In the Spring and Summer of 1949 Israel offered repatriation of Gazan refugees. This episode includes that story and a critique of Ilan Pappe's recounting this historic episode.
Links
Time Magazine story
https://time.com/archive/6602801/middle-east-no-talk-no-peace/
Walter Eytan's letter to the chairman of the conciliation committee.
https://ecf.org.il/media_items/358?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1fCnUEgTYscYUUhH_5mdUgRRMXb3dsZV1oBsZcyRuVhh6uea0NU5PiNW8_aem_Hh0tTZeobsjwNpnlSvr7hA
Survey of Proposals to the Conciliation Committee
https://ecf.org.il/media_items/358?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1fCnUEgTYscYUUhH_5mdUgRRMXb3dsZV1oBsZcyRuVhh6uea0NU5PiNW8_aem_Hh0tTZeobsjwNpnlSvr7hA
Review of Neil Caplan's work on the Lausanne Conference:
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JCS/article/view/15205/16274
Lessons of the Failed Gaza Initiative from the Begin-Sadat Center:
https://besacenter.org/lessons-from-the-failed-gaza-initiative-of-1949/
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Thoughts On Rashid Khalidi's Iron Cage
Some Responses to Rashid Khalidis's Iron Cage
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An Anti-Anti Israel Story: The Jews of Urfa
The Amazing Story of the Jews of Urfa and their place in Israel's story.
For a virtual tour of Abraham's cave in Urfa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vz5RGw9H_I
For the full interview of Harun Bozo from Centropa's Library of Rescued memories:
https://www.centropa.org/en/biography/harun-bozo
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Special Succot Episode
A look at one of the Succot liturgy's prayers and its longing for restoration and redemption of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple.
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The Full Meaning of the Fast Days
This episode explores an 11th century Western European scholar's take and a 12th century Spanish/North African scholar's understanding
of Jewish morning on the four yearly fast days.
We see that aspirations for Jewish self-determination and autonomy were ingrained in Jewish discourse a millennium before Zionism.
The passage from the Talmud around which this episode revovles is Tractate Rosh Hashanah 18b. Rashi's comments are to that passage.
The passage quoted from Maimonides/Rambam is from his commentary to the Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:3.
An Orthodox Jewish Religious Zionist reads Palestinian narratives, literature, history and more. The implications of Anti-Zionist and and Anti-Israel narratives for Israel and Zionism will be explored. Have question or want to continue the discussion. Follow and comment on the podcasts facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Looking-at-Palestine-From-Zion-106211334892420
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