Zionist lies about Palestine are numerous. From declaring that the Palestinian people
didn’t exist, to the land of Palestine being empty or the displacement of Palestinian Arabs in
1947-1948 never occurring. I have looked through the New York Times archives to see what
Western press was reporting on the Palestine issue from 1945-1948. What I found was quite
illuminating, and frankly a bit shocking to me.
The claim by Zionists that Palestine was a “land without a people” is directly refuted by the
New York Times in its 1940s reporting. The population is said to have been over one million
Arabs before 1948. Furthermore, NYT reporting at the time indicates that Jews were in fact a
minority in Palestine before 1948.
The Nakba, or forced expulsion of the Palestinian Arabs in 1947-1948 is often denied
completely by Zionists. If a Zionist admits the Nakba occurred, it comes with the argument
that it happened in the course of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and is therefore somehow
justified. The reality is, based on NYT reporting, that Jewish extremist groups began attacking
Arab villages in 1947, including the largest port city of Jaffa. These attacks continued into
early 1948. The Arab-Israeli war would not start until May of 1948.
Jewish extremist groups, which the NYT refers to as terrorists, were engaged in attacks on
British soldiers throughout Palestine in the years prior to 1948. This would eventually force
the British to evacuate Palestine. The same tactics the Zionist extremists used against the
British were then used against the Palestinian Arab population to force their expulsion as
well.
Even the use of the word “Palestine” and a land ever being referred to by that name is
contentious to some Zionists. However, it is clear that in the NYT alone, there must be
hundreds of articles that use the term “Palestine” to describe the land between the sea and
the river Jordan in the 1940s.
The Nakba was real, Palestine was real, the population of Palestinian Arabs was substantial,
Zionists used terrorism to expand their rule of the land. Everything we were taught about
Palestine and the formation of Israel were lies. What follows are articles, or excepts from
articles, that support these facts. Israel was founded on genocide and lies.
March 4, 1945
“Palestinian Arab Signs League Pact”
A representative of the Palestinian Arab parties has participated in the current Arab League
conferences here with the foreign ministers of the Arab states, it was revealed for the first
time today as the draft constitution for the league was signed.
A conference was held at the sixteenth and last session at noon today under the
chairmanship of the Egyptian Premier, Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha, and the delegates
signed the draft constitution, which will be approved by a plenary session called for March 17.
Among the delegates signing was Musa el Alami, representing all the Arab parties in Palestine.
March 11, 1945
“Arab Compromise on Jews Reported”
The Foreign Ministers of Arab States, who drafted the constitution of the proposed Arab
league at their recent Cairo conference, are understood to have decided to recommend a
compromise solution on Palestine for acceptance by the Palestinian Arabs, according to a
well-informed Arab source here.
The compromise is said to include the principle of equal political and civil rights for Jews and
Moslems, leaving to Christian Arab residents of Palestine the power of veto. The Arab Foreign
Ministers would be prepared under this plan to obtain agreement from Palestine Moslems to
early Jewish immigration of 200,000 to 300,00 persons. This, they feel, would provide some
relief for Jewish refugees.
Under such a plan, Moslem leaders argue, the 700,000 Jewish inhabitants would be
increased to 1,000,000 within a short period, equal to the Moslem population. There are
about 150,000 Christian Arabs, who would thus hold the balance of power.
January 6, 1945
“Abroad, American Boys Find Tel Aviv Like a Home Town”
“Forty per cent of the Jewish population of Palestine lives in Tel-Aviv. One of the world's
youngest cities...Largely self-administered and self-taxed, it does not feel, as mixed
populations ordinarily do, the close pressure either of the Arab majority or the mandatory
power.”
