Tuesday, February 04, 2014

                 

Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 13, 1948-1949

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

The movement to democratize Egypt: King Farouk confronts Zionist forces, imposes martial law.

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Egyptian King Farouk at Battle of Nitzanim, 1948. Image from Yad Vashem Photo Archive.
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 20, 2014
[With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement to Democratize Egypt," could not be more timely. Also see Feldman's "Hidden History of Texas" series on The Rag Blog.]
Despite its  earlier business links with some pro-Zionist Egyptian businesspeople, in 1948 the Egyptian monarchical regime joined other Arab governments in attempting to block the eviction of Palestinian Arabs from Palestine and the establishment of a Zionist state in Palestine by militarily opposing the Zionist movement’s military forces.
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