Palestinian-Israeli Conflict For Beginners

Palestinian-Israeli Conflict For Beginners
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Posted on December 18, 2001

The CORE issues of the Palestinian-Israeli are the collective DISPOSSESSION and ETHNIC CLEANSING (compulsory population transfer to achieve political objectives) of the Palestinian people for the past five decades. In our opinion, the conflict would have been at the same level of intensity EVEN if both parties had been Jewish, Muslims, or Christians.

We have compiled the following articles to introduce the reader to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

Zionism 101, Zionism and its impact.
Chronology of Palestinian History.
"The Origins And Evolution Of The Palestine Problem, 1917-1947" by the United Nations.
Zionist Frequently Asked Questions, answers to the MOST frequently asked questions by Israelis and Zionists.
Refugees 101, The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugees problem.
Ethnic Cleansing 101, how Palestinians became refugees.
LOOTING 101, the LOOTING and PLUNDER of Palestinian homes, farms, factories, businesses, banks, ... etc.
Right of Return 101, the key to ending the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
A Survey of Palestine, especially produced by British Mandate for the UN before the partition resolution. (1,300+ pages)
Palestine's Population from 1800-2000
Quiz yourself in Israeli Democracy.
Documentary Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
Video: Sands of Sorrow -Depicting the lives of Palestinian refugees soon after Nakba
Palestinian Frequently Asked Question
Famous Zionist Quotes, here we introduce you to major Zionist leaders BASED on what they said and wrote.
Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
Israeli racism explained by Joseph Massad
Nakba deniers, explained
Talking to a Wall : Palestine in the Mind of America
Buying Palestinian National Rights
Tatar and Turkish Khazars and the their connection to European Judaism.
JNF: Financing Racism and Apartheid
UNDP: Arab Human Development Report 2002-2004
Nakba by Aref al-Aref (Arabic). The Palestinian narrative to what happened during Nakba.
Geography of Palestine by Mustafa Murad al-Dabagh (Arabic).
Palestinians don't have the right to defend themselves, they've the right to die silently!

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Posted by the guy on June 22, 2008 #43149

You guys below clearly are ignorant.
A website is all it takes to change your view on one of the most controversial issues to ever come about?
I will not name my country or my nationality in this excerpt.
There are both sides to each story. Wrongs were done by BOTH sides and wrongs are still being done by BOTH sides. There are also reasons for certain countries support in these areas that go far beyond just who is RIGHT or WRONG.
Look a little deeper into the conflict.
Reasons why people did this and why people did that, look at the influences of the surrounding countries, Britian, Russia, France etc. britian's conflicting promises added to the rise inimmigration that ultimately started the huge skirmishes between the Arabs and the Israeli's.
People have a right to live in Peace.
On both sides.

Posted by Marc Weeks on June 18, 2008 #42700

Fifteen years ago I held a very naive view of the Israel-Palestine conflict (I don't like the word "conflict"--it's not strong enough to describe what's happening and it makes the parties sound equal--but Norman Finkelstein uses the word, so I guess it's okay). Having read not one page about the subject and relying only on televised reports (and the 1972 Olympic Games), I formed an extremely diffuse idea of what the conflict was all about: two sides were fighting over something that happened so long ago that they weren't even sure who started it. I told you I was naive.

What strikes me now, however, is how uncontroversial this matter should be. The Israelis are clearly acting to the detriment of the Palestinian people, if one acknowledges anything the main human rights organizations report, and they are, I believe acting against the best interests of their own citizens. (I'm sure I even read once that Ariel Sharon may have encouraged Lebanese attacks against Israelis in the north to provide justification for the attack against Lebanon in the 1980s.)

And our presidential candidates in the U.S. bending over backwards (almost literally) to please AIPAC indicates that there will be no end soon to the free flow of money for Israel security (!!).

Thank you for your incredible website. I can feel my naivete slipping away.

Posted by KeLeMi on June 8, 2008 #41124

Let's face it. Like most Americans, I was conditioned to thinking the way that I did about Israel. I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in the US. Most of my friends were Jewish. I learned about the Holocaust and read the boox "Exodus". I heard about how bad the Arab governments were. I saw these huge oil rich Arab nations ganging up on tiny Israel and getting well desserved blody noses. The David versus Goliaths story fascinated me.

Just as Americans weren't told the truth about Vietnam, we weren't told the truth about the Palestinians.I didn't know that at the beginning of the 20th century, a majority of people living in what is today called Israel were Arab. I didn't know about their expulsions. Now that I do, I change my position. Of course I still don't like most Arab governments and I still want to keep Sirhan Sirhan in jail.

Posted by nicholas_american on May 5, 2008 #37007

I must admit that everyday American citizens are mostly consumed with ignorance. For instance, when the September 11th terrorist attacks took place in my country, my immediate response was, "Those Palestinians are going to get their asses kicked for this." I can only be ashamed of my ignorance at the time. Then, I was a 15 years old; a very uneducated person. Since then, I have attended college for some time and have studied Middle Eastern relations. Here in America, the media countlessly portrays the current situation between Israel and Palestine as Palestinian terrorists unjustly attacking Jewish settlers. This is the overwhelming portrayal of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in American media. Millions of American citizens are being mislead by the media for the Israeli cause. I believe with a transformation of the message that is being broadcasted to these Americans, that there will be a huge increase in hope for the many suffering Palestinians. Most Americans and Westerners are ignorant to the situation and suffering that Palestinians endure. The Jews now are creating a new Holocaust at the expense of the Palestinians who have the right to the land and the right to live how they please. It all comes down to the hunger for money and competing interests in the area. No one seems to care about human rights anymore. There needs to be a huge transformation of the messages that are being portrayed to Americans through the media, and other Westerners a like. Palestinians will receive huge increases in support and WILL regain what is rightfully theirs. It is not just the Muslims who should unite, but their fellow people of the Book. Muslims and Christians alike should bond together on the issue, for there is much that each can do for each other.

