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Well today is 'Nakba Day' - if you believe the story the anti-Israel industry spins on the 15 may - then I suggest that you read this thread - 1/13

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There are two 'Nakbas'.

1. The real catatrophe that occured when the Arabs failed to wipe out the Jewish state.

2. The mythical narrative that they remember on Nakba Day 2/13

They build their story on several pillars:
That the Palestinians welcomed the Jews
The Palestinians were innocent victims
The Jews planned to expel them
It was a one-sided slaughter
The demographic weakness of the Jews
The Arab armies had to save the Palestinians 3/13

And we can therefore prove that Nakba Day is based on nothing more than fiction - because each and every one is a lie. 4/13

The Jews were welcomed by the Arabs is an easy myth to dispel. The Arabs violently opposed the Jews arriving. There were riots and attacks and massacres - such as these examples from 1929 and 1938

Which means the founding pillar is a lie 5/13

Innocent? They rejected the partition and within hours of the partition Jews were attacked. 10,000s of irregular forces invaded as early as January 1948 - and there were massacres of Jews throughout the land. Such as this one in Feb 1948.

They were not innnocent victims. 6/13

Pre-plan? This one is wrapped up in antisemitic ideas of Jewish power. The Jews couldn't pre-plan anything and for a while they thought they might lose. An intelligence report from the British in April has it the other way around - with the Arabs trying to get the Jews out. 7/13

The myth of a one sided slaughter is easy to dispel too. This nugget from the British archives shows that just a few weeks before the Arabs invaded - there were equal casualties on both sides. It was a bloody civil conflict. 8/13

The myth of the demographic threat (the motive for expulsion) is just them clutching at straws.

The Jews did not have a number problem. 100,000s of Jews were still stuck in Europe - just waiting for the doors of Israel to open. Israel's population doubled - quickly. 9/13

The Arab states didn't need to invade anything. The Arabs could have accepted Partition, nobody would have got hurt - and the Palestinians would have had their state. The Arabs had long been promising they would invaded- just to destroy anything the Jews built. 10/13

Which means all of the pillars that the Nakba Day is built on are lies. They are pushing myths.

Their narrative is nothing but deception and antisemitic propaganda. 11/13

worse still - the myth has become like a religion. They say that to question it is as bad as Holocaust denial.

This belittles the industrial genocide of the Jews - inverts the Holocaust by implying the Jews act like Nazis and equates the Holocaust with a Palestinian myth. 12/13

In short - the Arabs wanted the conflict - they started the conflict - and they lost - badly. Their 'Nakba' is their failure to wipe out the Jews. 13/13

Nobody should mourn the Arab failure to eradicate the Jews. david-collier.com/nakba-day/