tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post6428267006981467951..comments2024-03-29T14:19:30.130+03:00Comments on My Right Word: Benny Morris' 180-Degree TurnaboutYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-18821336212487475152009-10-29T11:41:51.231+02:002009-10-29T11:41:51.231+02:00As for Duweima, there is much more information ava...As for Duweima, there is much more information available. Usually, Lechi fighters who were merged with the 89th were blamed. I spent 6 months at Amatzia, built next to the ruins of Duweima and visited the cave where some of the slaughter was supposed to have taken place. I cannot discount anything but one thing for sure: there is always gross exaggeration of numbers of killed, types of wounds, and numbers of injured as well as property damage.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-74610661205723465322009-10-29T11:33:26.641+02:002009-10-29T11:33:26.641+02:00Morris, and the other 'New Historians' (ma...Morris, and the other 'New Historians' (many of whom are really ideologues in the guise of historians but that's another issue) have long-suffered from selective memory and a bad case of <i>'presentism.'</i> They not only conveniently ignore Arab calls for jihad which originated decades before 1948, they then apply modern moral standards to the Jewish fighters, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, or relatives of those who lost family in the Shoah. This aspect, I believe, is crucial in understanding the actions of Palmach and the Irgun. There's no doubt there WERE attacks against Arab civilians; but, the historical record reveals that these attacks weren't the result of a 'Plan' or even simple racism, but came from fear, and were often triggered by the discovery of mutilated Jewish bodies, which confirmed Jewish worry of another Holocaust. <br /><br />I was recently asked to look into one of the 1948 massacre allegations described by Benny Morris. Hope you don't mind if I link to it here: http://moreyaltman.blogspot.com/2009/10/massacre-mania-2.htmlMorey Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886157582583010411noreply@blogger.com