise the territories after 1967? Why did the Americans let Israel get away with it? Why did the Arab states leave the refugees to fester in camps? The Palestinians are terrorists, Zionism is racism, Israel's enemies are anti-Semites. Yasser Arafat should have accepted Israel's “generous offer” at Camp David in 2000. But, hang on, Israel's offer was not so generous...

Posted by John L. Knight   Labels: Economist, israel, Middle East, Six Day War

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John L. Knight
Assistant Professor
Modern Middle East History
Eastern Michigan University
john.knight@emich.edu