“Arab Mob Stones British Soldiers in Protest Strike”
May 4th
, 1946
“A throng of youths and students marched on the barricaded Damascus gate today and
stoned the troops and police standing guard in a riotous demonstration during the general
strike observed by Arabs throughout Palestine in protest against the joint Anglo-American
committee of inquiry’s report. The strike was said also to have tied up Syria and
Lebanon...Moselm nationalist demonstrations were held in Mosques of the leading towns of
Palestine today. At Ja
a, 8,000 worshippers heard a political address...” “...The Jewish
resistance movement, Hagana, in a statement signed by various Jewish armed underground
groups, proclaimed that peace would be maintained if 100,000 Jews were admitted to
Palestine immediately.” “...The entire Arab cities of Nazareth, Acre, Nabulus, Jaffa, Hebron
and Gazza were turned into dead towns at dawn as shops and cafes closed and
transportation was halted.”
June 18, 1946
“Palestine Terror Mounts as Harbor, Bridges are Ripped”
Haifa's harbor was lit up today by a conflagration as a result of explosions at the Palestine
Railway's central workshops. The road lead- ing north from Haifa was strewn with mines and
booby traps, and police and military reinforcements met difficulty in moving. Fire engines were summoned from Haifa and neighboring town- ships to fight the blaze, which was furtherilluminated by military searchlights. The fires were brought under control by 11 P. M. afterfeverish efforts.The Haifa explosions were the second major act of turbulence in the last twenty-one hours. Eight road and railway bridges in many parts of Palestine were blown up early today and lastnight. Six Jewish attackers and a British officer were killed. The damage totaled $500,000.
June 23th
, 1946
“Tel Aviv Captors Release 2 Britons”
“The long tension over the kidnapping nearly a week ago of five British officers was broken today with the offcial announcement that two of the officers had be released by their
Jewish abductors. At the same time it was reported that Irgun Zvai Leumi, the terrorist
organization whose members had perpetrated the abduction...” In this article, leaflet bombs
are described as having detonated in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv by Jewish groups.
September 23, 1946
“Jew Slain on Ship as Refugees Fight British o
Haifa”
“One Jew was killed and both sides suffered other casualties when refugees on board the blockade runner Palmach battled a British naval boarding party off the Northern coast of
Palestine today.” “...The Palmach, named for the Jewish youth striking force that was the
nucleus of Haganah’s resistance movement, is a 300 ton vessel. Intercepted by the British
minesweeper Rowena in the early hours, she was the first unauthorized immigrant ship to
reach Palestine since the Four Freedoms came here three weeks ago.” “...Eighteen home-
made detonators and a length of safety fuse also were found on the Palmach, according to
the statement. It was speculated that the explosives were intended to sink the ship if an
undetected landing of the refugees had been made. In Palestine a British officer was
wounded when a truckload of officers traveling along the main coast road from Haifa
Southward was fired upon.”
January 3rd
, 1947
“Palestine is Swept by Terror Revival”
“5 cities are battle centers with Tel Aviv the Fiercest-Raiders use flame guns”
“Terrorism was resumed on a large scale in Palestine tonight with attacks in five cities.
Casualties were undetermined late tonight, but they were not believed to be high. One of
the most concentrated attacks was on Citrus House, British army headquarters in Tel Aviv. A
group estimated at forty or more terrorists on the roof of a building opposite Citrus House
opened fire with machine guns and small arms at the third floor across the street.” “...The
casualties included two Jews, one Arab and a passerby on the street who was in range as
British Bren guns fired from the roof of Citrus House and the terrorists were firing from the
other building.” “...At about the same time there was a series of explosions here in
Jerusalem.” “...A short time later another explosion occurred in the East of the city. This was
a mine found in the road near Mount Scopus, where two British soldiers were killed and
eleven wounded last October.” “...Also in Jerusalem there was an attack by a car containing a
flame thrower.” “...Other attacks were made on two British army camps in the vicinity of
Haifa and Hadera, with one officer killed and three soldiers wounded at Kiryat Haim camp
near Haifa.” “...Just North of here two jeeps of the Sixth Airborne division hit an electrically
detonated road mine and were damaged...” “...meant to show the British that Irgun Zvai
Leumi can attack on many fronts and is prepared to carry out its threats. All this occurred
just after or about the same time that Irgun Zvai Leumi was exploding its pamphlet bombs
throughout Palestine. The bombs, generally thrown from cars or from rooftops, explode in
mid-air and scatter pamphlets over a wide area. Those of tonight announced that war had
again been declared. They stated that the Jewish Liberation Army would attack at every
opportune time.”
