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> The idea that, if it weren't for UNRWA, there would be no more refugees because they'd all have gone back home or been peacefully resettled elsewhere, is absu
by rendall 3y ago
> The idea that, if it weren't for UNRWA, there would be no more refugees because they'd all have gone back home or been peacefully resettled elsewhere, is absurd
And yet this is exactly what the UNHCR does. A refugee settles, and they are no longer a refugee.
> To suggest that they are the ones creating the sitution
You're arguing against a strawman. The Arab war on Israel in 1948 created the refugee crisis. No one argued any different.
There is evidence that UNWRA is perpetuating the situatiyon, your personal incredulity notwithstanding. This is but a single example, but it is enough to demonstrate that they intentionally exacerbated it.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-textbooks-still-include-hate-antisemitism-despite-pledge-to-remove-watchdog/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-textbooks-still-include-...
- enterprise_cog 3y agoThe Nakba in 48 created the refugees.
- rendall 3y ago"The Nakba" was a result of the war begun by Arabs. Without that war, there would have been no "Nakba". Israel invited the local Arabs to participate in the new nation. Some Arabs took them up on the offer, and they and their descendents live as full Israeli citizens today. Some chose to flee because they listened to their leaders who did not have their best interests at heart. Some of those who fled returned and some became refugees. Those who chose to fight or were historically responsible for pograms were expelled. That is the Nakba in a nutshell. Blaming Israel for the "Nakba" is self-pitying ahistorical revanchism full stop. The Nakba was FAFO in action, a lesson that is apparently difficult for Palestinians to understand.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoOverly reductive take. And whitewashes the massacres that Israel perpetrated in the civil war prior and during the war in 48. Many fled for fear of being killed by Israeli forces or were actively removed from their land. Even the wiki states so: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_a...
- rendall 3y ago"Even the wiki says so"? Wikipedia itself says that no one should rely on it as a source. It is not a source.
- khokhol 3y agoThat is the Nakba in a nutshell. The standard (and perversely broken) right-wing narrative of said events, anyway. A lesson that is apparently difficult for Palestinians to understand. At least you're making clear for us where you're coming from.
- rendall 3y agoWell, just calling it a "right wing talking point" and walking away is not an argument. Explain in detail where it's wrong. Let's compare facts.