I often find mindless rantings of zionist bloggers when I search for news on Palestine. A recent one was called Why They Stay. It points to the people living is Sderot and says that while some residents have fled the area, the majority of them have stayed and gives reasons. Both of which are utter crap, your life is worth more than the mortgage (maybe being a non-jew this makes more sense to me?).

But why do they stay, why do Israeli’s stay in an area while “fearing for their lives” when 60 years ago we had left under the same (but comparably worse) conditions?

There has always been a rift between the Palestinians who stayed in Israel and those who fled for fear of death. My own family had those who wanted to leave and those who refused to go anywhere. While both now are discriminated against, those who stayed are sometimes in better situations than those who left, this of course excludes those who left to Europe, Australia and North America.  We who have left the region are truly in better condition. There was never a radio broadcast telling the residents to leave Palestine, they left because of Deir Yassin.

Deir Yassin was a village of 750 residents (all arab) that had declared its neutrality in 1948. Menachim Begin leading terrorist groups (Irgun and Stern gang) came into the town and reportedly killed 254 residents all of which being women, children and the elderly. That is more than a third of the population. The Israeli government had for years denied that any such thing happened (why would they, Begin was one of their first elected leaders) until finally admitting to a lower number of 101-120 deaths.

A year following the massacre, the settlement of Givat Shaul Beth was built partially over the village, and in 1980, the remaining ruins were bulldozed to make way for another Orthodox settlement, whose streets bear the names of units of the Irgun and Palmach forces that conquered the village. The village cemetery was later bulldozed to build a highway. A mental hospital now stands on the site of the village itself.

The original blogger said that Hamas would not stop at Sderot and they would hop from town to town terrorizing and taking over if they left. I guess the Israelis knew how to do it better. Immediately after the massacre Palestinians feared for their lives, the terrorists were not killing the men, they were killing the women and children, going house to house and taking no prisoners (correction, those who were taken prisoner were shot on the outskirts of town).

The massacre of Deir Yassin happen on April 9th 1948, by November 12 of that same yeah Resolution 194 had passed in the UN stating.

• … that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.

Article 11 also instructed the Conciliation Commission:

• … to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees and the payment of compensation.

Hearing that they could come back and knowing the danger posed by zionist terrorist groups, the people left their small villages. Between Five Hundred Thousand and One Million Palestinians fled for their lives in 1948 alone. Today the number of refugees is at 4 million and article 11 of resolution 194 has never been enforced (Thank you America).

7 people have died in Sderot due to Hamas or anyother group in the past 8 years. More residents of Sderot have died from drunken binges in that time. One third of the residents are not dead and all the women and children walk to the market and walk to school.

Click for a full list of Arab villages and towns that were evacuated and bulldozed by zionist terror and aggression. 

District of Acre
al-Amqa
Arab al-Samniyya
al-Bassa
al-Birwa
al-Damun
Dayr al-Qassi
al-Ghabisiyya
Iqrit
Iribbin, Khirbat
Jiddin, Khirbat
al-Kabri
Kafr Bir’im
Kafr ‘Inan
Kuwaykat
al-Manshiyya
al-Mansura
Mi’ar
al-Nabi Rubin
al-Nahr
al-Ruways
Suhmata
al-Sumayriyya
Suruh
al-Tall
Tarbikha
Umm al-Faraj
al-Zeeb

District of Baysan
Arab al-’Arida
Arab al-Bawati
Arab al-Safa
al-Ashrafiyya
al-Bira
Danna
Farwana
al-Fatur
al-Ghazzawiyya
al-Hamidiyya
al-Hamra
Jabbul
Kafra
Kawkab al-Hawa
al-Khunayzir
Masil al-Jizl
al-Murassas
Qumya
al-Sakhina
al-Samiriyya
Sirin
Tall al-Shawk
al-Taqa, Khirbat
al-Tira
Umm ‘Ajra
Umm Sabuna, Khirbat
Yubla
Zab’a
al-Zawiya, Khirbat

