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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IN NUMBERS
These are the numbers I found anyone have any to add to this for either side and a link I can find where the numbers came from. Not opinion has to be fact numbers please
56% of Israelis support negotiating with the Palestinian Hamas-led government
75% of Israelis believe Israel is struggling for its survival
63% of Palestinians support adopting Hezbollah's methods of attacking Israeli towns with rockets
57% of Palestinian said they support the bombing of Israeli civilians
75% of Palestinians said they support the kidnapping Israel Defense Force soldiers
80% of Palestinians believe that Israel and Palestine cannot coexist
Number of Jews worldwide: approximately 14 million
Number of Jews in the US: approximately 6 million
Number of Jews in Israel: approximately 5 million
Number of Jews killed in the Holocaust: approximately 7 million
Palestinian Refugees seeking the "Right of Return" to Israel: over 4 million
Jewish Refugees expelled from Arab countries: over 1 million
Number of times Palestinians have been offered a state of their own and have refused: at least twice (in 1948 and 2000)
Number of Israel's neighbors' active armed forces: over 2 million
Number of Israel's active armed forces: 170,000Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned by name in the Bible: 811
Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned by name in the Koran: 0
Number of terrorist attacks worldwide from August 1998 to August 2003 according to the Associated Press: 15
Number of terrorist attacks in Israel included in that list: 0Number of terrorist attacks in Israel during that period: over 800Length of time after the establishment of the United Nations before the word "anti-Semitism" was first mentioned in a UN resolution: 50 years
Number of UN Security Council resolutions condemning Israel: over 50
Number of UN Security Council resolutions condemning Palestinians: 0
Number of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Israel: over 300Number of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Palestinians
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Israeli and Palestinian Children Killed Since September 29, 2000 | |
122 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 836 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000. (View Source) |
Israelis and Palestinians Killed Since September 29, 2000 | |
1,084 Israelis and 4,379 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000. (View Source) |
Israelis and Palestinians Injured Since September 29, 2000 | |
7,633 Israelis and 31,142 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000. (View Source) |
Daily U.S. Assistance to Israel and the Palestinians | |
The U.S. gives $15,139,178 per day to the Israeli government and military and $232,290 per day to Palestinian NGO’s. (View Source) |
UN Resolutions Targeting Israel and the Palestinians | |
Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions and the Palestinians have been targeted by none. (View Source) |
Political Prisoners and Detainees | |
1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 9,599 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel. (View Source) |
Demolitions of Israeli and Palestinian Homes | |
0 Israeli homes have been demolished by Palestinians and 4,170 Palestinian homes have been demolished by Israel since September 29, 2000. (View Source) |
Israeli and Palestinian Unemployment Rates | |
The Israeli unemployment rate is 9%, while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 40%. (View Source) |
New Settlements Built (March 2001 - July 2003) | |
60+ new Jewish-only settlements have been built on confiscated Palestinian land between March 2001 and July 11, 2003. There have been 0 cases of Palestinians confiscating Israeli land and building settlements. (View Source) |
Hopelessness can lead to desprate acts, behaviors and atrocities
Just as absolute power corupts absolutly -
But to Justify it is as well Criminal - We cannot excuse everything away - We have to learn to deal with what is happening in reality and love through it - There are lessons to be learned so lets learn them so this can all stop.
We as human beings have a duty to one another to spead the Gospel to the world and in that Peace and Love will Reign
Republican / Democrat FACTS
1860-61 - Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America under leadership of Jefferson Davis, triggering civil war with abolitionist northern states.
1863 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 - Confederates defeated; slavery abolished under Thirteenth Amendment. Lincoln is assassinated.