Qibya: Civilian Massacre or Military Operation?
05/09/22 • 40 min
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Qibya is one of the saddest and most difficult events in Israeli history. A military unit enters a village, and when the raid is over, 43 homes had been demolished, and 69 civilians – mostly women and children – had been killed. This week, Noam asks, what happened here, and how does it impact the story we tell ourselves about Israel?
~~~~This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Marci & Andrew Spitzer and Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher, and this episode is generously sponsored by the Center For Advancement of Jewish Education, and The Jewish Federation of Northern NJ.
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Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/
Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked
Unpacking Israeli History about Black Saturday: https://jewishunpacked.com/black-saturday-how-far-would-you-go-for-a-homeland/
Unpacking Israeli History about the Mossad: https://jewishunpacked.com/the-mossad-three-tales-of-assassination/
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Bibliography:
- Daniel Gordis, “Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn.”
- Howard Sachar, “A History of Israel, From the Birth of Zionism to Our Time.”
- Sapir Journal on power, vol 2, 2021.
- Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman
- On the Kanias family
- On Israel’s GDP: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?end=2020&locations=ZQ&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=2020&view=map
- On tzenna (austerity): https://gould.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/ilj/assets/docs/18-1%20Seidman.pdf
- On Israeli borders:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54116567#:~:text=The%20fighting%20ended%20in%201949,Bank%20(occupied%20by%20Jordan)
- https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/arm01.asp
- On Moshe Dayan:
- Mordechai Bar-On, “Moshe Dayan: Israel’s Controversial Hero.”
- https://jiss.org.il/en/henkin-high-price-blood-israels-security-doctrines/#:~:text=The%20Dayan%20doctrine%20was%20designed,war%20of%20attrition%20against%20Israel
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVrRStVo9k&ab_channel=ThamesTv
- On Ariel Sharon:
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ariel-Sharon,
- “Warrior: The autobiography of Ariel Sharon,” p. 1989
- Battle for Latrun: https://www.jpost.com/israel-guide/tel-aviv-and-center-tours/latrun-the-battle-for-latrun
- Participant account of Qibye (note he wasn’t actually in the village, he was outside of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQpBsvdzZ4&ab_channel=ToldotYisrael)
- Letter to UN Security Council from Jordanian envoy: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-185828/
- On the aftermath: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2538005,
UIH survey here: https://jewishunpacked.com/uihsurvey
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Qibya is one of the saddest and most difficult events in Israeli history. A military unit enters a village, and when the raid is over, 43 homes had been demolished, and 69 civilians – mostly women and children – had been killed. This week, Noam asks, what happened here, and how does it impact the story we tell ourselves about Israel?
~~~~This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Marci & Andrew Spitzer and Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher, and this episode is generously sponsored by the Center For Advancement of Jewish Education, and The Jewish Federation of Northern NJ.
~~~~
Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/
Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked
Unpacking Israeli History about Black Saturday: https://jewishunpacked.com/black-saturday-how-far-would-you-go-for-a-homeland/
Unpacking Israeli History about the Mossad: https://jewishunpacked.com/the-mossad-three-tales-of-assassination/
~~~~
Bibliography:
- Daniel Gordis, “Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn.”
- Howard Sachar, “A History of Israel, From the Birth of Zionism to Our Time.”
- Sapir Journal on power, vol 2, 2021.
- Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman
- On the Kanias family
- On Israel’s GDP: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?end=2020&locations=ZQ&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=2020&view=map
- On tzenna (austerity): https://gould.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/ilj/assets/docs/18-1%20Seidman.pdf
- On Israeli borders:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54116567#:~:text=The%20fighting%20ended%20in%201949,Bank%20(occupied%20by%20Jordan)
- https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/arm01.asp
- On Moshe Dayan:
- Mordechai Bar-On, “Moshe Dayan: Israel’s Controversial Hero.”
- https://jiss.org.il/en/henkin-high-price-blood-israels-security-doctrines/#:~:text=The%20Dayan%20doctrine%20was%20designed,war%20of%20attrition%20against%20Israel
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzVrRStVo9k&ab_channel=ThamesTv
- On Ariel Sharon:
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ariel-Sharon,
- “Warrior: The autobiography of Ariel Sharon,” p. 1989
- Battle for Latrun: https://www.jpost.com/israel-guide/tel-aviv-and-center-tours/latrun-the-battle-for-latrun
- Participant account of Qibye (note he wasn’t actually in the village, he was outside of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQpBsvdzZ4&ab_channel=ToldotYisrael)
- Letter to UN Security Council from Jordanian envoy: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-185828/
- On the aftermath: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2538005,
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This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher, and Marci & Andrew Spitzer, and this episode is generously sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, and the Jewish Federation of Northern NJ.
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Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/
Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked
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Bibliography: https://jewishunpacked.com/did-a-secret-1916-treaty-between-the-u-k-and-france-create-the-state-of-israel/
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This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Marci & Andrew Spitzer and Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher, and this episode is generously sponsored by the Center For Advancement of Jewish Education, and The Jewish Federation of Northern NJ.
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Bibliography available at https://jewishunpacked.com/saddam-husseins-gulf-war-legacy-is-still-felt-in-israel/
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