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> Hezbollah isn't in Israel, so any argument about what happened in Israel is irrelevant

Respectfully, it is relevant, as explained. Historical context matters.

> And by far the primary cause of Palestinians leaving was Arab countries telling them to get out of the way of the coming invasion.

Excepting, as in this case, where someone makes up a historical narrative with a handwave.

I was gonna research your points until I saw what you said about the USS liberty and figured that your earlier points are just as biased.

> USS Liberty--ever consider how hard it is to identify ships from the air in a combat situation? Israel knew the ship claimed to be American, but they thought that was a ruse.

Everybody outside of the IDF PR department has accepted that Israel deliberately targeted USS Liberty.

The “misidentification” story was utterly unbelievable at the time, and remains so now. There are endless statements from top US national security officials directly calling the Israelis liars.