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FACTS About Israel
Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in
Israel? Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are
colour coded distinguish Jews from non-Jews? Did you know that
Jerusalem, both east and west, is consider entire world community,
including the United States, to be occupied territory and NOT part
of Israel? Did you know that Israel allots 85% of the water
resources for Jews and the remaining 15% is divided among
all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85% of
the water is given to about 400 settlers, while15% must be divided
among Hebron's 120,000 Palestinians? Did you know the United States
awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year? Did you know that yearly
US aid to Israel exceeds the aid the US grants to the whole African
continent? Did you know that Israel is the only country in the
Middle East that has nuclear weapons? Did you know that Israel is
the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the
nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections
from its sites? Did you know that Israel currently occupies
territories of two sovereign nations (Lebanon and Syria) in
defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions? Did you
know that Israel has for decades routinely sent assassins into other
countries to kill its political enemies? Did you know that
high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces have
admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war were executed by the
IDF? Did you know that Israel refuses to prosecute its soldiers who
have acknowledged executing prisoners of war? Did you know that
Israel routinely confiscates bank accounts, businesses, and land and
refuses to pay compensation to those who suffer the
confiscation? Did you know that Israel blew up an American
diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a US ship in
international waters, killing 33 and wounding 177 American
sailors? Did you know that the second most powerful lobby in the
United States, according to a recent Fortune magazine survey of
Washington insiders, is the Israeli AIPAC? Did you know that Israel
stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council
Resolutions? Did you know that today's Israel sits on the former
sites of more than 400 now vanished Palestinian villages, and that
the Israelis renamed almost every physical site in the country
to cover up the traces? Did you know that it was not until 1988
that Israelis were barred from running "Jews Only" job ads? Did you
know that four prime ministers of Israel (Begin, Shamir, Rabin, and
Sharon) have taken part in either bomb attacks on
civilians, massacres of civilians, or forced expulsions of civilians
from their villages? |