I really do not understand the attacks on NDP MP Libby Davies. She stated that the Israeli occupation of Palestine began in 1948. This is clearly supported by history.
The slogan used by Zionists at the time to encourage European Jews to immigrate was "A land with no people is for a people with no land". Except that it was not a land with no people. Israel was built on an existing, populated, country. As early as 1918 David Ben-Gurion said "Palestine is not an empty country . . . on no account must we injure the rights of the inhabitants."1 We all know how well that worked out.
This is 2010. Israel now exists, and Davies was not calling for it to be eliminated. We need to deal with the situation as it stands today, and give the Palestinians as well as the Israelis peace, freedom, and enough to eat.
However, anyone who denies that Palestine was occupied in 1948 is ignoring reality. Israel was built on someone else's land, after throwing out the people who were already there. For some reason it is considered at best impolite, and at worst anti-Semitic, to mention this.
Libby Davies should not lose her job for stating a fact, no matter how much Stephen Harper dislikes it.
1 http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Famous-Zionist-Quotes/Story638.html
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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