District of Beersheba
al-Imara
al-Jammama
al-Khalasa

District of Gaza
Arab Suqrir
Barbara
Barqa
al-Batani al-Gharbi
al-Batani al-Sharqi
Beit Daras
Bayt ‘Affa
Bayt Jirja
Bayt Tima
Bil’in
Burayr
Dayr Sunayd
Dimra
al-Faluja
Hamama
Hatta
Hiribya
Huj
Hulayqat
Ibdis
Iraq al-Manshiyya
Iraq Suwaydan
Isdud
al-Jaladiyya
al-Jiyya
Julis
al-Jura
Jusayr
Karatiyya
Kawfakha
Kawkaba
al-Khisas
al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
al-Muharraqa
Najd
Ni’ilya
Qastina
al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Simsim
Summil
Tall al-Turmus
Yasur

District of Haifa
Abu Shusha
Abu Zurayq
Arab al-Fuqara
Arab al-Nufay’at
Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri
Atlit
Ayn Ghazal
Ayn Hawd
Balad al-Shaykh
Barrat Qisarya
Burayka
al-Burj, Khirbat
al-Butaymat
Daliyat al-Rawha’
al-Dumun, Khirbat
al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
Hawsha
Ijzim
Jaba’
al-Jalama
Kabara
al-Kafrayn
Kafr Lam
al-Kasayir, Khirbat
Khubbayza
Lid, Khirbat
al-Manara, Khirbat
al-Mansi
al-Mansura, Khirbat
al-Mazar
al-Naghnaghiyya
Qannir
Qira
Qisarya
Qumbaza, Khirbat
al-Rihaniyya
Sabbarin
al-Sarafand
al-Sarkas, Khirbat
Sa’sa’, Khirbat
al-Sawamir
al-Shuna, Khirbat
al-Sindiyana
al-Tantura
al-Tira
Umm al-Shawf
Umm al-Zinat
Wa’arat al-Sarris
Wadi Ara (village)
Yajur

District of Hebron
Ajjur
Barqusya
Bayt Jibrin
Bayt Nattif
al-Dawayima
Dayr al-Dubban
Dayr Nakhkhas
Kudna
Mughallis
al-Qris Horkins
al-Qubayba
Ra’na
Tall al-Safi
Umm Burj, Khirbat
az-Zakariyya
Zayta

District of Jaffa
al-’Abbasiyya
Abu Kishk
Bayt Dajan
Biyar ‘Adas
Fajja
al-Haram
Ijlil al-Qibliyya
Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
Jarisha
Kafr ‘Ana
al-Khayriyya
al-Mas’udiyya
al-Mirr
al-Muwaylih
Rantiya
al-Safiriyya
Salama
Saqiya
al-Sawalima
al-Shaykh Muwannis
Yazur

District of Jerusalem
Allar
Aqqur
Artuf
Bayt ‘Itab
Bayt Mahsir
Bayt Naqquba
Bayt Thul
Bayt Umm al-Mays
Bir Nabala
al-Burayj
Colonia
Dayr Aban
Dayr ‘Amr
Dayr al-Hawa
Dayr Rafat
Dayr al-Shaykh
Deir Yassin
Ein Karim
Ishwa’
Islin
Ism Allah, Khirbat
Jarash
al-Jura
Kasla
al-Lawz, Khirbat
Lifta
al-Maliha
Nitaf
al-Qabu
al-Qastal
Ras Abu ‘Ammar
Sar’a
Saris
Sataf
Sheikh Badr
Suba
Sufla
al-Tannur, Khirbat
al-’Umur, Khirbat
al-Walaja

