Ricardo wrote:


So the removal of some 2,000,000 arabs from Palestine in 1947/48 to set
up the Jewish State has nothing to do with this?

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had as much to do with this "removal" as
did the Jews who founded the State of Israel. Many Arab speaking Muslims
and Christians removed themselves on the expectation and devout hope
that the Jews would be shortly wiped out or driven from the region. It
didn't work out that way. Sorry about that. Losing a war is such a bitch.

Bob Kolker