Another reminder that while we have history, the other side has "narrative".
May 14 1948, Israel's Independence day, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle
The Chronicle documents the coordinated attacks on the nascent state by 5 of her neighbors
On Israel’s
independence day, Syrian forces were reported across the northern border (map at
right arrow No. 1) The Jewish army conceded loss of Kefar Tzion (2) Egyptian
Trops were ordered to invade from the South. Other Arab armies of Lebanon, Iraq
and TransJordan were reported ready for action
High Muslim Call for "Holy War"
The Arabs considered this a “Holy War”. Sheikh Mohamed Mamoun El-Shennawy, rector of Al Azhar University and chief of the Moslem Theological institute announced “The Hour for Jihad has struck”.adding “This is a holy war for the sake of Allah. He who dies for God will live forever at the side of the Lord”
S.F.Zionists to celebrate on Monday
High Muslim Call for "Holy War"
The Arabs considered this a “Holy War”. Sheikh Mohamed Mamoun El-Shennawy, rector of Al Azhar University and chief of the Moslem Theological institute announced “The Hour for Jihad has struck”.adding “This is a holy war for the sake of Allah. He who dies for God will live forever at the side of the Lord”
S.F.Zionists to celebrate on Monday
Locally, there were celebrations in the Jewish community, who declared “We are with you”
A local attorney, Bartley Crum declared “We have fought long and hard for this day. There
may be many obstacles ahead, but May 15 1948 will live in history with July 4
1776”
Rabbi Saul White called Israel’s independence the “fulfillment of prophetic utterances of
distant days”
Conspicuously absent from any of these articles, or any article in any paper is mention of a "Palestinian" people. I challenge any anti-Israel activist to go to any of the historic newspapers now widely available and fully digitized to find any evidence of a "Palestinian" people before the 1960s.
Good luck with that
Conspicuously absent from any of these articles, or any article in any paper is mention of a "Palestinian" people. I challenge any anti-Israel activist to go to any of the historic newspapers now widely available and fully digitized to find any evidence of a "Palestinian" people before the 1960s.
Good luck with that
