To fully understand current conflicts in the Middle East, history must be recalled.I cannot agree with this premise, although I am all for knowing history and learning from it. It does not take erudite intelligence and sophisticated insight to recognize a creeping pogrom for what it is
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To fully understand current conflicts in the Middle East, history must be recalled. Acknowledged by the United Nations and the civilized community of nations, Israel became a recognized and sovereign state on May 14, 1948. Immediately, the five armies of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan (which was renamed Jordan one year later, in 1949), Lebanon and Iraq invaded the fledgling country. Their combined intention, celebrated enthusiastically all over the Arab world, was expressed plainly and publicly by Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League: "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre, which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." Hence, scarcely a few years after the Holocaust and resultant codification of Crimes Against Humanity, the intent of these Arab states toward the tiny new State of Israel was openly genocidal.
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