tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post746571914514879938..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Ben Yair: 'Give E. Jerusalem properties to Arabs'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-36226225296339457002017-08-22T23:08:37.305+01:002017-08-22T23:08:37.305+01:00Ben Yair was one of the most "leftist," ...Ben Yair was one of the most "leftist," that is, anti-national, attorneys-general that Israel has had since the beginning of the state in 1948.<br /><br />What he does not want to acknowledge is that Arab irregular armed forces were attacking Jewish homes in various parts of the country, including the Shimon haTsadiq Quarter --incorrectly called part of Sheikh Jarrah by Ben Yair & in the article-- already in December 1947. And Jews were fleeing from Shimon haTsadiq by the end of the month, although some stayed into early January 1948. Moreover, the Arabs had the upper hand in the war that actually started on the early morning of 30 November 1947, within hours of the UN General Assembly vote recommending the UNSCOP Partition Plan. The war started on that early morning with attacks on Jews traveling on the roads in the country, including on the road leading up from Jerusalem to the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. The shots were fired on that road very close to the Shimon haTsadiq Quarter.<br /><br />So morally, there is good reason for giving priority to compensating Jews over Arabs who were displaced only months later after months of Arab aggression against Jewish civilians and their homes in parts of Jerusalem, such as Shimon haTsadiq, in South Tel Aviv and northern Yafo, and in Haifa, etc. Jewish civilians in Shimon haTsadiq were among the first refugees in the war and were the first refugees who could not go back to their homes when the war was over [Rhodes armistice accords of early 1949]. The two sets of refugees are not on the same moral plane. Moreover, the Arab refugees of 1948 should not be compensated until peace agreements with the Arab countries are worked out which include compensation for Jews from Arab countries. Ben Yair's position is immoral. <br />See here for details that I have used: http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=199594Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com