ABSTRACT
This phenomenon has undoubtedly brought great misery to very many people around the globe. However, when one looks more closely into these events it sometimes (not always) becomes much more difficult to distinguish in a clear-cut way between malicious perpetrators and righteous victims. Moreover, although at the end of the day one has to take a moral stand in regard to such criminal acts of evil, it is no less important to investigate and understand the human dimension that enabled or caused
them in the first place. Such an investigation often reveals the complexity and the deep tragic dimensions of these historical events. I believe that the events of 1947/48 in Israel-Palestine are a clear example of this.