February 3, 1947
“Jews in Palestine Bar Aid to British in War on Terror”
“The Jewish Agency for Palestine refused today to cooperate with the Government in
tracking down terrorists if it meant turning the entire community into informers...Despite
repeated protests, the mass evacuation of British women and children from Palestine began
today by air...It appears certain that the great majority will go to the United Kingdom as part
of the army’s plan to reduce its responsibility here in the event of open warfare with the
terrorists...Even Palestinians with British passports were asked whether they wanted to
leave, but it was left to their own discretion.”
February 6, 1947
“Jews in Palestine Reject Ultimatum on Help to British”
“Irgun reiterates stand, says it will fight Government to Last Breath-civilian evacuation
continues”
“The Irgun Zvai Leumi asserted it would fight to the last breath against British
authority...thousands of Jews and Arabs protested (evictions) in Tel Aviv and Haifa today...”
February 10, 1947
“Jews Fight Troops on Arrival in Haifa”
“650 unauthorized immigrants battle transfer to vessel bound for Cyprus.”
“Dr. Frank Aydelotte, a member of the Anglo-American committee of Inquiry on Palestine,
appealed yesterday to the United States to take its share of responsibility in solving the
Arab-Zionist problem...the rights of all elements in the nation, Arab, Christian and
Jew...there was right on both Arab and Jewish sided of the Palestine dispute...young Zionist
fanatics...are throwing away their cause by the use of terrorism...If the Jews went to
Palestine in the spirit of missionaries, as indeed some do, prepared to make every effort to
improve the conditions of the Arabs...”
February 17, 1947
“Jews Hurt in Fight on Refugee Vessel”
“Several unauthorized Jewish immigrants were wounded and two jumped overboard
yesterday when the refugee ship Herouth, carrying 800 to 950 immigrants, was boarded by
sailors from three British destroyers off Bat Yam, six miles south of Tel Aviv.”
June 18, 1947
“Zionist Rules Out Unity in Palestine”
“At its first public hearing the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine today heard
Moshe Shertok, political chief of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declare that political
cooperation between Jews and Arabs would be impossible in an independent unitary state of
Palestine.”
October 1, 1947
“Palestine Arabs say Crisis is Near”
“Numerous representative Arabs whom this correspondent has interviewed in recent days
have said that they do not intend to pick a quarrel with the Jews of Palestine...Without
prompting, several of them declared that the Jews in a democratic, independent Palestine
with an Arab majority would enjoy peace and full equality of citizenship if they made no effort
to obtain statehood. In Jaffa, Palestine's principal Arab city, whose border with Jewish Tel
Aviv was the scene of Arab-Jewish rioting last month, I was told several times that the
population did not want trouble unless it was inevitable...the people of Jaffa will immediately
declare an Arab state. They will never cooperate with any authority whatsoever, British or
Jewish. They will never pay taxes. They will cut economic relations with Jews. They will never
allow traffic to pass. They will not appear before courts. Arab banners will hang from every
roof...Suleiman Bey said, "a Jewish state can be created only over our dead bodies."
October 10, 1947
Minorities in Palestine
“The crux of the problem is the fate of the minorities left in within the borders of the two new
states. Four hundred thousand Arabs would find themselves within the Jewish state, a much
smaller number of Jews would find themselves within the Arab state...will the Jews left within
the Arab state be content? Of course not...”
