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When the Palestinians say "End of occupation", What do they mean?. Ottoman Empire in WWI. Following WWII, the British try to appease Arabs by creating Transjordan (mandate System). The birth of Israel.
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When the Palestinians say "End of occupation",What do they mean?
Following WWII, the British try to appease Arabs by creating Transjordan(mandate System)
The birth of Israel • On November 29, 1947 the Jews were to be granted what appears on the map in blue. The plan granted the Jews in Palestine just over 56% of the area at a time when they owned less than 7% of the land and constituted approx. one-third of the population.
Palestinians Today Disputed Territories: -Golan Heights (disputed w/ Syria) -West Bank (disputed w/ the Palestinians) -Gaza Strip (disputed w/ Egypt/Palestinians) • In Israel, Palestinians are second class citizens • Restricted movement • 40% of land owned by Palestinian Israelis confiscated for Jewish development projects • Israeli government preferentially targets health, education, public works, municipal and economic development to Jews rather than Arabs equally www.cnn.com/.../mideast/stories/ history.maps/accords.html
The Western world thinks they mean “end of occupationin the West Bank and Gaza” - that it is an issue of “disputed territories.” Israel West Bank Gaza
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"on the official website of the Palestinian National Authority, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs: It is the map of the entire State of Israel. http://www.mopa.gov.ps/
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"featured on the official emblem of the Palestinian National Authority’s Ministry of Industry: It is the map of the entire State of Israel. http://www.industry.gov.ps
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"on Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official emblem. It is the map of the entire State of Israel.
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"on Yasser Arafat’s uniform. It is the map of the entire State of Israel.
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"in the official Palestinian Authority’s education system schoolbooks. It is the map of the entire State of Israel. Page 64 of the Palestinian Authority’s official 5th grade school book: “there is no Israel”
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"as a statuette displayed at the Principal’s room in a school in the Palestinian town of Tulkarm It is the map of the entire State of Israel. A dagger is thrust in the “heart” of the land. Blood trickles from the wound and irrigates the plant of the Palestinian State.
This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"from an art lesson in a Palestinian school. It is the map of the entire State of Israel. The Jews destroyed by fire, the Israeli flag burning
Question: When you hear the Palestinians say "End of Occupation"do they mean “A Palestinian State alongside Israel”, or “In place of Israel?”
Answer: Poll: “A majority of Palestinians See Israel's Elimination as the primary Goal”poll conducted by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC)(Reuters, June 11, 2002)
What would YOU do in Israel’s place? If you have an answer, please mail it to: for-peace@graffiti.net Motti Morell