1948 .. when the occupation stole the books of Palestinians and their libraries also

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It is a crime ...

Israel did not merely expel the Palestinians, but wanted to hide its crimes by hiding the history of Palestine by stealing the Zionist gangs, and then what was known as the "State of Israel" for the public and private libraries of Palestine after the waves of forced displacement in 1948.

"Most of the furniture was stolen, including my own books, but this is nothing compared to the literary treasure that was stolen from my uncle's house," said Nasser Nashashibi, a Palestinian journalist and author.
He wonders: What happened to his books? What happened to his private library? .. Where is it and who took it?
He added: "One of the most important things that stolen rare pieces of poetry, and a copy of the Koran written handwritten, and decorated with gold

Israeli historian Ilan Pappe pointed out that between 70 and 75 percent of Palestinians before the Nakba were rich in material terms, and that nothing remained of their property.

He added "The theft and confiscation of spiritual property is no different from the theft of land, natural resources and everything except for one thing: the people themselves."

Israeli researcher Gish Amit said:
"While the days of the war were going on, the soldiers ( the Zionist gang militias) and librarians understood that the abandoned houses had not only furniture, musical instruments, water pipes and carpets but also books,

There is a document talk about "Collection of books from abandoned neighborhoods in Jerusalem carried out by the National Library between May 1948 and March 1949".

Theft of books

Between May 1948 and February 1949, approximately 30,000 Palestinian books were collected from Jerusalem, most of them in Arabic, some in English, French, German and Italian.

It also collected thousands of books that belonged to educational institutions and churches. The books were varied and varied between Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law, Qur'anic interpretations, literature translated from foreign languages, and little scientific literature, history, and philosophy.

And that is The documentary film "Great Book Robbery" by the Dutch-Israeli director Benny Brunner, produced in 2012.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/01/201312114556875749.html