Nicholas R. D.
United States of America

Posted by Abdullahi Hassan on March 7, 2008 #30909

Muslims should wake up and raise the flag of Islam. Today, muslims raised their hands and are starting to surrender one by one. Why do you think great muslims like Salahuddin, the Khulafaah (Abu Bakar(ra), Umar (ra), Uthman(ra) and Ali(ra)), Mohamed Al-Fath and many more succeeded?. Because they held their feet firm and dedicated their lives completly to ALLAH. So why can't we be like them. Why Why WHy??. Because we are scared of death and love this world. So, majority of muslims lay their arms down except for few warriors, too few to be seen e.g. the chechen warrior, iraqi brothers, afghan, somali and every single muslim country has a minority who will dedicate their lives to allah completly. So Muslims rise!!

Posted by Autobahn on February 19, 2008 #29410

Thanx for spent time for writing.I get plenty things in the last couple of weeks.It totally changed my mind

Posted by John on February 9, 2008 #28847

As one who was in Palestine in the Brtish Army in 1946 only thirty percent of the Mandate was Jewish and half of these had been born in other countries. The Israelis today are the modern Nazis of the world and they appear to control the USA so whoever wins the Presiential campaign little hope will be given to the Palestinians.

Posted by Knutars on February 8, 2008 #28787

Excellent site!

Additional information on Zionism is found at The French Connection (iamthewitness.com). Please listen to the interviews with Jenifer Dixon.

Posted by AKRA on August 21, 2007 #19371

ITS A HOLLOCOST WHAT ZOINISTS DO IN PALESTINE, ON DAILY BASIS KILLING , BOMBING AND DISPLACING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES ,LOOTING ITS A GANGSTERS WAY .
ISRAEL ESTABLISHED ON PALESTINIAN LAND STOLEN FROM THEM WITH AID OF UNITED STATES , LOOTING LOOTING THEY ARE MOB.

Posted by BigTaas on August 20, 2007 #19345

I just saw a documentary on the Belgian television about Bi'lin, made by Shai, and I must say I'm stunned....
Why is the Israeli army hurting so much people, why are they acting so inhumane? Why are they shooting tear gas and rubber bullets at handicaped and non-handicaped people who are peacfully demonstrating??
Just to build more big houses for the elite (even some without a building permit!!)?
Thats no reason to rob people from their land, their income....

Posted by Ekram on July 26, 2007 #18582

My words are meaningless to the Hollocaust in Palestine. I have created a video unlike any other for your cause and I would like you to see it. It is a givt that could move the hardest of spirits. www.youtube.com/createstatic

Posted by Liesl Fox on April 13, 2007 #14966

Israel and Zionism are the evils of today's world! It is refreshing to see your point of view out for the public. I hope Americans wake up soon!

Posted by Ahmad Alqousi on April 4, 2007 #14766

zionism is spreaded all around the world not only in palestine...
people r thinking that zionists are only those isreali's who captured our lands....actually zionists r among us these dayz and we can't recognize that...
the zionism aims are much further than palestine occupation... so don't think much about the past but much about the future and what strategies we should follow agains our enemies to avoid another damage...
be proud of your predecessor past but be more responsible about the future which is not yours but for your successors...
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Posted by L'Afrique on March 29, 2007 #14639

I am Christian, and agree with your post. I, too, believe Israel is not only out to take over Palestine, but to finally, after thousands of years, claim its forfeited Biblical "promised land". Several days ago, I aka Netsbridge posted the following on discussion groups, and links to the said discussions are enclosed:
Let's move Israel to Antarctica - http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/911190.aspx
North Korea backs out of talk (note inclusion of Palestine and Israel) - http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/907728.aspx

Posted by azuan on March 10, 2007 #14324

I hate zionist, so i hope all Muslim wake up and make sure Islam not to be as a region for play.

Posted by Abbie on March 7, 2007 #14289

I was a platoon sergeant in IDF battalion 42 during the 1948/49 war. Our battalion was involved in the capture of Lydda (Lod)/Ramlah (see Benny Morris). To my good fortune I was not present at the atrocities, being down with Papadachi -a tropical fever- in Ramlah hospital. However, I witnessed our as well as Arab atrocities during those years. One chapter in my memoirs deals witn events centering on Zakarie (now Beth Zaharia,) titled " War and Cowardice," telling of the execution of the Mukhtar and his two teen-age sons. I would like to forward a copy to you.
Abbie Lipschutz, Houston, Texas

Posted by cool on February 25, 2007 #14121

good job you really got allthe information needed! i am doing a project for school and this has really helped me understand the conflict between the Palestinians-Israelis conflict. thanks!

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