In the Middle East conflict there is much talk about the occupation and right of return of the Palestinians. Yet there is absolutely no discussion about the real occupation or right of return of the native Jews who were ethnically cleansed from East Jerusalem in 1948, and the home is handed over to Arab colonisers who now call themselves Palestinians. Prior to 1948 East Jerusalem was a Jewish area with some sixty synagogues, the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery and the Temple Mount. The Arab League forces invaded the area in 1948, ethnically cleansed it, destroyed the synagogues and desecrated the cemetery. The ethnically cleansed homes were handed over Arab colonisers. All of this is well documented however it is ignored by Western governments, NGOs and the media. The Jewish victims are forgotten and have been relabelled as the oppressors, due to either wilful ignorance or anti-Semitism. [Photograph: John Phillips, Time Magazine 1948, Jews forced out of their homes in East Jerusalem.]