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BIG LIES:Demolishing The Myths of the Propaganda War Against Israelby  DAVID MEIR-LEVIIntroduction by David Horowitz   TABLE OF CONTENTS The Importance of this Text - by David Horowitz. 1. The Origins of the Refugee Problem. 2. The Eight Stages of the Creation of the Problem. 3. The Question of 'Occupation' and the Settlements.Bibliography. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE  THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TEXT by David  HorowitzThe War in the Middle East is nearly sixty years old. Most people alive today are unfamiliar with its history and origins and lack knowledge of its facts. This state of ignorance provides a fertile ground for the...

One of the most prominent and contentious issues in the media coverage and Arab propaganda regarding the Israel-Arab conflict is that of Jewish “occupation” of Arab lands and the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (hereafter WBGS). Unfortunately, these issues have been clouded with misleading rhetoric and propagandistic mantras by both sides. To properly understand the role of the Israeli presence and settlements in the WBGS, it is necessary to review their history within the broader historical context of the Arab-Israel war, which has been proceeding without interruption since 1948.

A friend of mine asked me how I would answer the following question: "By what right does Israel exist?  Why does the world need such a hell-hole of a country, an apartheid-racist-war-mongering-Jewish theocracy?" I suggested that she consider the question as an opening for a conversation about the "right to exist" rather than as a challenge to Israel's character or to its right — or lack thereof — to exist. The Arab Rejection of Israel The last 65 years of Arab hate-speech, hate-preach, and hate-teach make it pretty clear that some significant part of the Arab world really does not...

Ambassador Ross has written an amazing book.  The Missing Peace (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, New York, 2004) tells in 815 pages of excruciating “blow-by-blow” detail the story of how over almost two decades, three American presidents, three Secretaries of State, one long-term advisor, and five Israeli Prime Ministers were all manipulated, intimidated, tricked, lied to, played for fools, humiliated, and exploited by one short, fat, stubble-faced, grubby looking Arab terrorist.There is much of value in this book. Ambassador Ross’ inside scoop on who betrayed whom and who said “no” to what at Camp David 2 will, hopefully, put to rest...