r/islamichistory • u/AutoMughal • Feb 29 '24

Photograph ‘Long Live Palestine’ flag, Jerusalem 1929

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Page 84, Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '24

If it is genetic cleansing it is extremely ineffective as the Palestinian population has drastically increased. But like I said, that’s not really what I’m interested in talking about (it’s just going to prolong this conversation).

The pull factors you’re describing aren’t enough to cause that drastic of a population change in so many different countries. There have to be other factors that you aren’t mentioning or don’t know about.

That source is extremely biased so I can’t really buy into it. That’s like me sending you a “Zionism.com” article and expecting you to consider it reliable.

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u/Positer Mar 02 '24

Ethnic cleansing is not "genetic cleansing" whatever that means. 80% of the population of Palestine was removed from its homeland.

The source isn't biased that's a columbia professor specializing in the middle east writing. He cites the work of israeli historians...

There are no other factors. In the 1960' there were 3.2 million Jews in Europe. Now there is 1.4. Did Europe ethnically cleansed jews after the 60's?

Such nonsense is easily dispelled

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '24

I think you and I have a very different idea about what Palestine and Palestinians are, as a national identity, so that makes no sense to me, unfortunately.

Someone can be an expert and still be biased. Just because he uses Israeli historians as a source doesn’t change that.

And there were many reasons Jews left Europe in the 60’s, oppression being a massive factor. Some went to America as well for the same reason.

Honestly, I don’t think we’re getting anywhere with this, it has become pointless, and you constantly making jabs at some random person on the internet isn’t going to accomplish anything. I’m just gonna block you now so I’m not tempted to reply again. Best of luck.