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"As the Arabs see the Jews" - 1947

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Topic: "As the Arabs see the Jews" - 1947
Posted By: TheGreatSimba
Subject: "As the Arabs see the Jews" - 1947
Date Posted: 07-Jun-2010 at 19:48

"As the Arabs see the Jews"
His Majesty King Abdullah,
The American Magazine
November, 1947
 

Summary

This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the article, King Abdullah disputes the mistaken view that Arab opposition to Zionism (and later the state of Israel) is because of longstanding religious or ethnic hatred. He notes that Jews and Muslims enjoyed a long history of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East, and that Jews have historically suffered far more at the hands of Christian Europe. Pointing to the tragedy of the holocaust that Jews suffered during World War II, the monarch asks why America and Europe are refusing to accept more than a token handful of Jewish immigrants and refugees. It is unfair, he argues, to make Palestine, which is innocent of anti-Semitism, pay for the crimes of Europe. King Abdullah also asks how Jews can claim a historic right to Palestine, when Arabs have been the overwhelming majority there for nearly 1300 uninterrupted years? The essay ends on an ominous note, warning of dire consequences if a peaceful solution cannot be found to protect the rights of the indigenous Arabs of Palestine.



This is a very interesting read. Please click this http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/kabd_eng.html? -



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Posted By: Shield-of-Dardania
Date Posted: 07-Jun-2010 at 20:35

Great stuff, TGS. Considering the multitudes of naive innocents - as well as not-so-innocents - around who're still, hopelessly, seeing things through American- and Israeli-tinted glasses.

 
Keep up the good work, mate.


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Posted By: Night Crawler
Date Posted: 07-Jun-2010 at 23:01
 
By the way without the west wouldn't the Arabs still be under Ottoman rule?-- Oh we forget that don't we Sod  oh my oh my you need to read some more.
 
Not saying that the Allies didn't muck up the borders, they did-But at least they got freedom.

Posted By: Night Crawler
Date Posted: 07-Jun-2010 at 23:13
This is why I don't agree that the Jews (or Christains) would be safe under an Arab state

Found this online:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.html#008.055 - Sura (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/048.qmt.html#048.029 - Sura (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.030 - Sura (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.html#008.012 - Sura (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123 - Sura (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.033 - Sura (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement

 

Posted By: DreamWeaver
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2010 at 04:15
Yet doeshistory support youre argument Night Crawler? How have Christians and Jews fared under their rule?

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Posted By: Night Crawler
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2010 at 04:27
History is kinder--The Jews did well under the Ottomans (not as well under the Arabs) the Christians not as good. However this new more extreme Islam is the problem. The Christians were cruel to the Jews in the past. i think a lot of that his turned around.
 
In the context of 1948 I think the letter is accurate, it wouldn't be in 1998.

Posted By: TheGreatSimba
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2010 at 07:20
Yes but this radicalism came from somewhere did it not?

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Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2010 at 15:19
Yes, TGS, the "radicalism came from some-where?"

Where do you perceive it came from?

I'll bet I know the answer?

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