Doc's Talk: Index of anti-Israel Myths

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Index of anti-Israel Myths

Steven Shamrak

Israel's Roots

"The Jews have no claim to the land they call Israel."

"Palestine was always an Arab country."

"The Palestinians are descendants of the Canaanites and were in Palestine long before the Jews." "The Balfour Declaration did not give Jews a right to a homeland in Palestine."

"All Arabs opposed the Balfour Declaration, seeing it as a betrayal of their rights."

"The Zionists were colonialist tools of Western imperialism."

"Israeli policies cause anti-Semitism."

The Mandatory Period

"The British helped the Jews displace the native Arab population of Palestine."

"The British allowed Jews to flood Palestine while Arab immigration was tightly controlled."

"The British changed their policy after World War II to allow the survivors of the Holocaust to settle in Palestine."

"Jews stole Arab land."

"The British helped the Palestinians to live peacefully with the Jews."

"The Mufti was not anti-Semitic."

Partition

"The United Nations unjustly partitioned Palestine."

"The partition plan gave the Jews most of the land, and all of the cultivable area."

"Israel usurped all of Palestine in 1948."

"The Palestinian Arabs were never offered a state and therefore have been denied the right to self-determination."

"The Arabs were prepared to compromise to avoid bloodshed."

The War of 1948

"The Jews started the first war with the Arabs."

"The United States was the only nation that criticized the Arab attack on Israel."

"The West's support of Israel allowed the Jews to conquer Palestine."

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

In order to win over gullible Jewish voters, Barack Obama came to Israel during his election campaign. Since then, in spite of his pretence, that he cares about the Arab-Israel conflict, he has visited many countries but Israel. At the same time, he humiliates Prime Minister Netanyahu by regularly jolting him on Washington's 'red carpet'!

US Carried out Targeted Assassination in Gaza

A missile fired from an American warship in the Mediterranean killed Muhammad Jamal A-Namnam, an operational commander of the Army of Islam - Al-Qaeda's 'Palestinian' cell, in Gaza City on Wednesday, Nov 3. (Only Israel "must" restrain her action against enemies - Any other self-respecting nation has no such obligation!)

Another 'Moderate' Supporter of Islamic Terror

Yemen's President Abdullah Ali Saleh refused to allow a US special forces raid on al Qaeda package plotters. Many countries have banned air cargo from Yemen following the discovery of an elaborate mail-bomb plot that originated in Yemen.

Blame Jews for Everything - Old Habits Die Hard!

A fire at Alliance Church on Haneviim Street in central Jerusalem was actually caused by the church's own candles, police found. Palestinian Authority leaders and church officials had promptly blamed the fire on "extremist Israeli settlers."

PA Says Big "NO" to any Peace Proposal!

A senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official absolutely rejected a proposal that Israel lease lands in the PA state be created as a way of getting talks between the two sides moving again. The lease precedent was established in the peace agreement between Israel and Jordan in 1994.

France is a Wimp No one can Trust

The day after Osama bin Laden warned France to remove its troops from Afghanistan, French Defence Minister Herve Morin announced Thursday, Oct. 28 that the withdrawal of French troops would begin in early 2011. (France is always consistent with its inconsistent if not 'strange' politics)

Loom of Another Civil War?

The United States accused the militant group Hezbollah and its allies Iran and Syria of attempting to endanger Lebanon's stability and undermine its independence. Many Lebanese fear that if the U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri - the current prime minister's father - accuses members of Hezbollah of his killing, the government could collapse and clashes could erupt between Shiite fighters and Hariri's mainly Sunni allies.

Hideous Political Maneuvering.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague signed a "treaty between nations" with Palestinian Authority leaders on Wednesday. "This agreement is the first ever bilateral treaty between the two nations," the British Consulate-General site proclaimed. (I am not a lawyer, but isn't it in violation of the dead and buried Oslo accords?)

Muslim Children Training for Jihad - Gross Child Abuse!

Islam is training the next generation of mujahideens who are expected to fight and kill infidels to establish global Islamic rule. A disgusting video below shows a 12-yr old Muslim boy as he BUTCHERS a hostage. A child indoctrinated by Islamic terrorists is actually beheading a man incited by "Allahu Akbar". WARNING: It is too graphic to watch! http://www.truthtube.tv/play.php?vid=2008

Quote of the Week:

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie." - The second sentence is less known, but even more important! Many governments had been using this principle!

Why are Only Jews Deported?

by Steven Shamrak.

Critics of Israel love selective mentioning of UN resolutions, but they do not like it when people actually read the original text of the resolutions. Quite often interpretation of the UN resolutions has nothing to do with the actual text. Most of them were not even adopted because Arab countries rejected them at the time.

