Israeli Scientist Challenges Hypothesis of Middle East Origins

 

Science Feud: Johns Hopkins geneticist Eran Elhaik says his research debunks the long-held theory that Jews are a single race.

But that’s how Johns Hopkins University post-doctoral researcher Eran Elhaik describes a group of widely respected geneticists, including Harry Ostrer, professor of pathology and genetics at Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and author of the 2012 book “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People.”

The document below is a powerful debunking of Israeli lies about the history of Palestine done by Israeli historian Dr. Ilan Pappe. Dr. Pappé is the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, as well as over a dozen other books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. An Israeli historian, Dr. Pappé is currently a professor at the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is also director of the university's European Center for Palestine Studies and co-director of the Exeter Center for Ethno-Political Studies. He obtained his PhD in history from the University of Oxford.

The document delves into the issue of false paradigms concerning Palestinians and the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

The 10 mythologies explored in Dr. Pappé's article are as follows:

Myth 1: Palestine was a land without people, waiting for the people without land

Myth 2: Palestinians resorted to acts of terror against Jewish settlers prior to the creation of Israel

Myth 3: Myths around the creation of Israel:

• Myth 3a: That Palestinians are to be blamed for what happened to them because they rejected the UN Partition Plan of 1947
• Myth 3b: That Palestinians left their homes voluntarily or as a result of a call by their leaders
• Myth 3c: That Israel was a David fighting an Arab Goliath
• Myth 3d: That after its war of creation, Israel extended its hand for peace to its Palestinian and Arab neighbors

Myth 4: Israel was a benign democratic state prior to 1967

Myth 5: The Palestinian struggle has no aim other than terror

Myth 6: Israel was forced to occupy the West Bank and Gaza in 1967, and must hold these territories until others are ready for peace

Myth 7: Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza with benevolent intentions, but was forced to respond to Palestinian violence

Myth 8: The Oslo Accords reflected a desire on both sides to reach a solution

Myth 9: The Second Intifada was a mass terror attack orchestrated by Arafat

Myth 10: A solution in Israel and Palestine is just around the corner

Dr. Pappé concludes his article with an exhortation that any peace initiative focus foremost on the human rights and civil liberties of all individuals living in Israel-Palestine.

Please click the following to access a PDF of the article:

The Ten Mythologies of Israel

Administrator's note–For a more detailed report verifying the truth of the Israeli involvement with dethroning Petraeus, please read this article:

Elite Intrigues: It’s Not About Sex, Stupid!

This reporter has confirmed some of the suspicions that CIA Director David Petraeus’ infidelity went well beyond his dalliance with Paula Broadwell. One well-placed source confirmed that, “My God, if we had to sack everyone in the military and intelligence communities for sleeping around, we would be decimated! Petraeus must have done something much worse.”

Some discrete inquiries led, as usual, to Israel, and a very high placed contact that I cannot reveal but to whom I will refer as B.B. Here is what he had to say:

Anyone who has ever served in the military would confirm that to become a general in the armed forces of the United States requires highly developed political skills.  One must be politically astute to guide large military forces while at the same time answering to largely ignorant constituencies in Congress, the White House, and the media.  Many generals tire of the exercise after a certain point and retire to well paid sinecures on the boards of defense contractors.  Others stage their own forms of rebellion,
speaking the truth and walking the plank as a reward.  Admiral William Fallon insisted in 2008 that there would be no war with Iran on his watch.  He was forced to retire soon after.  More recently, General Stanley McChrystal voiced his displeasure with the White House’s management of the Afghan war to a journalist and likewise was forced into early retirement.

Some generals, however, like the give and take of politics and harbor their own ambitions to hold high office.  General Douglas MacArthur challenged President Harry Truman and was spoken of as a possible Republican candidate while General Dwight D. Eisenhower rode his own military fame to the presidency in 1952 and 1956. It is widely believed in the media that the current top general David Petraeus harbors similar ambitions.  Eisenhower won the election virtually without campaigning, but Petraeus understands that he must satisfy some key constituencies before he throws his hat in the ring.