Debunked: Those Maps of 'Palestinian Land Loss' Are Misleading. Here's Why. | HonestReporting
If you've spent some time reading about the Arab-Israeli conflict on the internet, you have most likely encountered a series of maps supposedly outlininghonestreporting.com
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- Sowing doubts about important legal or historical realities, like the status of the 1967 occupied lands and Israeli settlements, or why Palestinians fled in 1947-48 to become exiled refugees. Simply raising doubts about key Palestinian facts or political demands is sufficient for the aim to keep people arguing without reaching definitive conclusions. When international courts, the United Nations, or other credible bodies do assert a legal point that refutes Zionist propaganda, Israel simply ignores the law, and it feels it can do this with impunity because of the protection it enjoys from imperial powers.