The need and justification of a “Palestinian homeland” has been repeated so often and so insistently that people all over the world have come to accept it as an inevitability. That “homeland,” it is generally agreed, would consist of the Gaza Strip and most of Judea/Samaria, generally referred to as the “West Bank.” Even many good people in the U.S. and even our president, a well-intentioned man, advocate a “homeland,” a Palestinian state, at the end of the so-called “road map.” What are the facts? An unwarranted request. There is no such thing as a “Palestinian people.” That is a
Read More +An Independent Palestinian Kleptocracy
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The concept of a Palestinian state, which has by now acquired an aura of almost inevitability, is a fairly new and quite unjustified one. It is unjustified because there are no distinct “Palestinian” people — they are the same Arabs as those of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The concept of a Palestinian state came about after the Six-Day War in 1967. It is the product of unrelenting Arab propaganda and insistence. A Palestinian state never occurred to the Ottomans who ruled the area until their defeat in World War I, nor to the British when they had the mandate over
Read More +More Twisted Words and Phrases
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Arab propaganda systematically twists words and phrases so that eventually they come to mean almost the exact opposite of their original intent. What are the facts? Palestinian land: A great hue and cry has arisen about the Israeli barrier (called the “apartheid wall” by its noisy detractors). At a cost of billions of dollars, Israel has been forced to erect such a barrier in order to safeguard itself against constant murderous attacks that have so far cost over 1,000 Israeli lives and have hurt and mutilated thousands more. Fourteen out of fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice have
Read More +A warning to Israel’s enemies
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A warning to the enemies of Israel: do not have illusions that you can destroy Israel. The judgement of the G–d of Israel, as He warned you, is prophecied: “For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your reward shall return upon your own head. For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; indeed, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. But upon Mount Zion shall be
Read More +Both of these terms are used freely by pro-Islamist advocates and often, unfortunately, by American media. This piece, the second in a two-part series on Arab propaganda written by FLAME president, Gerardo Joffe, exposes these phrases as propaganda. (You can find the first part of the series—and many other useful articles—by clicking “Our ads and positions“) ===== Twisted Words and Phrases (2) More examples of Arab propaganda, giving new meaning to old words. In the previous of this series of hasbarah (educating and clarifying) messages, we described how Arab propaganda systematically twists words and phrases so that eventually they come
Read More +Click on the facts below for a more detailed explanation of each.1. In the summer of 2000, Israel offered the Palestinian Arabs 97% of the land they claim to be fighting for, making Israel the first and only country ever to offer the Palestinian Arabs a homeland. This offer was rejected with no counter-offer from the Palestinians. http://www.fuelfortruth.org/thetruth/truth_1.asp2. Like the United States, Israel is a democracy. Israel’s Parliament includes men, women, Jews, and Arabs. http://www.fuelfortruth.org/thetruth/truth_2.asp3. Israel ensures complete equality of all individuals irrespective of religion, race or sex. These civil rights are granted in Israel’s Declaration of Independence and Declaration
Read More +Discussions over the future of Temple Mount have aroused intense feelings among Jews the world over. For some, the issue is incredulity that Islam’s third holiest site should outweigh the right to retain Judaism’s holiest site. For others, it is the challenge to Judaism’s profoundest historical memory. For still others, the issue is the violation of an archaeological site that possibly contains the most vivid authentication of Jewish history. And for most everyone else, it is just an intuitive feeling that there is something extremely special about this place. But then there is another side, which uncomfortably nags us as
Read More +Prime Minister Sharon of Israel, under enormous pressure by the U.S. government to “do something,” has agreed to vacate Israeli settlements in Gaza, together with certain settlements in Samaria (the northern “West Bank”), in hopes that this might lead to an end of the bloody Arab/Israeli conflict. Perhaps not too surprisingly, Mr. Sharon’s own Likud party has overwhelmingly rejected the plan. But that is certainly not the end of it. It is bound to be resurrected. What are the facts? A brief history. The primary error is that Gaza belongs to its mostly Arab inhabitants. Gaza, which had previously been
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