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Halima |
04/10/02 at 05:17:05 |
FYI > Did You Know? > > 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 sovereign > nations in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions? > > Did you know that Israel has for decades routinely sent assassins in > to 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 (1954) and attacked a U.S. ship (1967) 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 non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in > Israel? > > Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded > to distinguish Jews from non-Jews? > > Did you know that Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the > 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,while 15% must be divided among Hebron's 120,000 > Palestinians? > > Did you know that today's Israel sits on the former sites of more than > 400 now-vanished Palestinian villages, and that the Israeli's re-named > 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? > > Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays two American > public relations firms to promote Israel to Americans? > > Did you know that Sharon's coalition government includes a party > Molodet: which advocates expelling all Palestinians from the occupied > territories? > > Did you know that Israel's settlement-building increased in the eight > years since Oslo? > > Did you know that settlement building under Barak doubled compared to > settlement building under Netanyahu? > > Did you know that the Palestinians have already accepted Israel's > existence on 78% of what was Palestine. Bible: God said to Abraham, > "Unto thy seed, I will give thy land." Abraham had two sons. > Ismael-the Arab son, and Isaac-the Jewish son. So even if one wants to > go to the Bible, the land would belong to both. > > Did you know that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living > stones" of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the > disciples of Jesus Christ? > > Did you know that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of > Justice, torture has continued by Shin Bet interrogators on > Palestinian prisoners? > > Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of > the refugee population in the world? > > ____________________________________ > > |
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Re: Did You Know? |
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zeyn |
04/10/02 at 13:42:39 |
just a slight correction if u decide to use the stat that us gives israel 5 billion more then entire country of africa..i believe us gives egypt about 6 billion.. Zeyn |
Re: Did You Know? |
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Kashif |
04/10/02 at 17:05:55 |
assalaamu alaikum I think Egypt receives the second most amount of aid from the US, otherwise from what i've read it is Israel that receives the most. Kashif Wa Salaam |
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