Iqbal Tamimi – Palestinians on the Iraqi borders: How did this story start?
By Iqbal Tamimi • Aug 1st, 2008 at 13:05 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, Zionism
The methods used by the Zionists to drive Palestinians out of their country 1948, including claiming they had a Nuclear bomb like the one dropped on Hiroshima.
The story starts almost here…..
The Zionist Haganah gangs worked on expulsion of the Palestinians from their homeland in 1948, supported by the British mandate then, through the Balfour Declaration which gave away Palestine to the Zionists on a gold platter, besides using various other mechanisms to terrorize the Palestinians to force them to evacuate their properties and lands.
They exercised terrorism against Palestinian towns and villages, committing many massacres against its inhabitants. As well as spreading false news and rumours among the people of Palestinian cities and villages to terrorize and intimidate them. Forcing them to leave their homes, and never to think of returning back – ever.
For example the newly arrived Jewish in Palestine has sent a message to the people of the Palestinian city of Safad saying that they have a Jewish atomic bomb exactly like the one dropped on Hiroshima, and they are intending to use it on them. One can imagine the impact of such rumours on the people of the city.
In addition to that, the blockade policy pursued like the siege of Tiberius from the 3rd to the 16th of April 1948 aiming to isolate its people from the rest of the Palestinians. This policy has been followed in cities like Safad, Acco, Bissan and other Palestinian cities, where Jews were bombing cities, then throwing leaflets on the cities advising the population to leave the city, and otherwise their fate will be similar to that of those who died in massacres like Deir Yassin and other massacres. They knew of and were terrified of the direct killing of Palestinian citizens, like what happened in the villages of "Ein Alziytoon”, "Alsifsaf" and "Saforyeh".
These methods used by the Zionists against the Palestinians were to force them to leave their homes. The Palestinians were taken by surprise by these attacks, they did not know how to handle them, or what to do.
This prompted the rest of the villages’ inhabitants of Ain Elzaitoun like "Aljaooneh" and "Titaba" to flee their homes fearing similar attacks. Especially common was that the Jews used to gather Palestinians of villages and shoot at them. Some were killed others were lucky to escape fearing they would meet the same fate.
In addition to direct evictions of the Palestinians from their villages and towns, the Zionists continued shelling villages like ‘Altabgah’ and ‘Alsamakieyeh’ forcing the people to leave, then they burned the villages to the ground so no one will even be able to return. The Palestinians were forced to head towards the Syrian borders.
The Zionist movement was able to extend its authority and establish its existence on more than 70% of Palestine. This has been done by the complicity of the British Mandate by political actions, and administrative and arbitrary laws.
Expelling the Palestinians by the Jews was essential from the Zionist perspective to establish the Zionist entity for two main reasons: The first is demographic, and the second is to own the land.
And the story continues…
Iqbal Tamimi is a Palestinian journalist and poet from Hebron. She is the creator of a vibrant and important activists' network Palestinian Mothers, open to all who share the vision of peace and justice, men and women alike. She is working now in UK.
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Was there a link missing here? How does the title play into this post?
ATW
Dear Atword, Yes there is… this subject is a series. I have told the moderator to write down that this is the second part of a longer research, but it seems that she has forgotten to do so.
The Palestinians of Iraq were living in Palestine, then forced to become refugees many times. Now they are on the borders between Iraq, Jordan, and Syria.
I am sorry if this does not look complete. I thought the material was long, and might bore the reader.
Accept my apologies please. This part is about their first immigration.
Some body can understand that the palestinian lands colonizers and their helpers have some unreasonable reasons permitting them to do some thing in order to be on the palestinian lands and to parcially or may be completely control some islamic heritages there.
But after all what has happened and continuoued to be happening to our palestinians' brothers, I don't know whether they (the colonizers and their alikes) would accept some body to call them terrorists and terrorists' supporters or not. And if not, would they help other for ginving them a suitable adjectives describing them and the harming activities they have done on our brothers there and every where, and up to now.
As I have a little confusion when hearing some body calling some of the Palestinians (Terrorists), while they are defending for their families and lands?!.
Thanks for the reply in advance.