December 2, 1947
“Palestine Firings Keep Tensions High”
“The Palestine police flrere ordered tonight to stand by, ready for any emergency in the next
four days of active Arab protest against a partition of Palestine. The Arabs will begin
tomorrow a three-day general strike and a day of mass demonstrations.”
December 14, 1947
“Jews Carry Fight to Arabs, Palestine Adds 28 to Dead”
“Today's offcial death toll in Pal- estine was twenty-eight, with eight more missing and
believed dead. This list, comprising nineteen Arabs, seven Jews, one British soldier and one
Czech...The Jews again appeared today to be on the offensive, roughly two- thirds of the
incidents being initiated by them and in their operations they showed evidence of planning,
something absent in general from the Arab attacks...Central Jerusalem was stirred up at 8:40
o'clock this morning when a party of four Jewish youths hurled six grenades into two Arab
taxicab offices, one cafe and the street outside these establishments...the shoot- ing and
bombing have become so commonplace the general alarm sirens no longer sound for them.
Jerusalem had an incident late last night also when Jews dis- guised as policemen and
soldiers raided the Arab village of Shefat on the city's outskirts and bombed two houses,
seriously wounding one Arab. A British Airways bus was at- tacked and burned today at the
Arab town of Lydda with the loss of at least four and probably ten lives, including one Czech
airline offcial who was the first foreign victim of the thirteen days of violence here...The Jaffa-
Tel Aviv area, though the natural center for any Arab- Jewish strife, seems at present to be
under control. Jerusalem, where all conflicting interests meet, also is relatively quiet, but
Haifa and odd spots on the highways continue to see pointless murders and assaults. The
most serious incident at Haifa since an oil barrel bomb was thrown at an Arab bus station
yesterday was an attack by Jews late last night on the Arab village of Tira in the Haifa district.
The village was defended by Arabs against small arms fire and grenades with the loss of
thirteen lives and ten wounded. One house was destroyed and others were dam- aged. The
Jewish casualties are not known. Other Haifa incidents include: An Arab shot dead this
afternoon in the street..The Gaza area in the south near Beersheba also had a series of small
incidents. One Arab police- man was shot in the arm by "un- known persons” who took his
rifle. Two Arabs were killed by gunfire in an ambush on the Gaza-Beersheba road...”
January 5, 1948
“14 More Arabs Die in Haganah Blasts”
“Haganah, Zionist defense force, announced tonight the dynamiting of three houses in
villages around Safad, north of the Sea of Galilee. Eight Arabs were killed in one house, five in
another and one in the third, Haganah said.”
February 28, 1948
British Set Stage for Palestine Exit”
“Lieut. Gen. Sir Alan G. Cunningham, High Commissioner for Palestine, set machinery in
motion today for the British withdrawal from Palestine...While this step was being an-
nounced Palestine continued on its career of lawlessness with the “execution" of two well-
known Chris- tian Polish residents by the Stern Gang in Jerusalem...had been shot and killed
by the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (Stern Gang) for alleg- edly collaborating with
Arabs...”
April 8, 1948
“Irgun Vows Fight Against US Force”
“An anonymous leader of Irgun Zvai Leumi told this correspondent last night that “if the
United States is preparing to send troops to Palestine, we do not recommend it; we shall
resist.”
Irgun Zvai Leumi is the underground organization that rejects partition, claims all of Palestine
and Trans-Jordan for a Jewish state and sees its essential enemy more in the British than in
the Arabs.
Although estimated to number only 7,000 or 8,000 this group has taken a leading part in
bombings, kidnappings and executions as well as frontal attacks on the British and the Arabs
that, according to its independent viewpoint, are necessary for the liberation of the Jews.
Not only the British but the Haganah armed force of the Jewish Agency for Palestine,
considers Irgun Zvai Leumi illegal although the latter has been negotiating with the group for
an operational agreement. Hence the interview was clandestine.”
