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CRASH COURSE ON THE
Arab-ISRAELI CONFLICT
Here are overlooked facts in the current Middle East situation. These
were compiled by a Christian university professor.
BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY.... (It
takes just 1.5 minutes to read !!)
It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew - it doesn't
matter.
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Nationhood and Jerusalem.
Israel became a nation in 1312 BCE., two thousand years before
the rise of Islam.
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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.
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Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BCE., 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.
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The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 C.E. Lasted no
more than 22 years.
- 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.
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Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy
Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.
- King
David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came
to Jerusalem.
- Jews
pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward
Jerusalem.
- 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.
- The
Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab
brutality, persecution and
pogroms.
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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.
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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.
- 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.
- The
P.L.O.'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.
- 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.
- The
UN. Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council
resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
- Of the
690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were
directed against Israel.
- The U
N was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the
Jordanians.
- The UN
was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the
ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mt of Olives.
- The
U.N. Was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like
a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and
the Western Wall.
These are
incredible times. We have to ask what our role should be. What will
we tell our grandchildren we did when there was a turning point in
Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference?
Delusion Resistance Note: We posted this
list as a countermeasure to all of the negative press and the
propaganda that has unfortunately even filtered down into the
Christian Church. We hope that by reading this, those who have a
unfounded bias against Israel will realize that they are the good
guys in this whole big mess. If after reading this you are still
anti-Israel or anti-Jewish or both then that is between you and
Yahweh. If you are that way then I would not want to be in your
shoes on Judgment Day. |