Israeli response to Media bias
Even those who aren't particularly sympathetic to Israel's Benjamin
Netanyahu, could get a good measure of satisfaction from this interview with
British Television during the retaliation against Hamas' shelling of Israel.
The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have been killed
in this conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if there ever was one!)
Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?"
Interviewer: (Falling into the trap) Why not?
Netanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than British and
Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's 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 children's hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you
have another question?"
Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview and was asked about Israel's
occupation of Arab lands.
His response was, "It's our land". The reporter (CNN or the like) was stunned -
read below "It's our land..." It's important information since we don't 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 1.5 minutes to read!)
It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew -- it doesn't matter.
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem.
Israel became a nation in 1312 BCE, 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 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.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 CE 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 leave
Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews Sixty-eight percent
left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.
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 people's 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 PLO'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 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.
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
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.
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?
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 doesn't really matter.
Israel Draiman Guest 4 months ago
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Who remembers today what Hitler promised in Europe 60 years ago? 25,000,000 people paid with their lives the price of naive belief in his promises.
Where is South Vietnam today? Both the South Vietnamese and the Americans genuinely believed that they have attained peace in Vietnam. Unfortunately the country ceased to exist following their naive belief in a signed piece of paper.
As we examine the statements made by PLO officials since 1974, can anyone detect a change in tone or intentions following the signing of the Oslo Agreement?
Arafat himself declared that as a faithful student of the teachings of Mohammed, the founder of the Muslim religion, he intends to follow Mohammed's philosophy that a signed agreement is nothing but another tool in the struggle to delude the naive enemy.
So who will be the next one to pay the price of naive belief?
Nothing has changed in the past 20 years. It only got worse. The Arab terror is in most of the world.
Nothing has changed in the past 20 years. It only got worse. The Arab terror is in most of the world.
Israel Draiman Guest 4 months ago
Unknown to most of the world population, the origin of the "Palestinian" Arabs' claim to
the Israel-Palestine Land spans a period of a meager 30-50 years
the Israel-Palestine Land spans a period of a meager 30-50 years
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were practically no Arabs in the Holy Land. Historically, a "Palestinian" people never existed. The English name "Palestinian", to describe the
local Arab population, was invented AFTER the establishment of the State of
Israel in 1948. These Arabs do not even have a native name to describe
themselves in their own Arabic language. The Arabs who now claim to be natives
of the Holy Land have migrated to Palestine and invaded the land after 1917, from
neighboring Arab countries. There is only one possible solution to the
"Palestinians" desire for a homeland - let them return to where they
came from - to where they lived earlier for hundreds or thousands of years - to
their real homeland in their original Arab countries.
local Arab population, was invented AFTER the establishment of the State of
Israel in 1948. These Arabs do not even have a native name to describe
themselves in their own Arabic language. The Arabs who now claim to be natives
of the Holy Land have migrated to Palestine and invaded the land after 1917, from
neighboring Arab countries. There is only one possible solution to the
"Palestinians" desire for a homeland - let them return to where they
came from - to where they lived earlier for hundreds or thousands of years - to
their real homeland in their original Arab countries.
In the 20th century, there were practically no Muslim Arabs in the Holy Land. By contrast, the Jews, despite 2000 years of persecution and forced conversions by various conquerors, have throughout
most of history been the majority population there. In Jerusalem Jews were
always the largest demographic group, except for periods when conquerors
specifically threw them out and prevented them from returning.
most of history been the majority population there. In Jerusalem Jews were
always the largest demographic group, except for periods when conquerors
specifically threw them out and prevented them from returning.
When General Allenby, the commander of the British military forces, conquered Palestine in 1917/1918, only a few thousand Muslim Arabs resided in the Holy Land. Most of the Arabs were Christians, and most of the Muslims in the area either came from Turkey under the Ottoman Empire, or were the descendants of Jews and Christians who were forcefully converted to Islam by the Muslim conquerors.
These Muslims were not of Arab origin. Most references to Arabs in Palestine before 1917 refer to the Christian Arabs, not to the Muslims.
These Muslims were not of Arab origin. Most references to Arabs in Palestine before 1917 refer to the Christian Arabs, not to the Muslims.
Out of the over a million Jewish people expelled from Arab countries, over a hundred thousand died due to persecution and hardship by the Arabs which have confiscated all their resources and left them to die,
P.S. Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can not be treated just where it is visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed completely with no traces left.
ReplyDeleteWhen a poison strikes the human body, the only way to address it, is to remove it and destroy it completely. That is the way the terrorist organizations should be treated.
YJ Draiman