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How glorifier of Arab "worriers" tries to save lost honor of their crushing defeat against Israel

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Submitted by La luna (United States), Oct 5, 2020 at 13:37

How glorifier of Arab "worriers" tries to save lost honor of their crushing ('48) defeat against Israel

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Sandra Mackey, "Passion and Politics: The Turbulent World of the Arabs," 1994. Page 135

Burdened by the legacy of the mandate's misrule and crippled by the fissures in its own society , the Palestinians furiously drove into war lacking any clear vision other than an impassioned desire to drive out the Zionists before they seized the ...

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Some 15 years later she came up with new excuses. Spot the differences:

Sandra Mackey, "Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict" 2009, Page 80

Burdened by the legacy of the mandate's misrule and crippled by the imprisonment and exile of most of their leadership as well as the fisi ...

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She fails to note that it was the Yishuv, the Jewish settlers who were hit much harder by British policies. The brutal punishments, etc.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
How glorifier of Arab "worriers" tries to save lost honor of their crushing defeat against Israel [153 words]La lunaOct 5, 2020 13:37260824
1Nur Masalha - Just another Arab-Palestinian propagandist-writer: False Generalization, distortion [759 words]Eugene ThomasMar 9, 2011 20:18183244
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The Essence of Hypocrisy [113 words]Jonathan RickFeb 23, 2004 21:1313976
Partition of Palestine [33 words]Jim CohlmiaApr 2, 2003 15:287957

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