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by Mona Baker monabaker.com Entered into the database on Friday, August 04th, 2006 @ 13:44:08 MST |
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Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease
land in Israel? Did you now that cars owned by Palestinians are colour coded
to distinguish Jews from non-Jews? Did you know Palestinians are not allowed to move from one
city, say Gaza to Bethleham, to another without first getting a 'visa' from
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 Jewish settlers,
while 15% must be divided among Hebron's 120,000 Palestinians? Did you know that Israel routinely confiscates Palestinian
bank accounts, businesses and land and refuses to pay compensation to those
who suffer confiscation? Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of over 80 United
Nations Security Council Resolutions? Did you know that it was not until 1988 that Israelis were
barred from running 'Jews Only' job ads? Did you know that Sharon (the 'elected' leader of a democratic
society) was held responsible for the massacre of more than 2750 Palestinians
in the refugee camps of Sabra and Chatila? The UN qualified the massacre by
Sharon as GENOCIDE. Did you know that Sharon's commando unit in 1953 razed the
Palestinian village of Qibya killing all its citizens and bombed all the houses,
mosques and schools? Did you know that Israel's settlement-building on Palestinian
land increased considerably since the signing of the Oslo agreement? Did you know that settlement building of Jewish only homes
under Barak doubled compared to settlement building under Netanyahu? Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest
portion of the refugee population in the world? Did you know that between 1967 and early 2002 Israel expropriated
some 79% of the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Estimated figures published by Amnesty
International in 1999 show the following: Year Land Confiscated in the West Bank 1984 42% 1991 60% 1998 74% Did you know that since between 1967 and early 2002 Israel
demolished or sealed over 8500 homes, of which 2500 were in East Jerusalem alone?
Houses are demolished as punitive measure or under the pretext of 'lack of building
permit' - permits are rarely granted. Did you know that the Ha'aertz Israeli paper estimated in
1998 (31 July) that a population of 5800 Jewish settlers in Hebron consumed
547 liters of water a day each? By contrast, a population of 119,230 Palestinians
in the same area consumed or had access to no more than 58 litres per day each. Did you know that since 1967, (and of course not counting
the atrocities committed since March 2002) over 600,000 Palestinians have been
jailed in Israeli jails and over 200 have died while in Israeli jails? During
the first year of the second intifada alone, Israel arrested over 1900 Palestinians,
of which 600 were children under 16. Did you know that Israel uses torture routinely in jails (only
against non-Jews of course) despite the Israeli High Court outlawing it? _____________________ Read from Looking Glass News What
If Israel Had Never Been Created? Does
Israel have the right to exist in its current form? It's
about annexation, stupid! So
Much for Israel’s 1.2 Kilometer "Security Zone" It's
not land Israel wants - it's WATER Israel’s
New Middle East: Kill All Arabs US
supplying Israel with NSA signals intelligence WHAT
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