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20 Suppressed Facts About The Middle East
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Posted on 04/10/2002 12:29:43 PM PDT by justme346


1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C, two thousand 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 B.C. the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.

4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 A.D. 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 once in the Qur'an.

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 without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.

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 peoples' 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 with weapons. [See Fatah Charter/Constitution]

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; there were 97 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 policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.

Prophecy Update


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1 posted on 04/10/2002 12:29:43 PM PDT by justme346
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To: justme346
What place do facts have in the discussion? </sarcasm>
2 posted on 04/10/2002 12:34:34 PM PDT by vrwinger
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To: justme346
Indexing
3 posted on 04/10/2002 12:35:16 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: justme346
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C, two thousand years before the rise of Islam.

Tell that to Colin Powell.

4 posted on 04/10/2002 12:35:30 PM PDT by bloodmeridian
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To: justme346
I look and I see.

What will the UN do if Sharon keeps his troops attacking Palestinians?

The UN will try to enforce the terms of the treaty that Israel agreed to in Oslo. And who does the UN use as it's police force?
The US Armed Forces.

.....AND ALL NATIONS WILL GO TOGETHER AGAINST ISRAEL.

5 posted on 04/10/2002 12:40:56 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: justme346; vrwinger; Brad's Gramma
Here's another excellent article....

The Real History of the Crusades

6 posted on 04/10/2002 12:41:23 PM PDT by Dallas
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To: Dallas
The Arabs over there remind me of CLINTOON and his penchant to lie through his teeth.
7 posted on 04/10/2002 12:46:34 PM PDT by Jerrybob
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To: bloodmeridian
Here are two you missed, Israel would not exist without aid and arms furnished by the USA,and 9/11 didn`t happen because we are friends with Canada.Sharon is hurting Israel big time because he has made it much more difficult for OUR COUNTRY to take care of Saddamn. His action in the west bank is being used to justify more "maryters" and will not bring peace {it hasn`t worked for 54 years, why will it work now?]
8 posted on 04/10/2002 12:49:35 PM PDT by bybybill
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To: justme346
ALSO, a tract of the Koran advocates the destruction and subjugation of all non muslims. The muslims who do not feel this way merely ignore that passage. The one who do are consistent according the koran. Violence in the name of some god. That is the source of all this nonsense. Do away with Islam, and there is no more divine (ho ho) command to kill and subjugate.
9 posted on 04/10/2002 12:50:03 PM PDT by galt-jw
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To: justme346
Negotiations In Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel sits down with Arafat at the beginning of negotiations regarding the resolution of the conflict. The Prime Minister requests that he be allowed to begin with a story. Arafat replies, "Of course."

The Prime Minister begins his story: "Years before the Israelites came to the Promised Land and settled here, Moses led them for 40 years through the desert. The Israelites began complaining that they were thirsty and, lo and behold, a miracle occurred and a stream appeared before them. They drank their fill and then decided to take advantage of the stream to do some bathing -- including Moses.

When Moses came out of the water, he found that all his clothing was missing.
"Who took my clothes?" Moses asked those around him.
"It was the Palestinians," replied the Israelites--"
"Wait a minute," objected Arafat immediately, "there were no Palestinians during the time of Moses!"
"All right," replies the Prime Minister, "Now that we've got that settled, let's begin our negotiations."
10 posted on 04/10/2002 12:50:41 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: justme346
"Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem"

Geography??
Osama comes from Yemen, so wouldn't it be pretty hard, indeed a real
streeeetch for him to pray facing Mecca with his back towards Jerusalem.

11 posted on 04/10/2002 12:52:23 PM PDT by APBaer
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To: bybybill
"Sharon is hurting Israel big time because he has made it much more difficult for OUR COUNTRY to take care of Saddamn."

When did the Arabs say they would support an attack on Saddam? I don't seem to recall any of them backing such a move before the recent counteroffensive. Actually, I remember the Arab summit for all the "kiss and make up" activity between Saddam's reps and Kuwait and others, and they've been trying to lift the sanctions on him for years now.

The only difference now is that they are going to grab onto to this as a fig leaf to cover themselves for not wanting to do something that they never had any intention of doing in the first place.

13 posted on 04/10/2002 1:05:17 PM PDT by newwahoo
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To: bybybill
Trying to negotiate peace between the Arabs and the Jews has never worked...why should it now?
14 posted on 04/10/2002 1:14:01 PM PDT by Keeper of the Turf
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To: bybybill
{it hasn`t worked for 54 years, why will it work now?]

And it won't work with Colin Powel inserting "monitors" into the region either. This is between Israel and the Palestinians. When Syria, Jordan and Egypt invade Israel, then we crush them. But let's stop hiding behind the pretense of peace; it just isn't going to happen with us sticking our nose in the fray.

15 posted on 04/10/2002 1:14:35 PM PDT by bloodmeridian
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To: Keeper of the Turf
...why should it now = why would it now?
16 posted on 04/10/2002 1:16:23 PM PDT by Keeper of the Turf
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To: justme346
great post, index for later
18 posted on 04/10/2002 1:19:18 PM PDT by Cicero5
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To: newwahoo
Please take time to remember what was said before the Gulf War. If the question is "Will it be harder to get rid of Saddamn and clean up Iran as a result of Sharons War", the honest answer is yes. Its time for many Freepers to remember we aren`t citizens of Israel and our President is protecting our interests first.
19 posted on 04/10/2002 1:20:24 PM PDT by bybybill
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To: justme346
I made some interesting calendar observations on another thread of the same name. (A study of calendars is a hobby of mine)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/662898/posts
20 posted on 04/10/2002 1:20:42 PM PDT by Utopia
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