In 1950, the UN set up the United Nations Relief and Works Agency as a temporary relief effort for Palestinian refugees. Former UNRWA director Ralph Galloway stated eight years later that: “The Arab states do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as a weapon against […]
Fawzi Pasha Malki of Jordan stated on December 6, 1949 to the UN Ad Hoc Political Committee: “My delegation believes that no form of internationalization… serves any purpose, as the holy places under the protection and control of my government are safe and secure without any necessity for a special regime.” However, under King Hussein, […]
Official Iraqi spokesman on Radio Baghdad: “…They (the Arabs) must fight Zionism and its ally, the new Imperialism, with the same spirit they fought before….Iraq and the majority of the Arabs consider that the question of fighting the Zionist cancer should come first, because this constitutes a great danger to the Arabs.” Source: 73, p. […]
According to a radio broadcast in Gaza, Fedayeen from Gaza attempted the assassination of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion: “The Fedayeen headquarters in Gaza has issued a communiqué stating that a group of Fedayeen succeeded on 13 October to cross the southern border of Palestine in order to discover the concentration points and the factories which the […]
A synagogue was attacked in Damascus; 6 Jews were killed and 27 injured. Source: 6
Newsweek’s correspondent, Charles A. Brown, reporting on a tour of Arab Palestine, quoted a Ramallah Arab leader as telling him: “The overriding and ever-present problem now is the effect of the Arab refugees, whose return to their former homes should be guaranteed as a matter of right. After that comes the main project—social and political […]
The Near East Arabic Radio broadcast the following statement: “The Arab leaders and the Arab press and radio announced on May 15 (1948) that the Jews were scared to death and would soon be thrown into the sea by the advancing Arab armies; but it was not long before opinions had to be changed as […]
Anwar Nashashibi: “The Jewish state was born a year ago. Do they believe that they will have more birthdays? Do they still believe the high price in blood was worth the endeavor? THE ARABS ARE WILLING TO WAIT TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY OR EVEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FOR THEIR REVENGE. We are confident that the Jews also […]
Upon Israel’s admission to the United Nations, Moshe Sharett, its Foreign Minister, told the U.N.: “The pursuit of peace is a treasured part of the Jewish heritage … That pledge becomes and earnest and urgent appeal when addressed to our closest neighbors, the Arab states, and other nations of the Middle East … We are […]
The New York Post reported that there were approximately 6,000 Jews in prison in three camps in Egypt on charges of Zionism. Source: 6