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Sam Harris has written the best thing you’ll read today. open.substack.com/pub/samharris/…



On this day, 59 years ago, on June 6, 1967, Qalqilya was occupied by Israeli forces. All of its residents, about 15,000 people, were expelled. A significant part of the city was destroyed. Following massive international pressure, Israel was forced to allow the residents to return. Later, the mayor of Qalqilya recounted that the soldiers seated him on a jeep, handed him a note in Arabic, and ordered him to call on the residents to leave. According to the UN envoy, 850 out of 2,000 homes were destroyed by the army. Other estimates are even higher. Following the expulsion, droves of Israeli civilians living in the area arrived in the city and looted whatever remained. One Israeli soldier recounted seeing refugees leaving Qalqilya on trucks: "Trucks packed to the brim, mostly with babies and women. Because there were no men. They also traveled on buses." In one instance, a soldier tossed part of his combat rations toward the refugees. "It was horrific to witness. They pounced on it... and it really shook me up." IDF commander Ze'ev Shaham later wrote: "The instructions regarding it (Qalqilya) were clear: evacuate the residents and destroy the place." In the photo: A Palestinian girl returning to her destroyed home in Qalqilya (Photo: AP)














مستوطنون إسرائيليون يستولون على حصاد القمح للأهالي ويسرقونه في منطقة "الفرش" بمسافر يطا جنوب الخليل. ما يحدث في الضفة لا يُطاق ولا يُحتمل، فالمستوطنون يحاربونهم في كل شيء؛ من مهاجمة قراهم، وحصار أطفالهم ومنعهم من الدراسة، إلى الاعتداء على المواشي وسرقتها، وتدمير المحاصيل الزراعية أو سرقتها، وتسميم آبار المياه. كل ذلك بدعم حكومي وسياسي لدفعهم إلى الرحيل، ونجحوا في ذلك في بعض مناطق الرعاة.











