ARAB EFFORTS TO HELP THEIR REFUGEES.
“Since 1948 it is we who have demanded the return of the refugees while it is we who made them leave. We have rendered them dispossessed. We have accustomed them to begging. We have participated in lowering their moral and social level. Then we exploited them in executing crimes of murder, arson and throwing bombs at men, women and children.” Khaled al-Azzem, former Syrian Prime Minister 1973.
“Since 1948 Arab leaders have approached the Palestinian problem in an irresponsible manner. They have used the Palestinian people for selfish, political purposes. This is ridiculous and, I could say, criminal” King Hussein of Jordan, 1960.
“You must remember- well- these people are merely pawns.” John McCarthy.
Among many who have made this observation is Col. Richard Henry Meinertzhagen, a British Middle East expert. He asked a fellow dinner guest at the home of a British diplomat, "Why do not you Arabs, with all your resources from oil, do something for those wretched refugees from Palestine?"
The Lebanese replied, "Good God, do you really think we are going to destroy the finest propaganda we possess? It's a gold mine!"
When Meinertzhagen observed that this view was unkind and immoral, the Lebanese replied, "They are just human rubbish, but a political gold mine!"
In slightly different language referring to the same attitude about the usefulness of Palestinian refugee camps, Meinertzhagen notes in his book, "I received identical views from other Arabs."
"Statements have been made on the Arab refugee question, but why should the State of Israel be blamed for the existence of that problem? When seeking to determine responsibility for the existence of the problem of the Arab refugees, we cannot fail to mention the outside forces ... They pursue their own selfish interests ..., which have nothing in common either with the cause of peace and international security or with the interests of the Arab and Jewish peoples, and which only correspond to the aggressive designs of the leading circles of some states." - Soviet delegation, UN Security Council on 4 March 1949
"It is inconceivable that the refugees should be sent back to their homes while they are occupied by the Jews, as the latter would hold them as hostages and maltreat them. The very proposal is an evasion of responsibility by those responsible. It will serve as a first step towards Arab recognition of the State of Israel and partition." Emile Ghoury, the Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee , 1949:
"It is well-known and understood that the Arabs, in demanding the return of the refugees to Palestine, mean their return as masters of the Homeland and not as slaves. With a greater clarity, they mean the liquidation of the State of Israel."
(Egyptian Foreign Minister Muhammad Salah al-Din:Al-Misri, October 11, 1949)
All Jewish refugees have been completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the State of New Jersey- or Wales- including over 800,000 expelled from Arab countries after 1948 and over one million, who have left the Former Soviet Union for Israel since Communism collapsed.
THE ARAB - ISRAELI CONFLICT
WHO STARTED THE WAR IN 1947 ?
WHY DID THE ARABS LEAVE ISRAEL?
HOW MANY ARABS FLED ?
ARAB HELP FOR THEIR REFUGEES.
ARE THE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL?
WHAT IF THE JEWS LOST ANY WAR ?
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