hizballah
30th June 2002, 19:45
the information is from:
Bill, James A. and Robert Springborg. Politics in the Middle East. New York, Longman: 2000.
1- for 1,300 years Middle Easern jews have lived under muslim rule. until modern times, there were remarkably few incidents of religious conflict. most clashes after zionism made its presence felt in the middle east in the twentieth century.
2- the zionists adopted a systematic campaign of terrorizing palestinians to induce them to flee and, when and if that failed, simply forced them form their homes and into exile at gunpoing.
3- the massacre of more than 250 villagers at Deir Yassin, on April 9, 1948, by the jewish underground groups known as the Irgun Zvai Leumi, led by Menachem Begin, and the Lohamei Herut Yisrael (LEHI, or Stern Gang)...was intended to stike terror into the palestinian population and frighten the people into leaving.
3- israel turned down successive proposals made by arab states and by neutral mediators that might have brought about an accommodation. it did so because it did not want to make territorial concessions, to allow creation of a palestinian state.
4- israel is based on racial discrimination; Sephardim(eastern jews) are discriminated against by Ashkenazim(western jews) who constiuted the elite of virtually all political and state structures until recently.
5- jewish domination on jerusalem was ... a top priority. it was accomplished by destroying the Maghribi arab quarter of the Old City and replacing it with new accommodation for jews and by establishing settlements on the surrounding hills.
6- because of the very different demographic balance that obtained in the occupied territories,... israeli policies intended to subordinate the arab population of the occupied territories had to be much more severe than those used in israe (demolition of houses, wanton disregard for civil rights, imprisonment without trial, torture, deportaion, and political killings).
7- in 1990, the 1.1 million palestinians in the west bank received 119 cubic meters of water per person, compared to 345 cubic meters provided to each of the 110,000 israeli settlers.
8- although repression of palestinians in the occupied territories prior to december 1987, when the intifada commenced, was harsh, it became truly draconian after that time... the world community, including israel's closest allies, unanimously condemned israel's repressive measures. in the first two years of the intifada(the 1st intifada), 159 children under age sixteen, with an average age of ten, were killed by israeli soldiers.
10- the pro-israeli lobby had established what appears to be an unassailable power base in Congress... as the pro-israeli lobby's leverage in congress has increased, so has its influence within the executive branch grown.
11- whereas prior to 1985 most of [the american] assistance was in the form of loans, after that time 100 percent of the funds have been grants that never have to be repaid.
12- in 1990, the united states responded to increased jewish immigration to israel from the soviet union by providing $400 million in loan guarantees.
13- congress has transfered to israel, one of the world's smallest nations, more of america's treasury than any country at any time in history has ever voluntarily donated to a foreign country.
14- IN 1983, CONGRESS PASSED A LAW THAT REQUIRES THE UNITED STATES TO RENOUNCE ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF ISRAEL WERE TO BE EXPELLED FROM THAT BODY.
15- SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES HAS USED IT VETO IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL THREE TIMES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL'S UNILATERAL ACTIONS IN JERUSALEM.
16- israel and the united states vote together more frequently in the united nations general assembly than does the united states with almost any other country.
17- settlers (one-half of 1 percent of the population) on average have 2.6 acres per person of land in Gaza, while palestinians have 0.006 acre each.
Bill, James A. and Robert Springborg. Politics in the Middle East. New York, Longman: 2000.
1- for 1,300 years Middle Easern jews have lived under muslim rule. until modern times, there were remarkably few incidents of religious conflict. most clashes after zionism made its presence felt in the middle east in the twentieth century.
2- the zionists adopted a systematic campaign of terrorizing palestinians to induce them to flee and, when and if that failed, simply forced them form their homes and into exile at gunpoing.
3- the massacre of more than 250 villagers at Deir Yassin, on April 9, 1948, by the jewish underground groups known as the Irgun Zvai Leumi, led by Menachem Begin, and the Lohamei Herut Yisrael (LEHI, or Stern Gang)...was intended to stike terror into the palestinian population and frighten the people into leaving.
3- israel turned down successive proposals made by arab states and by neutral mediators that might have brought about an accommodation. it did so because it did not want to make territorial concessions, to allow creation of a palestinian state.
4- israel is based on racial discrimination; Sephardim(eastern jews) are discriminated against by Ashkenazim(western jews) who constiuted the elite of virtually all political and state structures until recently.
5- jewish domination on jerusalem was ... a top priority. it was accomplished by destroying the Maghribi arab quarter of the Old City and replacing it with new accommodation for jews and by establishing settlements on the surrounding hills.
6- because of the very different demographic balance that obtained in the occupied territories,... israeli policies intended to subordinate the arab population of the occupied territories had to be much more severe than those used in israe (demolition of houses, wanton disregard for civil rights, imprisonment without trial, torture, deportaion, and political killings).
7- in 1990, the 1.1 million palestinians in the west bank received 119 cubic meters of water per person, compared to 345 cubic meters provided to each of the 110,000 israeli settlers.
8- although repression of palestinians in the occupied territories prior to december 1987, when the intifada commenced, was harsh, it became truly draconian after that time... the world community, including israel's closest allies, unanimously condemned israel's repressive measures. in the first two years of the intifada(the 1st intifada), 159 children under age sixteen, with an average age of ten, were killed by israeli soldiers.
10- the pro-israeli lobby had established what appears to be an unassailable power base in Congress... as the pro-israeli lobby's leverage in congress has increased, so has its influence within the executive branch grown.
11- whereas prior to 1985 most of [the american] assistance was in the form of loans, after that time 100 percent of the funds have been grants that never have to be repaid.
12- in 1990, the united states responded to increased jewish immigration to israel from the soviet union by providing $400 million in loan guarantees.
13- congress has transfered to israel, one of the world's smallest nations, more of america's treasury than any country at any time in history has ever voluntarily donated to a foreign country.
14- IN 1983, CONGRESS PASSED A LAW THAT REQUIRES THE UNITED STATES TO RENOUNCE ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF ISRAEL WERE TO BE EXPELLED FROM THAT BODY.
15- SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES HAS USED IT VETO IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL THREE TIMES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL'S UNILATERAL ACTIONS IN JERUSALEM.
16- israel and the united states vote together more frequently in the united nations general assembly than does the united states with almost any other country.
17- settlers (one-half of 1 percent of the population) on average have 2.6 acres per person of land in Gaza, while palestinians have 0.006 acre each.