tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16551049.post7239862210647374390..comments2024-02-21T11:47:11.450+01:00Comments on Hotel Terminus: Wim Kok vertegenwoordigt Nederland op herdenkingsdienst massamoordenaarSonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819761334949416943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16551049.post-60738011467453022622014-01-13T09:00:17.222+01:002014-01-13T09:00:17.222+01:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qibya_massacre
QIBI...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qibya_massacre<br /><br />QIBIA MASSACRE<br /><br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />Jump to: navigation, search<br /><br />The Qibya massacre, also known as the Qibya incident, occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. Sixty-nine Palestinian Arabs,[1] two-thirds of them women and children,[2] were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed.[3] The attack followed cross-border raids from the Jordanian occupied West Bank in which Israeli civilians were killed.[1]<br /><br />The act was condemned by the U.S. State Department, the UN Security Council, and by Jewish communities worldwide.[4] The State Department described the raid as "shocking", and used the occasion to confirm publicly that economic aid to Israel had been suspended previously, for other non-compliance regarding the 1949 Armistice Agreements<br /><br />The operation was codenamed Operation Shoshana by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was carried out by two Israeli units at night: a paratroop company and Unit 101, a special forces unit of the IDF.<br /><br />BACKGROUND<br />The attack took place in the context of border clashes between Israel and neighbouring states, which had begun almost immediately after the signing of the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Along the 1949 armistice line, infiltrations, armed or otherwise, were frequent from both sides. Many infiltrations from Jordanian territory in the West Bank consisted of unarmed Palestinian refugees attempting to rejoin their families,[5] ....etc. <br /><br />HermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com