Write a paper of 5 pages that responds to the following question:
An argument is a proposition or
claim,supported by evidence along with reasoning that the
evidence is logical for supporting the claim. Benny Morris makes a
compelling argument about the causes of the exodus from Palestine
in 1947-49 whereby 750,000 Palestinians became refugees, unable to
return to their homes and property.What are the main propositions
of Morris’ argument and what is his assessment of the relationship
between “transfer thinking” among Zionist leaders, and the actual
exodus of Palestinian refugees in 1947-49? What, according to
Morris’s critics, are the weaknesses of his argument? Frame your
paper in the form of an argument about Morris and his critics.
Please use only the sources I listed and the PPT I have attached.
write it as simple as you can.
RESOURCES:
Ben-Ami, Shlomo(2007). Scars of War, Wounds of Peace.London:Weidenfeld and Nicholson [pp. 42-48].Also watch the first 5 minutes of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-FLIBkTg8g
Shlaim, Avi(2001). The Iron Wall:Israel and the Arab World. New York:W.W. Norton [pp. 11-27].
BBC Hardtalk(2014).Interview with Ilan Pappe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lsmFS75ed4
[Watch first 13 minutes).
Morris, Benny(2007).Revisiting the Palestinian Exodus of 1948. The War for Palestine.Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim, eds.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press [pp. 37-59]. [Listed under the title of the book]
Masalha, Nur(1991).“A Critique of Benny Morris,” Journal of Palestine StudiesVol. 21 (1): 90-97.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2537367?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Film: Kedma(directed by Amos Gitai, 2002)
Yitzhar, S. ( 1948). Khirbet Khizeh. Jerusalem:Ibis Editions, 2008 [pp. 7, 29-38, 104-113]
Rose, Jacqueline (2011).Re-reading Khirbet Khizeh by S. Yitzhar. Guardian.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/12/rereading-jacqueline-rose-khirbet-khizeh
Kershner, Isabel(2013).“Photographs Tell a History of Palestinians Unmoored.” New York Times.
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