Erskine Childers

http://www.users.cloud9.net/~recross/israel-watch/ErskinChilders.html



Benny Morris found no evidence of that the Arab High Command orders for the Palestinians to evacuate. See:-


Benny Morris “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee problem Revisited” Cambridge University Press 2004 ISBN 0-512-00967-7

Sorry the url for the E copy of the book has the dreaded smiley combo in the middle.



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Most of the quotes from 1947 are spurious. The Israeli forces used quite a lot of Black propaganda which is recorded in the IDF archives. I don't have access to that but Benny Morris, Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe did, they also have better access to original sources so I tend to take their version of events as nearer the mark than yours SF. Sorry SF but the internet is a minefield of "counter-knowledge". It looks like you've been suckered SF.


As to the offer of 95% the offer never got made and had little thing like the Jordan bank was to be given to Israel in a long lease with the rest carved up into Bantustan Ghettos by the intersection of squatter only roads with Israel administering all Palestinian National land (that way Israel could place more squatters quite legally in the West Bank). So your 95% ends up as 40% non contiguous with no national security and Israel still stealing water. That was no offer it was a blatant Israeli land grab.


As to the World bank link go to the World bank Home page:-



http://www.worldbank.org/

Then click on "countries" then scroll down to West Bank and Gaza Strip. click on for the report.