Posted by
Montey Pieathon on Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:11:56 AM
Here are the facts:
1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM.
2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES
"PALESTINIANS" IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD.
3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED
IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR
3,300 YEARS.
4. FOR OVER 3,300 YEARS, JERUSALEM WAS THE JEWISH
CAPITAL. IT WAS NEVER THE CAPITAL OF ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM ENTITY. EVEN
UNDER JORDANIAN RULE, (EAST) JERUSALEM WAS NOT MADE THE CAPITAL, AND NO
ARAB LEADER CAME TO VISIT IT.
5. JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED OVER 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, BUT NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN.
6. KING DAVID FOUNDED JERUSALEM; MOHAMMED NEVER SET FOOT IN IT.
7. JEWS PRAY FACING JERUSALEM; MUSLIMS FACE MECCA. IF
THEY ARE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, MUSLIMS PRAY FACING MECCA, WITH THEIR
BACKS TO JERUSALEM.
8. IN 1948, ARAB LEADERS URGED THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE,
PROMISING TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF JEWISH PRESENCE. 68% OF THEM FLED
WITHOUT EVER SETTING EYES ON AN ISRAELI SOLDIER.
9. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION OF MUSLIM
COUNTRIES HAD TO FLEE AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE AND POGROMS.
10. SOME 630,000 ARABS LEFT ISRAEL IN 1948, WHILE
CLOSE TO A MILLION JEWS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
11. IN SPITE OF THE VAST TERRITORIES AT THEIR
DISPOSAL, ARAB REFUGESS WERE DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM ASSIMILATING
INTO THEIR HOST COUNTRIES. OF 100 MILLION REFUGEES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR
2, THEY ARE THE ONLY GROUP TO HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED WITH THEIR
CORELIGIONISTS. MOST OF THE JEWISH REFUGEES FROM EUROPE AND ARAB LANDS
WERE SETTLED IN ISRAEL, A COUNTRY NO LARGER THAN NEW JERSEY.
12. THERE ARE 22 ARAB COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING
PALESTINE. THERE IS ONLY ONE JEWISH STATE. ARABS STARTED ALL FIVE WARS
AGAINST ISRAEL, AND LOST EVERY ONE OF THEM.
13.
HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH AND FATAH
CONSTITUTIONS STILL CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL. ("HEZBOLLAH'S
PUBLIC GOAL, IT HAS SAID, IS A FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM STATE, SUCH AS
IRAN. IT WOULD LOVE TO SEE ISRAEL DESTROYED.") ISRAEL CEDED MOST
OF THE WEST BANK AND ALL OF GAZA TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND EVEN
PROVIDED IT WITH ARMS.
14. DURING THE JORDANIAN OCCUPATION, JEWISH HOLY
SITES WERE VANDALIZED AND WERE OFF LIMITS TO JEWS. UNDER ISRAELI RULE,
ALL MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAITHS.
15. OUT OF 175 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1990, 97 WERE AGAINST ISRAEL; OUT OF 690 GENERAL
ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS, 429 WERE AGAINST ISRAEL. STILL THINK THE
U.N. IS THE ANSWER?
16. THE U.N. WAS SILENT WHEN THE JORDANIANS DESTROYED
58 SYNAGOGUES IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IT REMAINED SILENT WHILE
JORDAN SYSTEMATICALLY DESECRATED THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IT REMAINED SILENT WHEN JORDAN ENFORCED
APARTHEID LAWS PREVENTING JEWS FROM ACCESSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND
WESTERN WALL.
Think about the facts when you consider who's to blame for the recent crisis in the region.