Israel,that tiny strip of land... How does it
Survive?
Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview and was asked
about Israel 's occupation of Arab lands. His response was, "It's our land." The reporter
was stunned. It's important information since we don't get fair and accurate reporting from
the media and facts tend to get lost.
BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY: (This ought to make
sense to Jew and non-Jew because it's not opinion, it's history.)
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand (2000)
years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in
1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion over the land for
one thousand (1000) years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. Since the conquest in 635, the only Arab dominion lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never
been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied
Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy scriptures.
Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem .
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel
by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left (many in fear
of retaliation by their own brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. The
ones who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility, and citizenship rights as
everyone else.
10. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality,
persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around
630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab
lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees
since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been
absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely
absorbed into Israel , a country no larger than the state of New Jersey.
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not
including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated
all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel . Israel has given
the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and
has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied
access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been
preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions
passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed
against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of
preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Netanyahu at his best
Even those who aren't particularly sympathetic to Israel's
Benjamin Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview. British
Television sought to make a point during the retaliation against Hamas' shelling of Israel.
The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have been killed in this
conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if there ever was one!)
Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?"
Interviewer: "Why not?" (Falling into the his own trap...)
Netanyahu: "Because in World War II, more Germans were killed than British and Americans
combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the war was caused by Germany 's
aggression.
And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of
Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in
Hiroshima ...
Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the RAF tried to bomb the Gestapo
Headquarters in Copenhagen , some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish
Children's Hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another question?"
Survive?
Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview and was asked
about Israel 's occupation of Arab lands. His response was, "It's our land." The reporter
was stunned. It's important information since we don't get fair and accurate reporting from
the media and facts tend to get lost.
BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY: (This ought to make
sense to Jew and non-Jew because it's not opinion, it's history.)
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand (2000)
years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in
1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion over the land for
one thousand (1000) years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. Since the conquest in 635, the only Arab dominion lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never
been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied
Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy scriptures.
Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem .
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel
by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left (many in fear
of retaliation by their own brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. The
ones who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility, and citizenship rights as
everyone else.
10. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality,
persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around
630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab
lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees
since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been
absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely
absorbed into Israel , a country no larger than the state of New Jersey.
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not
including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated
all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel . Israel has given
the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and
has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied
access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been
preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions
passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed
against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of
preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Netanyahu at his best
Even those who aren't particularly sympathetic to Israel's
Benjamin Netanyahu could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview. British
Television sought to make a point during the retaliation against Hamas' shelling of Israel.
The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have been killed in this
conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if there ever was one!)
Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?"
Interviewer: "Why not?" (Falling into the his own trap...)
Netanyahu: "Because in World War II, more Germans were killed than British and Americans
combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the war was caused by Germany 's
aggression.
And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of
Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in
Hiroshima ...
Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the RAF tried to bomb the Gestapo
Headquarters in Copenhagen , some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish
Children's Hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another question?"
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