Posted on 04/09/2002 8:19:54 PM PDT by truthandlife
20 facts which dramatically illustrate how history has been totally distorted for political and propaganda purposes in the present Middle East crisis. Unfortunately, for the most part, the world’s news media lets this information pass them by without critical analysis or incorporating it into their own editorial thrust, which often goes against Israel.
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C, 2,000 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 1,000 years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the Muslim 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 (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 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 about 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, the Arabs are 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 herself 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 United Nations (U.N.) Record on Israel and the Arabs: Of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 U.N. General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
18. The U.N. was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from visiting their holy sites at the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Yes ---the Muslims seem to forget when they say that Jews don't belong in the Middle East that Jews were there for many centuries before Islam was even invented. If things must stay the way they were at one time then all Muslims should be wiped out and the Middle East returned to the way it was before Mohammed was even born.
So. The Cristians claim Jesus flew into heaven.
So? The Christians claim Jesus flew into heaven.
The Christian "territorial claim" to heaven has not lead to murder for many centuries
(without getting into who is a "real" Christian). It has never ever lead to murder-suicide.
See the difference?
BTW, I am not a Christian, but in at least in America, Christians are my best and most reliable ally.
I would hope I reciprocate this.
I took the liberty of correcting your spelling and punctuation. I hope you don't mind.
Could It Have Been...SATAN?
OF COURSE!
Now Isn't That Special!
By The Way...Mohammed the ISLAMIC prophet from HELL...
was a Pedophile, Homosexual and an Opium Addict.
He also Suffered from Extreme Mental Disorders.
Makes my brain hurt trying to discern the truth.
However, a people who believe in and promote suicide bombing, should be obliterated from the Earth, no matter where they live!
(Just MHO!)
Israel can't even prevent attacks on itself, and now they are defending Western Civilization? Kinda like how a penis is 'defending' a rapist - now I get it!
Good thing Israel is there with all her nukes, how about she be a good little footsoldier and lob a couple at Bagdad.
Sheesh, we're on the brink of a potentially nuclear WWIII and people got the world tipped on its head -- it's Western Civilization who is risking itself to defend Israel!
I cannot believe the depth of self-delusion going on.
Well said from a person who knows from experience.
I cannot believe the depth of ignorance and apathy from posters like you. You endanger us all!
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