The #NYT Misrepresents the History of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

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The Truth About The Nakba
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In April 1948, Irgun and Lehi militias attacked the village of Deir Yassin. Haganah commander David Shaltiel coordinated with them and approved an attack in the area. The high civilian death toll and reports of atrocities spread panic and sped up Palestinian flight. #DeirYassin #1948War

In April 1948, Operation Nachshon became Haganah’s first large offensive. Haganah and Palmach units attacked to break the Arab siege of Jerusalem, seizing villages on the main road and clearly shifting from defense to all-out offensive war. #OperationNachshon #1948War

March 1948. With British rule ending and civil war raging, Haganah leaders approved Plan Dalet. Officially it aimed to secure roads and territory for a Jewish state, but historians debate its role in expulsions of Palestinian communities. #PlanDalet #1948War

On this day in 1948, the Battles of Latrun began. A series of clashes in the Arab-Israeli War, it took place on the hilltops of Latrun, Palestine. After Operation Maccabi, these battles highlighted the fierce struggle for control. 🌍 #Latrun #1948War

The 1948 Palestine War marked the first Arab-Israeli conflict, involving many regional forces. It set the stage for future tensions. #1948War #MiddleEastConflict

As the #PalestineMandate ended, #Zionists were permitted to declare the independence of #Israel on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948, with any mention of borders removed. As Zionists had been expelling the #Palestinians into neighbouring Arab states (an act of war), the #1948War began.

The #EthnicCleansing of #Palestine began long before the #1948War. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1948, just before Israel's independence, 700 people of #Najd village were forced out by #Zionist paramilitaries, into what became the #GazaStrip. Najd was remade into Israeli city #Sderot.

During the #Nakba/#1948War, #Zionist special forces unit #Palmach twice attacked the #Palestinian village #alHusayniyya, the first on #ThisDayInHistory in 1948. An Iraqi volunteer unit helped to defend the village but 15 Palestinians were killed in fighting throughout the night.

British-Jewish hairstylist #VidalSassoon was born #ThisDayInHistory in 1928. After #WWII he joined the militant #antifascist #43Group, fighting (with scissors) to stop #OswaldMosley's #fascists from regaining support. Sadly, he also fought with #Palmach in Palestine's #1948War.