The text of UN resolution 181 has clearly specified the right of Jews to live in Gaza, Judea and Samaria - West Bank. Therefore the deportation of 8,500 Jews from Gaza was an immoral and illegal act.

Resolution 181 (II). Future government of Palestine, adopted on 29 November 1947, address the issue of citizenship of the future population of Palestine.

Chapter 3 - Citizenship, international conventions and financial obligations

Citizenship. Palestinian citizens residing in Palestine outside the City of Jerusalem, upon the recognition of independence, become citizens of the State in which they are resident and enjoy full civil and political rights. &Persons over the age of eighteen years may opt, within one year from the date of recognition of independence of the State in which they reside, for citizenship of the other State, providing that no Arab residing in the area of the proposed Arab State shall have the right to opt for citizenship in the proposed Jewish State...

At the time of declaration of Israel's independence Arabs were not residents of Israel, but of a proposed Arab state. Arabs rejected the UN partition plan. They rejected the independence. As a result, they should be the citizens of an Arab state, like Syria, Lebanon, Iraq etc - from countries where most of them had come.

Questions still must be asked: Why did the Israeli government grant citizenship to Arabs, who were "residing in the area of the proposed Arab State" , like Arabs of Jaffa or the Negev at the same time when 850,000 Jews were being expelled from Arab states? Why did the government of Israel not apply this paragraph of the UN resolution but opted for the creation of self-destructive, demographic problems in Israel? Why are only the anti-Israel parts of the UN resolutions, even not adopted ones, promoted and implemented?

The UN resolution allowed Jews to live outside borders of the Jewish State, officially endorsed by the UN, just as Arabs have been residing in the State of Israel. Recently Jews were deported from Gaza by Sharon. Why are Arabs not deported from Israel using the same twisted logic of 'peace'? By rejecting UN Resolutions 181 and 242, Arabs lost any legal claim to Gaza and the West Bank. Therefore protest against Jews living in the West Bank and Gaza is just another Arab anti-Israel propaganda ploy supported by international anti-Semites and self-hating Jews.

'The big and important issues' like: construction of by-pass roads, Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount, Jerusalem tunnel etc... - were forged trepidations. Their purpose is to divert public attention from the legitimate right of Jewish people to live on their ancestral land, create political instability and to hide the obvious intention of Arab states, including the PA, to destroy Israel!

Please review:

http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/0/7f0af2bd897689b785256c330061d253?OpenDocument - UN Resolution 181 (II)

http://www.mideastweb.org/unpartition.htm - UN Partition Map.

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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

In honor of IDF Diversity Week, we present diversity through numbers and pictures. Each year, more and more Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouin and immigrants from around the world take on the responsibility of defending Israel.

MUSLIMS:

Muslim Arab Israelis are not required to draft in the IDF, but there are many who volunteer. In 2013, there were over 200 Muslims serving in the IDF and over 300 in the reserves.

Bedouins:

Bedouins are nomadic Muslims who were in Israel when modern borders were set in place and are now considered Israeli citizens. They are not required to draft but a growing number choose to enlist. In 2012, there were over 1,400 Bedouin Muslim soldiers doing regular IDF service and almost 1,500 in the reserves.

Read more:http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/27/truth-idf-numbers-pictures/#more-34027

Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

In January of next year, the federal income tax rate for middle-class taxpayers is scheduled to rise from 25 percent to 28 percent, and the payroll tax is scheduled to rise from 13.3 percent to 15.3 percent… This drives the marginal tax rate based on the aforementioned three taxes to 48.12 percent. Add in state and local property, corporate, excise, and other state and local taxes, and the percentage of each additional dollar that is taxed hovers around 50 percent… When half of each additional dollar earned is taxed away, taxpayers experience a disincentive to start businesses or expand existing ones. This leads to fewer jobs being created.

Why is HAMAS Inside Tampa Schools?

Clare Lopez

Kelly Miliziano, who teaches history classes at Steinbrenner High School in the Tampa, Florida area apparently thinks it’s perfectly OK to invite a senior official of a HAMAS-affiliated organization into her classroom to discuss Islam with her students. According to local media reports, not only has this been going on for years, but in spite of the civil and criminal proceedings that could result from such reckless negligence, the Hillsborough County school superintendent, Mary Ellen Elia, and the chairman of the school board, Candy Olson, also expressed approval for students under their responsibility to be exposed repeatedly to guest speaker, Hassan Shibly, who is the Executive Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Tampa area.
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Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad

‘Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa.’
-- Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them.
Clare M. Lopez

Who is being discriminated-facts tell the truth

Religious bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,409 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

65.4 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic.
9.5 percent were anti-other religion, i.e., those not specified.
4.3 percent were anti-Catholic.
3.8 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
3.3 percent were anti-Protestant.
0.5 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-incidents-and-offenses.

On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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