This real-time 1948 article from The Economist completely destroys the modern “Nakba” narrative that was invented decades later as political propaganda.
Straight from British eyewitnesses in Haifa, October 2, 1948:
“Jewish authorities urged all Arabs to remain in Haifa and guaranteed them protection and security ... However, of the 62,000 Arabs who formerly lived in Haifa, not more than 5,000 or 6,000 remained.
The most potent factor was the announcements made over the air by the Arab Higher Executive, urging the Arabs to quit ... those who remained and accepted Jewish protection would be regarded as renegades.”
They didn’t flee because of “Zionist ethnic cleansing.”
They fled because Arab leaders ordered them to get out of the way so their armies could “drive the Jews into the sea.”
Then they lost the war they started — and spent the next 77 years rewriting history to blame the Jews.
The “Nakba” you were taught? Pure revisionist fiction.
The federal government’s workforce is shrinking at a historic pace:
The federal government shed -18,000 jobs in March, down to 2.66 million, the lowest since 1966.
This marks the 14th consecutive monthly decline.
Since the beginning of 2025, the federal government has cut -352,000 jobs, reducing its workforce by nearly -12%.
As a % of total employment, federal jobs are down to 1.67%, the lowest on record.
By comparison, in the 1960s, this percentage averaged 4.2%.
The federal workforce has never been this small.
Book of the week
The Bacchae Euripides
One of the greatest ancient tragedies. The chorus is integrated into the plot and the god is not a distant presence, but a character in the play.