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A Jewish state would not have come into being without the uprooting of 700,000 Palestinians. Therefore it was necessary to uproot them. There was no choice but to expel that population. It was necessary to cleanse the hinterland and cleanse the border areas and cleanse the main roads. It was necessary to cleanse the villages from which our convoys and our settlements were fired on.
— Benny Morris
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A Jewish state would not have come into being without the uprooting of 700,000 Palestinians. Therefore it was necessary to uproot them. There was no choice but to expel that population. It was necessary to cleanse the hinterland and cleanse the border areas and cleanse the main roads. It was necessary to cleanse the villages from which our convoys and our settlements were fired on." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Benny Morris
Benny Morris (בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian and former professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
About Benny Morris
Benny Morris (בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian and former professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
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