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Wednesday, 5 December 2007
The Most Widely Believed Political Myth
 by Norman Berdichevsky Having just taught a course on the Cultural Geography of the Middle East at a community college in Florida for “seniors” (over 55 years of age), I again encountered a unanimous belief among my students in what I would call the Most Widely Believed Myth of the political and military conflict between Israel and the Arabs. This universal belief, never challenged by the media, is that the United States was wholly or largely responsible for fully supporting Israel on the ground from the very beginning of its independence in May, 1948. more... Posted on 12/05/2007 4:09 PM by NER
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5 Dec 2007
 Andrew Bostom
An excellent ~ 30 pp. summary of Mallman and Cupper's findings is available in English: Klaus Michael-Mallman, Martin Cuppers. "Elimination of the Jewish National Home in Palestine": The Einsatzkommando of the Panzer Army Africa, 1942. Yad Vashem Studies, 2007, Vol. 35, pp. 111-141. 5 Dec 2007
Ron Minihan
Mr Berdichevsky's article is a fine piece of historical summation. However, there is one minor pedantic point of criticism that should be made: the prime minister at the time was Mr Atlee, not Mr Bevin;although I'm sure that both Mr Bevan and Mr Atlee often changed or fused identies when it came to the subjects of Arabs and oil vs those stand-offish Jews and liberty in a glorious 'res publica 'to be named Israel. |