Mouin Rabbani

It was a British mandate of Palestine, not the British mandate of Israel.

It was a British mandate of Palestine, not the British mandate of Israel.

It was a British mandate of Palestine, not the British mandate of Israel.

Well, first of all, I think that Zionist leadership's acceptance of the partition resolution And I think you may have written about this, that they accepted it because it provided international endorsement of the legitimacy of the principle of Jewish statehood. And they didn't accept the borders. And in fact, later expanded the borders. Second of all, the borders were expanded in war.

Well, first of all, I think that Zionist leadership's acceptance of the partition resolution And I think you may have written about this, that they accepted it because it provided international endorsement of the legitimacy of the principle of Jewish statehood. And they didn't accept the borders. And in fact, later expanded the borders. Second of all, the borders were expanded in war.

Well, first of all, I think that Zionist leadership's acceptance of the partition resolution And I think you may have written about this, that they accepted it because it provided international endorsement of the legitimacy of the principle of Jewish statehood. And they didn't accept the borders. And in fact, later expanded the borders. Second of all, the borders were expanded in war.

Including their most senior leaders who said so, and I think you've quoted them saying so.

Including their most senior leaders who said so, and I think you've quoted them saying so.

Including their most senior leaders who said so, and I think you've quoted them saying so.

And second of all, I mean, removing dark people? Darker people? It's intrinsic.

And second of all, I mean, removing dark people? Darker people? It's intrinsic.

And second of all, I mean, removing dark people? Darker people? It's intrinsic.

So the idea that... Americans or Brits or the French would have an issue with, I mean, French had been doing it in Algeria for decades. The Americans have been doing it in North America for centuries. So how would Israel, forcibly displacing Palestinians, somehow besmirch Israel in the eyes of the West?

So the idea that... Americans or Brits or the French would have an issue with, I mean, French had been doing it in Algeria for decades. The Americans have been doing it in North America for centuries. So how would Israel, forcibly displacing Palestinians, somehow besmirch Israel in the eyes of the West?

So the idea that... Americans or Brits or the French would have an issue with, I mean, French had been doing it in Algeria for decades. The Americans have been doing it in North America for centuries. So how would Israel, forcibly displacing Palestinians, somehow besmirch Israel in the eyes of the West?

80% went missing.

80% went missing.

80% went missing.

I think just one last point on this. I remember... reading your book when it first came out and reading, you know, one incident after the other and one example after the other, and then getting to the conclusion where you said the Nakba was a product of war, not design, I think we were, and I remember,

I think just one last point on this. I remember... reading your book when it first came out and reading, you know, one incident after the other and one example after the other, and then getting to the conclusion where you said the Nakba was a product of war, not design, I think we were, and I remember,