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The Arabs Never Said They Were Going to Throw the Jews into the Sea (Israel Just Made that up)

The Arabs Never Said They Were Going to Throw the Jews into the Sea (Israel Just Made that up)

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Dec 24, 2024
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No Arab ever stated that they were going to drive the Jews into the sea. I looked up the quote and he said no such thing. He said some bad things all right, but he didn’t say that. Israel just made that up like they make up everything.

It is attributed to Ahmad al-Shukeiri, the first chairman of the PLO. Before the Six Day War, Shukeiri had an interview with the Lebanese newspaper al-Yawm. He said:

…we will endeavor to assist [the Jews] and facilitate their departure by sea to their countries of origin.

Apparently the whole world is too stupid to figure out what that sentence means, so let me help you all along.

This is simply the age-old Palestinian project that says when they conquer Israel with military force, they are going to put the Jews on boats (or planes I guess) and send them “back where they came from.” Presumably this will be done by force, at gunpoint so to speak.

Well that’s not very nice, but making people leave on boats is not the same as throwing them into the sea to dro…

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