Translator: Davood Salehan
Source: rasekhoon.net
Why did Palestinians sell their lands to the Zionists?
What's the fact? Have Zionists acquired "Palestine" by purchasing its territories? And have Palestinians lost their land to them in exchange for money with full consent?To answer for this question, we should say the Jews had only 650 km2 of total 27000 km2 area of Palestine in their ownership until 1917. In that year, following the defeat of Ottoman Empire in World War I, England occupied Palestine territories, and in a statement allowed to Zionists to form "Jewish National Association" in Palestine and urged non-Palestinian Jews to settle in royal lands belonging to defeated Ottoman government.
Then English occupiers provided the conditions for possession of Palestinian lands, buildings and gardens by Jewish people with legislation all kinds of laws. A number approximately 597 km2 provided freely or cheaply to Jewish Agency and Zionists companies by Great Britain government. Also 678 km2 area was sold to Jewish people by Non-Palestinian Arab families.
A few of Palestinians who mostly with reluctance sold their lands, forced to do through the conditions arising from the laws of England on Palestinian farmers. For example, with tax increases and preventing to export of cereals and olives which were the major agricultural products of Palestine. As a result, farmers would not afford the expenses and taxes and then put their property on sale inevitably. After some time, religious decree was issued based on prohibiting the sale of land to Jews and blood permissible of people who do or mediate to do it by most scholars. The first decree about prohibiting of the sale of land to Jews was issued by "Palestine scholars' congress" which convened in Jerusalem in 1935 February. Participants in the congress unanimously declare that:
"The sale of land to Jews is forbidden in Palestine, because it will allow the Jews to gain their purposes including Judaization of Palestine, removing the land from its original inhabitants, expel them from their land and abolition of Islamic works by destruction of mosques, Islamic worships and holy places. According to the decree, it is incumbent upon all to break up with people who sell the lands and introduce them and if they die, they won’t bury in Muslims cemetery."
In the modern history of Palestine, reports of celebrating events by people were recorded, thank to punishment of the few who sold their lands. It is obvious that few people have the courage to sell the land to Zionists in such atmosphere and buy hatred and cursing of people and creator for themselves. However, as mentioned, the total figure of lands given to Zionists (including lands that the Jews had been had before) in Britain rule; almost two thousand square kilometers, compared with 27 thousand square kilometers of "Palestine", is only 7.7% And about one-third of this percentage is taken through the purchase by Zionists and the rest has been provided by Britain assistance. This means that only around 2/5% of the land of Palestine is sold to the Zionists. After the British withdrawal from Palestine, in 1948, the rest of the land has been captured with murder, extortion, torture, destruction, pressure, conspiracy and the worst forms of atrocities and crimes of the pressure that may be imagined by human rather than purchasing by Zionists. Criminal events that have been done by Zionists, is a long list and includes dozens of titles. Only in 1948, to prepare the space for declaration called by Israeli state, dozens of mass murder and hundreds of martyrs including men and women, adults and children, are Zionists honorable operations. "Deir Yassin" tragedy with murder and "Haifa" massacre with 150 martyrs are two examples. The result of the killings and planned outcome was that residents of 531 Palestinian villages and cities, total of 900 thousand people expelled from their homes in the same year, i.e. 1948. And these crimes was continued to be killed three thousand people of the camps "Sabra and Shatila" under the supervision of Ariel Sharon in 1982 and the killing of "Ibrahimi" in 1993 and the massacre of "Jenin" in 2002.
It is noteworthy that all of these are the scenes of murder, not war, in other words, an unarmed defenseless people of the village, a shrine, a mosque worshipers or children sought refuge at a shelter and ... and on the other a wild-equipped armies, with racist Zionist thought and trained to murder and crime. On all these crimes must also be added the betrayal of advertising media to speak shamelessly about the inalienable right of the Zionists and their "promised land"; and in the meantime, what is neglected, the big deception causes the oppressed people of Palestine as be shelterless refugees.
Palestine of Today, movements
Between the years of 1967 (Defeat of the Arabs) to 1982 (Israeli invasion of Lebanon) several organizations and the Palestinian militant group, set up, break up, merge or be caught in internal conflicts and splits. These organizations are mainly influenced by Arabic nationalism, socialism and Marxism, and both were supported by the Arabic states and regional policies that were dependent on the government. The most important of these organizations and groups, including Fatah, Al-saqha, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestine Liberation Front. Looking at the history of the struggle of the Palestinian people and groups, since the establishment of Israel before the intifada, well it is clear that these groups have not been able to achieve encouraging result.Some of the major reasons for this failure are: 1. ideological differences; 2. differences in fight policy; 3. lack of leadership; 4. affiliated militant groups to Arabic countries; 5. point campaign.
Intifada, is the product of the new psycho-intellectual and socio-political conditions of the Palestinians in domestic and international relations, especially the Muslim world.
The main core of fight was started by the mosque, with the Islamic thought and spread in the form of public and comprehensive campaigns.
In recent years, we are observing the formation and emergence of numerous organizations and groups which are all in the name of Islam and Islamic slogans activate. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are in this group. Among the various Palestinian groups, these following groups have the active participation and other groups have very little influence:
1. Fatah: public influence of this group is fluctuating between 40% and 46% and covers the national and left movement. We can mention its leaders such as Yasser Arafat, Salah Khalaf and Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir. The organization is supported from countries such as the "Saudi Arabia".
2. Islamic resistant movement in Palestine (Hamas): Hamas is an Islamist movement that spread around two months after the intifada at "Gaza" strip (the first intifada) was formed by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The movement rose from Palestinian Muslim brotherhood powers. Hamas charter which was released within 26 articles in August 1988, announcing "Palestine" is an Islamic endowment land in which its freedom is an objective incumbent through jihad for every Muslim. It is that of a large extent, a fundamental competitor to the Palestine Liberation Organization and in all spheres of political, social, "Palestine", such as universities, factories, trade centers, camps and other activities. Hamas rejects peace with Israel.
3. The Islamic Jihad: organization of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was founded in the late seventies under influence of the ideas of Imam Khomeini (Rahmatullah) and the Islamic Revolution in "Iran", by a group of Palestinian revolutionaries. It can be noted its leaders are such as "Sheikh Abdul Aziz Odeh" and "shaghaghi Fathi martyr", "Ahmed Muhanna", "Farid Abvmkh" and "Khaled Diab". The Islamic Jihad has started military training and early, linked with Fatah in the occupied territories and abroad and Fatah members were training them. The organization calls for the release of all Palestinian lands through the only way by mobilizing all the forces and implementation of military operations. Also calls for the destruction of Zionism and the establishment of an Islamic state in Palestine.
4. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: the group is supported by "Libya" and calls Marxist ideas. We can noted its Leaders like as "George Habash" and "Mohammed Taysir".
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