http://mondoweiss.net/2009/05/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://mondoweiss.net/2009/05/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-81449 hass Mon, 18 May 2009 20:55:36 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/05/18/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html#comment-81449 I don't get it -- Benny Morris says there was no real plan for ethnic cleasing? That's not what he said in his interview with Ari Shavit (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/8fky4w)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/8fky4w)</a rel="nofollow">" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/8fky4w)</a></a> SHAVIT: Are you saying that Ben-Gurion was personally responsible for a deliberate and systematic policy of mass expulsion? MORRIS: "From April 1948, Ben-Gurion is projecting a message of transfer. There is no explicit order of his in writing, there is no orderly comprehensive policy, but there is an atmosphere of [population] transfer. The transfer idea is in the air. The entire leadership understands that this is the idea. The officer corps understands what is required of them. Under Ben-Gurion, a consensus of transfer is created." I don't get it — Benny Morris says there was no real plan for ethnic cleasing? That's not what he said in his interview with Ari Shavit (http://tinyurl.com/8fky4w) SHAVIT: Are you saying that Ben-Gurion was personally responsible for a deliberate and systematic policy of mass expulsion? MORRIS: "From April 1948, Ben-Gurion is projecting a message of transfer. There is no explicit order of his in writing, there is no orderly comprehensive policy, but there is an atmosphere of [population] transfer. The transfer idea is in the air. The entire leadership understands that this is the idea. The officer corps understands what is required of them. Under Ben-Gurion, a consensus of transfer is created."

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/05/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-81448 hass Mon, 18 May 2009 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/05/18/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html#comment-81448 Some things never change.The Israeli have been portraying Iran's nuclear program as their "biggest threat" for at least 15 years now: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/obcvrv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/obcvrv</a rel="nofollow">" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/obcvrv</a></a> Some things never change.The Israeli have been portraying Iran's nuclear program as their "biggest threat" for at least 15 years now: http://tinyurl.com/obcvrv

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/05/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html/comment-page-1#comment-81447 RowanBerkeley Mon, 18 May 2009 17:00:13 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/05/18/he-seizes-upon-a-fine-piece-of-truth-but-uses-it-to-obfuscate-as-you-so-eloquently-describe-rather-than-take-it-to-its-lo.html#comment-81447 Well, Gershom has certainly managed to get the banal tone right. Well, Gershom has certainly managed to get the banal tone right.

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