In this new book, Israeli historian Adam Raz shatters the âconspiracy of silenceâ that surrounds the widespread Jewish looting of Palestinian property that took place in 1948. Drawing from materials he found in more than 30 archives, Raz documents how in the period around the 1948 War, Jewish civilians â who after the war became the founding generation of the state of Israel â pillaged private Palestinian property throughout the land.
Raz also documents how, as the looting took place in full public view, Jewish leaders â including David Ben Gurion â knew what was happening and, even as some expressed disapproval, did nothing to stop it. As Raz observes, having robbed their neighbors, Israeli civilians became âaccomplices to the political situation,â with a âvested interestâ in preventing their former neighbors from ever returning.
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