Posted on 03/30/2014 6:55:40 AM PDT by SJackson
The Arab League has officially rejected Israel as a Jewish State. This is nothing new.
Now that it rejected Israel as a Jewish state in its recent meeting, It is illuminating to examine the record of the League of Arab States since the founding of the League in 1945, which is hardly a model for peaceful settlement of disputes in the spirit of the United Nations.
Prior to the establishment of the Jewish state, the League took the following steps:
In December 1945, the Arab League launched a boycott of 'Zionist goods' that continues to this day.
In June 1946, it established the Higher Arab Committee to "coordinate efforts with regard to Palestine," a radical body that led and coordinated attempts to wipe Israel off the map.
In December 1946, it rejected the first proposed Palestine partition plans, reaffirming "that Palestine is a part of the Arab motherland."
In October 1947, prior to the vote on Resolution 181 - the "Partition Plan" - it reasserted the necessity for military preparations along Arab borders to "defending Palestine."
In February 1948, it approved "a plan for political, military, and economic measures to be taken in response to the Palestine crisis."
In October 1948, it rejected the UN "Partition Plan" for Palestine adopted by the General Assembly in Resolution 181.
On May 15 1948, as the regular forces of Egypt, Trans-Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and contingents from Saudi Arabia and Yemen invaded Israel to 'restore law and order,' the Arab League issued a lengthy document entitled "Declaration on the Invasion of Palestine." In it, the Arab states drew attention to:
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“When seven million beleagured Arabs are surrounded by three hundred million screaming Jews, then I’ll feel sympathy for the Arabs!”
A bunch of soccer playing teams?
Obama
Yes, and he came out for Zimmerman. AND he is involved with that group - FIRE - which helps students keep Freedom of Speech/ fight speech codes (and penalties for speaking the Truth) on college campuses.
They can contribute, but won’t.
What if we don’t scream, just shout?
It was a humorous reversal, like the rest of the `saying’.
Arabs are usually screaming, while Jews in Israel are quietly inventing new technologies; some for defense and the rest for improving communications & medicine.
Among the world’s shortest books:
“500 Years of German Humor”
“Comprehensive List of Arab Nobel Prize Awardees”
;^)
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