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Entry: Rethinking 1948 Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/rethinking_1948#28013 Post contents: <i>"In part it was because the international situation, specifically including the great powers, often favored the Zionists..."</i> ...More than often. In the case of the West, <i>always</i>. Without the support of those established powers - Britain and especially the U.S. - the fledgling state truly would have been pushed into the sea by the first week of June 1948, regardless of the irresistable uniqueness of its dynamism and determination. And whatever other myths we tack on... And this ironclad validation of "everything it took", didn't spring from postwar guilt over the fate of Europe's Jewry. It was the product of strong, relentless Zionist lobbies in both countries. If there is to be any progress in the Mideast all of the parties - players then and now - must set aside their cherished fairy tales and finally address the real. Sent at: 2008 11 20