truth about Israel

[In every Century since the we lost control of Israel to foreign conquerers, there has never been a time when diasporah Jews did not return to Israel. From 1880 however, we see the first stirrings of Arab nationalism and therefore after this point, the regular occurance of Jews returning from exile is suddenly portrayed as a new and evil situation. The situation these returning Jews found was not the "lush green oasis" of current Palestinian claims.
"With a gradual decline in the quality of Ottoman rule, the country was brought to a state of widespread neglect. By the end of the 18th century, much of the land was owned by absentee landlords and leased to impoverished tenant farmers, and taxation was as crippling as it was capricious. The great forests of Galilee and the Carmel mountain range were denuded of trees; swamp and desert encroached on agricultural land".1

The land the returning Jews lived on was purchased legally. It had not been stolen. The following evidence was given by Haj Amin Al Husseini at a British Royal commision on 12 January 1937.

SIR L. HAMMOND: His Eminence gave us a picture of the Arabs being evicted from their land and villages being wiped out. What I want to know is, did the Government of Palestine, the Administration, acquire the land and then hand it over to the Jews?

MUFTI: In most cases the lands were acquired.

SIR L. HAMMOND: I mean forcibly acquired-compulsory acquisition as land would be acquired for public purposes?

MUFTI: No, it wasn't.

SIR L. HAMMOND: Not taken by compulsory acquisition?

MUFTI: No.

SIR L. HAMMOND: But these lands amounting to some 700,000 dunams were actually sold?

MUFTI: Yes, they were sold, but the country was placed in such conditions as would facilitate such purchases.

SIR I HAMMOND: I don't quite understand what you mean by that. They were sold Who sold them?

MUFTI: Land owners.

SIR I HAMMOND: Arabs?

MUFTI: In most cases they were Arabs.

SIR L. HAMMOND: Was any compulsion put on them to sell? If so, by whom?

MUFTI: As in other countries, there are people who by force of circumstances, economic forces, sell their land.

SIR L. HAMMOND: Is that all he said?

MUFTI: They were not prevented from selling the land, and mostly the country was in such economic condition as facilitated the sale. If the Government had the interest of these poor people at heart they should have prevented sales and these people would not have been evicted from their land. A large part of these lands belong to absentee landlords who sold the land over the heads of their tenants, who were forcibly evicted. The majority of these landlords were absentees who sold their land over the heads of their tenants. Not Palestinians but Lebanese.

Accounts from the first Aliya mention not only the harshness of the land but also the constant violent attacks by arabs. Those Jews who came to Israel in the first Aliyah were not in a powerful situation as they were struggling just to survive. Those of us who returned to our homeland in this period were not more powerful than our arab neighbors.

"from 1870 until the outbreak of World War I in 1914 ? every Jewish town, neighborhood, moshava (village), farm, moshav and kvutza (cooperative and collective settlements, respectively), faced the necessity of protecting itself. At the time, protection was necessary mainly against local Arab thieves, individuals and organized gangs". 2

Attacks by Arabs against Jews were a common occurrance, but rather than detailing every single Arab raid here, I have decided to cover four of the better known outbreaks of Arab violence toward Jews.


1. Tel Hai 1920

2. Bloody Passover 1921
3. The Hebron massacre 1929

4. The Arab Riots 1936 - 1939]

truth about Israel
Who Owns the LAND in Israel?
The 4 million Palestinian refugees, living in UNRWA camps on 52-a day and the 1-2 million Arabs living in Israel.
As for the "fight of return- reaffirmed by 155 member nations of the United Nations in December, 2000 and opposed by only 2 nations - Israel and the United States - much can be made of the fact that the Palestinians - Israeli Arabs, Palestinians in the occupied territories and the refugees - legally own most of the land in Israel and the occupied territories.
Quoting from Map No. 94 (b) of the United Nations PresentaliQn 574 (b) of Augmst. 12D
Arabs own 84% of the Jerusalem District, the Jews 2%
Arabs own 99% of the Ramallah District, the Jews 1%
Arabs own 98% of the Hebron District, the Jews 1%
Arabs own 87% of the Acre District, the Jews 3%
Arabs own 87% of the Nablus District, the Jews 1%
Arabs own 84% of the lenin District, the Jews 1%
Arabs own 78% of the Tulkarm District, the Jews 17%
Arabs own 77% of the Ramle District, the Jews 14%
Arabs own 75% of the Gaza District, the Jews 4%
Arabs own 68% of the Safad District, the Jews 15%
Arabs own 52% of the Nazareth District, the Jews 28%
Arabs own 51% of the Tiberias District, the Jews 33%
Arabs own 47% of the Jaffa District, the Jews 39%
Arabs own 44% of the Beisan District, the Jews 24%
Arabs own 42% of the Haifa District, the Jews 3501a
Arabs own 15% of the Beersheba District, the Jews 1%
This truism is so obvious that the world community, through the United Nations General Assembly (U.S. veto-proof) resolves annually as follows:
Re olution 54/69 Dec. 6-1999 (A/C.4./55/L.10, Nov. 10, 2000)
Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of the refu~ees, as provided for in paragraph 11 of its resolution 194 (111) (Dec. 11, 1948), has not yet been effected and that, therefore, the situation of the reftigees continues to be a matter of concern"
ReNolution 194 (111) Dec, 11, 1948
"That refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principlesof international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.
74 Dec. 6. 1999 (AIC.41551L.15, Nov. 10, 2QQO
Resolution 54
Recalling in particular its resolution 394 (V) of Dec. 14, 1950, in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the rights, property and interests of the Palestine Arab reftigees.
"Taking note of the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced bv the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report and of the fact that the Land Oifice had a schedule of Arab owners and file'of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property.
1. Reaffirms that the Palestine Arab refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of justice and equity"
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