User talk:Historybuff10173

1948 Arab–Israeli War This article is so one sided its ridiculous. Its so Pro Isreal its not funny. I am from neither religious groups and have no direct interest in countries or area involved.

1. In the whole article there is no mention of major US arms and money to Israeli forces during this period. This was a crucial factor and it broke the deadlock and led to large military gains by the Israeli armed forces. After the first 3 months a UN brokered ceasefire was initiated which helped save Israeli forces. As US aid flowed the balance of power shifted.

2. It speaks of Palestinians or Arabs (why are they called arabs in article) were expelled from some parts of the newly created Israeli state (in intro). But it goes on to quote

"In the three years following the war, about 700,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, with many of them having been expelled from their previous countries of residence in the Middle East.[21]"

This is biased the articles about the war not what happened in the aftermath directly. This figure is disputed also. This sentence has a link on words "been expelled" to a wiki article on Jewish exodus. On that page it refers to:

"The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries, or Jewish exodus from Arab countries, was the departure, flight, expulsion, evacuation and migration of 850,000 Jews,[1][2] primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Muslim countries, mainly from 1948 to the early 1970s."

So from 1948 to the early 1970s they speak of the migration a period 20 plus years. The Palestinians flight from the Israeli army/state as it appears was not offset by an immeadiate reaction in these other countries where Jews and muslims had lived together in peace for centuries.

This war that was the first major incident in the Palestine/Israel conflict is so important for so many reasons. I think wiki staff really need to work harder when dealing with sensitive topics. I'm no expert but read an article on this war in a Military History magazine 20 years ago about this conflict. But i think if you speak to a few professors of middle eastern history that a much more balanced account instead of writing Israeli Foreign Ministry Propaganda. Shame on Wiki. First time Ive had any complaint in over 15 years use.