[HANASHIR:11318] Re: help: mid-east conflict song

[Shirona <shirona...>]

Hi Billy,

Good luck on this ambitious new project. I hope your song promotes peace and
healing.  I have a source for you, but first a few disclaimers...

1. The piece is written by a non-Jewish Ph.D in history  - Jamie Glazov.
That doesn't necessarily make his obsevations "balanced", whatever that
means, but at least you can say that he has reasons to be "objective".

2. It's a satire, and so it's very sarcastic. The guy makes no excuses for
his opinions.

The reason I'm recommending this article is because of the accuracy of the
facts. He's a historian who's done his homework!  The tragedy of this
conflict starts with the overwhelming ignorance about plain, simple facts.

So if you can ignore the sarcasm and all that - you'll get a sobering chunk
of history.

-- Shirona

  click here:
<http://www.frontpagemag.com/columnists/glazov/2002/glazov04-11-02.htm>

And since you asked, more historical facts:

Crash Course on the Arab Israeli Conflict

Here are overlooked facts in the current Middle East situation. These were
compiled by a Christian university professor.
HERE'S THE BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY....Takes just 1.5
minutes to read!!!! It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew --
it doesn't matter.
Thank You.

1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E., two
thousand years before the rise of Islam.

2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part  of a
Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the
modern State of Israel.

3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E., the Jews have had dominion over
the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for
the past 3,300 years.

4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 C.E. lasted no more than
22 years.

5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem
has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the
Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital,
and Arab leaders did not come to visit.

6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy
Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.

7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to
Jerusalem.

8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward
Jerusalem.

9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: In 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to
leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews.
Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.

10. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab
brutality, persecution and pogroms.

11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be
around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated
to be the same.

12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the
Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the
100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in
the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own peoples'
lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a
country no larger than the state of New Jersey.

13. The Arab - Israeli Conflict: The Arabs are represented by eight separate
nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation.
The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself
each time and won.

14. The P.L.O.'s Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of
Israel.  Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land,
autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.

15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews
were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and
Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all
faiths.

16. The U.N. Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council
resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.

17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were
directed against Israel.

18. The U.N was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the
Jordanians.

19. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the
ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.

20. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like
policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western
Wall.








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----- Original Message -----
From: <billyjonas (at) juno(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:26 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:11317] help: mid-east conflict song


> everybody: i'm working on a song called "Variations on a Theme" which
> tries to paint a balanced picture of the historical roots of the
> conflicts, starting with isaac and ishmael, and going all the way to
> present day.. any well-written or articulate materials that give a
> balanced perspective (especially the palestinian perspective) are of
> interest to me!
> ~billy
> ps - judah - any luck with the palestinian song of peace? i'm very
> interested -- keep me posted!
>
>
>
>


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