Palestinians Mark 63 Years since Deir Yassin Massacre

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"Palestinians marked Saturday 63 years since Jewish armed groups had committed the Deir Yassin massacre in 1948, which sparked widespread Palestinian exodus from their homes in several Palestinian villages in fear of similar massacres.

Over 300 Palestinian men, women, children and elderly were systematically massacred by Jewish gangs headed by former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The massacre occurred in spite of peace agreement between the villagers and the leaders of neighboring Jewish settlements.

Deir Yassin was located on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. It has been destroyed since then and currently named Givat Shaoul."

http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=15840


Deir Yassin Remembered

http://www.deiryassin.org/mas.html

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Wikipedia has segments on the politicization and propaganda from both sides surrounding Deir Yassin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre

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3. FORGETFULNESS FOR MEMORY: THE LIMITS OF THE NEW ISRAELI HISTORY

JOEL BEININ

Many believe that the “new historians” represent a revolution in Israeli
intellectual life. However, the exclusion of Arab voices and sources of
evidence, especially in the work of Benny Morris, limited the extent
of that revolution and situates some of the new history close to traditional
Zionist categories of knowledge.

This historical exclusion partly expalins Morris's retreat to the Israeli political
center since the outbreak of the second intifada.

Meron Benvenisti’s outlook and “relational” approaches to the history
of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are intellectual methods with a more political perspective.

in full: http://www.palestine-studies.org/enakba/history/Beinin,%20Forgetfulness%20for%20Memory.pdf