Twenty Suppressed facts about the
Middle East
By Jim Bramlett
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1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel
became a nation in 1312 B.C, 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. 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 A.D. 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 Qur'an.
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 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 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 with weapons. [See Fatah Charter/Constitution]
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; there
were 97 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.
20. The UN was silent while the
Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from
visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.