Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]aranthus
(3,386 posts)If you are reading the Wikipedia article as saying that expulsions were a factor in the Palestinians starting the war, then you are certainly misreading it. It doesn't say that at all, and the authors would be lying fools if they did. The war started in 1947. Expulsions (what there were of them) started in 1948. They couldn't possibly be a reason for the war. It's a complete diversion from what happened.
Kuenzel, on the other hand is talking about what happened in 1947, and what later happened in 1948. See the first line of his conclusion that you cited above, where he specifically mentions 1947/48. But there is no 48 without 47.
So far, all you have done is state that you don't like his theory. And you have offered no evidence that he's wrong about 1947, except to point out what happened in 1948, which is entirely irrelevant. You are simply denying history without evidence.