From: "Lawrence Phillips" <lawrence-AT-lphillips.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Need assistance writing a rebuttal to * Arab-Israeli Conflict*
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:50:47 +0100


One could also point out that 500 years ago the American continent was
made up from numerous Native American nations so you'd better get ready
to pack your bags. Or 1800 years ago or so Rome ruled over much of
Western Europe so should we all surrender sovereignty to the Italians,
etc, etc.....

Lawrence Phillips

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From: owner-postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
[mailto:owner-postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu] On Behalf Of
Jaclyn Rosebrook-Collignon
Sent: 23 April 2002 15:11
To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject: Need assistance writing a rebuttal to * Arab-Israeli Conflict*

I unfortunately received this slanted, undocumented *crash course* on
the
*Arab-Israeli* conflict written by an *anonymous* Christian professor.
Could anyone out there help me with a rebuttal or send me a link to a
page
(legitimate and documented) with specific information countering the
arguments presented here?  Isn't it strange that the world Palestine or
Palestinian doesn't appear anywhere!?
Thanks,
Jaclyn






> 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.

> HERE'S THE BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY....Takes just 1.5
minutes to read!!!! It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew
--
it doesn't matter.
> Thank You.
>
>
> 1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E.,
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.E., 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 C.E. 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 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
leaveI srael by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews.
>
> 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 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.
>
> 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 U.N. 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 U.N was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by
the
Jordanians.
>
> 19. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated
the
ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
>
> 20. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an
apartheid-like
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?

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee.
(Psalms 122:6).
>
> START NOW!! Send this to 20 other people you know and ask them to send
it
to twenty others, Jew and non-Jew--it doesn't really matter.


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