israeli-racism-in-theory-and-practice

eTHNIC CLeaNSINg & THe SILeNT
TRaNSfeR Of pOpULaTION
“We must expropriate gently, the private property
on the estates assigned to us…We shall try to spirit
the penniless [indigenous] population across the
border by procuring employment for it in the transit
countries whilst denying it any employment in our
own country…Both the process of expropriation and
the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly
and circumspectly.”[Theodor Herzl]
Racist statements, notions and proposals made by
politicians are sometimes masked behind seemingly
harmless expressions such as “Exchange of land” and
“population transfer”. These are in fact among the gravest
of all, as in reality they propose the ethnic cleansing of
Arabs and assert the necessity of eliminating them from
the Jewish state. Such suggestions are often justified on
security grounds given that the Israeli Arab population
is almost invariably seen as “a time bomb, an existential
threat as a cancer and a fifth column” within the state.
They are espoused by politicians of every ilk; from right
to left in all political parties and on all levels. A few such
examples are Ehud Barak, Benyamin Netanyahu and
Avigdor Liberman to name but a few.
In 1948, approx 800,000 Palestinians were expelled
from their homes resulting in the Palestinian Diaspora.
Additionally, there are approximately 30 documented
massacres and evidence of the depopulation and
destruction of 530 villages. Nevertheless, the Zionist
entity failed in its preconceived and carefully orchestrated
goal of creating a demographically homogenous state.
Israeli Racism in Theory and Practice
Middle East Monitor | A Report | October 2009
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