April 20, 1948
“6,000 Arabs Leave Tiberias To Jews”
“The town of Tiberias, capital of lower Galilee, is today “completely under control of a Jewish
municipal administration," the Haganah announced tonight following the evacuation of all of
the town's 6,000 Arab inhabitants...The evacuation of the town by the entire Arab population,
completed at 6:30 P. M. yesterday under military supervision, was confirmed by the British
today...According to the Haganah broadcast, the Arabs evacuated Tiberias in the direction of
Nazareth and Trans-Jordan yesterday, thereby completing a movement that had been
observed during the past week...They themselves chose this course but the day will come
when they will return to this town...Haganah men from the settlement of Neve Yaakov, which
yesterday drove off a heavy Arab attack supported by Arab Legion armored cars, today fired
mortars into the Arab village of Shaafat. The Haganah sources said the village had been a
base for attack... In various incidents throughout Palestine today the police reported ten
Arabs killed and three Arabs and one Jew wounded. The bodies of nine Arabs were found near
Kabir, a village outside Haifa, after villagers had reported seeing Jews take a group of Arabs
out of an armored car and shoot them.”
April 16, 1948
“Jews Press Arabs in Pitched Battle in North Palestine”
“The greatest pitched battle yet fought in the four-and-one-half months of Palestinian strife
was developing today between some 1,500 Haganah men based on Mishmar Haemek
settlement in northern Palestine, and the core of Fawzi el-Kawukji's Arab “army of liberation,"
according to Jewish and Arab reports. There were at least 127 Arab dead and wounded, the
Haganah radio said...”
April 17, 1948
“Jews Raze Village Near Jerusalem”
“At least seven Arabs were killed today when a Haganah task force occupied and demolished
a large part of Saris, a village overlooking a deep defile of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway,
thirteen miles west of the Holy City...Haganah...destroyed 25 houses, the mosque and a
school and killed three women before withdrawing...blowing up 25 buildings and burning
others...The Jews asserted that many Arabs were killed, including druze tribesmen, when a
Haganah force occupied the Arab villages of Usha and Kayesir...8 Arabs had been killed in
Jewish attacks on Arab tra
c between Jerusalem and Ramallah.”
April 29, 1948
“Jews Split Jaffa”
“Irgun Zvai Leumi, continuing its invasion of Jaffa, announced today that it had penetrated a
mile and reached the sea in a movement that had sliced off about one-eighth of the city at
the Tel Aviv end, while the Haganah, in a new offensive, attacked Jaffa border villages in an
effort to cut offthe city completely...battle for the Arab port...the Irgunists fighting within
Jaffa and the Haganah attacking Arab villages on the Southern periphery...The
Haganah...launched a heavy assault against the villages of Tel Arish, Jebeliye, Salama and
Kheiriya...assault, opened today, against nearby Arab villages.”
July 26, 1948
“Refugees Strain Arab Towns”
“The plight of thousands of Palestine Arabs who fled before the Israeli Army and the strain on
Arab towns caused by their influx have been indicated by two broadcasts heard here. Not
only are many Arab towns in Palestine a
ected by the refugees but also towns in neighboring
countries, especially Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Egypt...Some idea of the conditions outside
Palestine can be gleaned from a Baghdad radio commentator who told of 300,000 Arabs
"who are forced to flee from the Jews as the French were forced to flee from the Nazis." He
said they were now living in danger of serious epidemics and without proper shelter... This
said that prices in Nablus had soared to fantastic heights as a result of the increasing number
of Arab refugees in the town...United Nations medical observers had advised the inoculation
of the entire Arab population in Palestine...
August 12, 1948
“Arabs Allege Atrocities”
“Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab League, telegraphed to the
Security Council and Count Bernadotte today protesting against atrocities that he alleged
Israeli elements had committed against Arabs in Palestine in the past week.
He particularly stressed an incident in which twenty-eight Arabs were alleged to have been
burned alive at Habinand near Haifa.”
