Posted on 05/02/2002 10:32:01 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
The US Congress will vote today on a proposal to recognize the West Bank as sovereign territory belonging to the State of Israel.
Rep. Richard Armey, the Republican Congressional leader, said the Palestinians should build their national home within a neighboring Arab country.
Armey noted Arab nations have large tracts of unsettled territory where the Palestinians could build a nation.
In Armey's opinion, there is no reason for Israel to hand territory over to the Palestinians in exchange for peace.
The White House is urging Congress at this time to dramatically tone down the proposal's language, Israel Radio reported.
>>>Most of the Jews came to Israel from Europe... and we all know the Europeans history with Jews.<<<
Yeah....and most of Americans descended from Europeans........so what.
If you want to go back 3000 years......well......that's another whole new ballgame........
I was only going back to the 1940's. I figured that what I was referring to was self-evident.
I'll second that motion.
So did Israel, before the Jews turned it into a nation.
You are correct. Israel has treated the Palestinians much better than any arab neighboring country.
I agree in principle, but also find the White House's juxtaposition interesting. Sounds a little bit like "Oh, pulleeeze don't throw me in the briar patch...". Well, I hope that's what is going on, anyway.
And Kuwait to: 300,000 of them, just ten years ago.
First of all, how do you figure they stole the land? It was either 1) given to Israel as part of the British mandate and subsequent UN resolution, 2) legitimately sold to Jews by local Arabs in the first part of the century, or 3) gained as a result of defense following attacks by neighboring countries.
With regard to the accusation of theft of "resources," what resources would they be exactly?
"TWENTY SUPPRESSED FACTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
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."
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