ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FACTS 1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM; 2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES "PALESTINIANS" IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD; 3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND ...
AniYochanan asked: There is a sufficient amount of irrefutable evidence that the notion of “Palestine” is a post-1967 invention, to easily ascertain that “Palestine” is not a reality; the Arabs, however, who have been uprooted from their homes are a human reality. To be displaced by the fortunes of ...
The West tolerates Israel’s continuous breaches of human rights–violations that it would not tolerate if perpetrated by any other country. Few Western states and not many Jews dare take a stand against Israel, particularly as many of the former still feel a sense of unease and guilt about the holoca ...