Robert Fisk on the middle east wars

[Magda Hassan]

Reading this appears to me as if to say we would hold the US/UK at fault for the defense of itself and the push back of Germany... Because Syria and its allies simply did not like the decision of the UNGA, they declared an never-ending war on Israel... for you or anyone to blame that on Israel is absurd and imo, shows an extremely biased understanding of history

Syria and its allies didn't just 'not like' the decision. The decision was wrong, immoral and imposed by others on the region against their wishes. Regardless of its legal standing. What I get from Fisk's article is that everyone in the region, Arabs, Jews, Beduin etc, have suffered due to the historical meddling by France and Britain. The past cannot be changed but to create a viable future for all it needs to be acknowledged openly what has happened and some accommodation need to take place. We all need learn to live together as human beings regardless if we are talking neighbourhoods, cities, nations or planet. Israel's historical amnesia cannot be justified or accommodated by others. Nor can they continue to make policies based on such a fantasy. Ultimately it will be to Israel's own detriment and downfall if they continue down this path.

On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the adoption and implementation of the partition plan of Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization[SUP][9][/SUP] and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared "the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel," a state independent upon the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine, 15 May 1948.Neighboring Arab armies invaded Palestine on the next day and fought the Israeli forces

Yes, Israel jumped the gun. Were the people of Palestine part of this decision to dismember their land? No.