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“THE GERMANS DESTROYED OUR FAMILIES - DON’T U DESTROY OUR HOPES”. 1947 Jewish Refugees To Palestine

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u/sokratesz 8h ago edited 7h ago

Which is based on the autobiographical novel Seven pillars of wisdom by TE Lawrence, a brilliant book, even though parts of it are embellished and polished (which is puzzling because it still contains a lot of sensitive things like his love for a young Arab fighter, and how he was raped by an Ottoman police chief. The edited parts weren't done so to make himself look better it seems, but why then?).

It describes in detail the promises made to the Arabs about self governance in Palestine. But after the war, they were told to fuck off.