District of Jenin
Ayn al-Mansi
al-Jawfa, Khirbat
al-Lajjun
al-Mazar
Nuris
Zir’in

District of Nazareth
Indur
Ma’lul
al-Mujaydil
Saffuriyya
al-Subeih

District of al-Ramla
Abu al-Fadl
Abu Shusha
Ajanjul
Aqir
Barfiliya
al-Barriyya
Bashshit
Bayt Far, Khirbat
Bayt Jiz
Bayt Nabala
Bayt Shanna
Bayt Susin
Bir Ma’in
Bir Salim
al-Burj
al-Buwayra, Khirbat
Daniyal
Dayr Abu Salama
Dayr Ayyub
Dayr Muhaysin
Dayr Tarif
al-Duhayriyya, Khirbat
al-Haditha
Idnibba
Innaba
Jilya
Jimzu
Kharruba
al-Khayma
Khulda
al-Kunayyisa
al-Latrun
al-Maghar
Majdal Yaba
al-Mansura, Ramla
al-Mukhayzin
al-Muzayri’a
al-Na’ani
an-Nabi Rubin
Qatra
Qazaza
al-Qubab
al-Qubayba
Qula
Sajad
Salbit
Sarafand al-’Amar
Sarafand al-Kharab
Saydun
Shahma
Shilta
al-Tina
al-Tira
Umm Kalkha
Wadi Hunayn
Yibna
Zakariyya, Khirbat
Zarnuqa

District of Safad
Abil al-Qamh
al-’Abisiyya
Alma
Ammuqa
Arab al-Shamalina
Arab al-Zubayd
Ayn al-Zaytun
Baysamun
Biriyya
al-Butayha
al-Buwayziyya
Dallata
al-Dawwara
Dayshum
al-Dirbashiyya
al-Dirdara
Fara
al-Farradiyya
Fir’im
Ghabbatiyya
Ghuraba
al-Hamra’
Harrawi
Hunin
al-Husayniyya
Jahula
al-Ja’una
Jubb Yusuf
Kafr Bir’im
al-Khalisa
Khan al-Duwayr
Karraza, Khirbat
al-Khisas
Khiyam al-Walid
Kirad al-Baqqara
Kirad al-Ghannama
Lazzaza
Madahil
al-Malikiyya
Mallaha
al-Manshiyya
al-Mansura, Safad
Mansurat al-Khayt
Marus
Mirun
al-Muftakhira
Mughr al-Khayt
al-Muntar, Khirbat
al-Nabi Yusha’
al-Na’ima
Qabba’a
Qadas
Qaddita
Qaytiyya
al-Qudayriyya
al-Ras al-Ahmar
Sabalan
Safsaf
Saliha
al-Salihiyya
al-Sammu’i
al-Sanbariyya
Sa’sa’
al-Shawka al-Tahta
al-Shuna
Taytaba
Tulayl
al-’Ulmaniyya
al-’Urayfiyya
al-Wayziyya
Yarda
al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
al-Zanghariyya
al-Zawiya
al-Zuq al-Fawqani
al-Zuq al-Tahtani

District of Tiberias
Awlam
al-Dalhamiyya
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Hadatha
al-Hamma
Hittin
Kafr Sabt
Lubya
Ma’dhar
al-Majdal
al-Manara
al-Manshiyya
al-Mansura, Tiberias
Nasir al-Din
Nimrin
al-Nuqayb
Samakh
al-Samakiyya
al-Samra
al-Shajara
al-Tabigha
al-’Ubaydiyya
Wadi al-Hamam
al-Wa’ra al-Sawda’, Khirbat
Yaquq

District of Tulkarm
Bayt Lid, Khirbat
Bayyarat Hannun
Fardisya
Ghabat Kafr Sur
al-Jalama
Kafr Saba
al-Majdal, Khirbat
al-Manshiyya
Miska
Qaqun
Raml Zayta
Tabsur
Umm Khalid
Wadi al-Hawarith
Wadi Qabbani
al-Zababida, Khirbat
Zalafa, Khirbat
The list does not include Arab districts of mixed cities which were partly or wholly depopulated, among them Haifa, Lod, Ramla, Safad, Ashdod (Isdud), Ashkelon (Majdal) and Bet Shean (Beisan), which all had majority Arab populations before the war