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No Arab land is occupied by Israel Thursday, 8th January, 2009 By Ben Okiror THE current fighting in the Gaza Strip needs clarification for people to understand its genesis. I accept that the situation is complex, and that might explain why even the US President-elect, Barack Obama has so far opted to remain silent since the war broke out. However, I would like to bring out what seems to have been ignored and yet it is important for a balanced analysis of the conflict. Whereas on the surface it is the terrorist group, Hamas, fighting the only Jewish nation, Israel,...

<p>If I were to ask what the year 1964 symbolized in terms of the Israeli-Arab conflict, what would you have said? Would you have known what happened during that year? Probably not. Let me enlighten you...</p> <p>What does this mean? The answer lies within the premise of the current Palestinian Arab propaganda machine, spread by the PLO which governs through the Palestinian Authority, who says they are currently fighting the Israeli "OCCUPATION." When they mention that word, the media and the world say it refers to the West Bank and Gaza. They say that these are the areas which the Palestinian Arabs are “resisting.” The Palestinian Authority always mentions that on CNN.</p>

NEW YORK- In blatant violation of President Bush's Road Map, the Palestinian Authority has justified the Palestinian Arab suicide bombing in the town of Rosh Ha'ayin, in which one Israeli was murdered and ten wounded. The official PA statement regarding the Rosh Ha'ayin bombing included a brief, perfunctory condemnation of what it called "the Tel Aviv operation," but then proceeded to offer a lengthy justification of the attack. The PA portrayed the attack as a response to "the criminal Israeli operations in Nablus ... the aggression against our masses and people ... [the] thousands of martyrs and wounded people, destruction,...