LETTER: Spare us crocodile tears
Palestinians had to take refuge in Lebanon and Syria after being driven from their homes
30 May 2019 - 17:05
Yes indeed, Allan Wolman, the treatment suffered by Palestinians in Lebanon and Syria should be condemned (“Singling out Israel is unfair”, May 24). But let us not forget what caused Palestinians to be in Lebanon and Syria.
From February 1948 armed Zionists not only committed numerous massacres of Palestinians but, using their master plan, Plan Dalet, systematically drove Palestinians out of some 500 villages into neighbouring territories without allowing them the right of return...
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