Got this from a non Jewish friend. > > Maybe this would be educational for our younger family members. This > is information that is vital, but doesnt stick when media looks for > blame. > > Netanyahu being interviewed by British Television. > > Even those who arent particularly sympathetic to Israels Benjamin > Netanyahu, could get a good measure of satisfaction from this > interview with British Television during the retaliation against > Hamas shooting rockets into Israel. > > The interviewer asked him: How come so many more Palestinians have > been killed in this conflict than Israelis? > Netanyahu: Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction? > > Interviewer: Why not? > > Netanyahu: Because in World War II more Germans were killed than > British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyones mind > that the war was caused by Germany s aggression. And in response to > the German blitz on London , the British wiped out the entire city of > Dresden , burning to death more German civilians than the number of > people killed in Hiroshima ... > Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to > bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen , some of the bombs missed > their target and fell on a Danish childrens hospital, killing 83 > little children. > Perhaps you have another question? > > Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave another interview and was asked > about Israel s occupation of Arab lands. His response was, Its our > land. The reporter (CNN) was stunned - read below Its > our land.. Its important information since we dont get fair and > accurate reporting from the media and facts tend to get lost in the > jumble of daily events. > > Crash Course on the Arab-Israeli Conflict. > Here are overlooked facts in the current & past Middle East situation. > These were compiled by a Christian university professor: > > BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY... (It takes just 1 1/2 minutes to read!) It makes sense and its not slanted. Jew and > non-Jew -- it doesnt matter. > > > 1. Nationhood and Jerusalem : Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two > thousand (2000) 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 BC, the Jews have had dominion > over the land for one thousand (1000) years with a continuous presence > in the land for the past 3,300 years. > > 4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 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 even once in the Koran. > > 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 (many in fear of retaliation by their own > brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. The ones > who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility, and citizenship > rights as everyone else. > > > 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 PLOs 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 > most of their needs. > > 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, 97 were 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 .[They used > tombstones to pave roads]. > > 20. The UN 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 about what we did when there was a > turning point in Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference? > > > > START NOW - Send this to 18 other people you know and ask them to send > it to eighteen others, Jew and non-Jew - it doesnt really matter. > >
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