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In reply to the discussion: Rightists Award Student Who Persecuted 'Left-Wing' Teacher [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)79. well if you say so that's your opinion
and at one point in time those things were true, 70 odd years ago Rabin openly participated in the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from Lydda and Ramle, in his later years he obviously changed, he accepted Yasir Arafat's recognition of Israel's right to exist, as the premise for Peace as opposed to Netanyahu's demand for recognition as a Jewish State- which do you agree with?
the difference is that we ProPalestinians are willing to forgive we do not feel the need to go back almost 3/4 of a century or even a decade to defend our positions..........
as to what was said between Israeli and another poster that was settled quite nicely , perhaps you should read further on this thread
In the following period he was the deputy commander of Operation Danny, the largest scale operation to that point, which involved four IDF brigades. The cities of Ramle and Lydda were captured, as well as the major airport in Lydda, as part of the operation. Following the capture of the two towns there was an exodus of their Arab population. Rabin signed the expulsion order, which included the following,
"... 1. The inhabitants of Lydda must be expelled quickly without attention to age.
"... 1. The inhabitants of Lydda must be expelled quickly without attention to age.
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OK - sorry, misread something when reading too fast. But people like that hate liberal Zionists too.
LeftishBrit
Feb 2014
#4
And yet I can see he was attempting to pull the politics of his country in a different direction
Scootaloo
Feb 2014
#36
with all due respect a question why did you feel it nessasary to paraphrase the poster
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#49
In the comment that is actually in question, not the one you chose he did agree with what I said
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#66
Uri Averny makes a good case for Rabin having had a legitimate change of heart
Scootaloo
Mar 2014
#63
Pull the other leg, Az.... If Rabin was a war criminal POS, nasty little racist asshole....
shira
Mar 2014
#78
"Its nowhere near identical ..... come on Scootaloo you cant possibly believe that . "
King_David
Feb 2014
#41