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Durban conference

2009-04-21T19:20:35Z

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Both [[UN]]'s [[Durban conference]]s (which were supposedly intended to be "against racism") were another display of the 'merging bigotry between: Arabism (Durban 2- chaired by Libya's Qaddafi) & Islamism' (Durban 2 - spearheaded by Iran's Ahmadinejad, the first statesman to speak), both dominated the conferences in a clear anti-Jewish bashing - agenda (mostly under the guise of "caring" for Arab Palestinians - while the truth is they don't
[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568466,00.html ], and defining Israel's fight for survival [http://christianactionforisrael.org/newsl/news150.html ] as "racist", but "pure" anti all-Jews racism was also on display), the Durban 2 had another Islamic agenda to "criminalize" criticism of Islam.

'''Durban conference 1''',
I. Cotler: The World Conference Against Racism in Durban was originally planned as a platform to focus on the world's underrepresented human rights causes. Yet what was supposed to be a conference against racism turned into a conference of racism against Israel and the Jewish people. [http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief2-5.htm ], Arab nations have ganged up to bash [[Israel]] [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Zionism/Zionism_Is_Not_Racism.html ] [http://www.beth-elsa.org/be_s1026.htm ] (hypocritic [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2f7b062f-8fe7-47ab-8f84-483f76cdc926 ] false "accusations" on pluralistic democracy, free for all state
[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html ] [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Facts+about+Israel-+The+State/A+Free+People+in+Our+Land-+The+Democracy+Index.htm ], Israeli Arab explodes Mideast 'lies', says she discovered freedom in Jewish state "As a Middle Easterner brought up on this patent 'Israel is a racist state' propaganda, I discovered it is total hate-inspired nonsense," she said." I've seen with my own eyes what kind of society Israel is. I consider Israel to be one of the most multi-racial and multi-cultural countries in the world. There are no racial restrictions on becoming a citizen of Israel like there are in many Arab countries. Remember, Jews can't live in the neighboring Arab Kingdom of Jordan or in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
She explained that more than 100 different countries of the world are represented in the population of Israel.
"Consider how the Israeli government spent tens of millions of dollars airlifting more than 40,000 black Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1984 and 1991," she said. "Since 2001 Israel has reached out to help others taking in non-Jewish refugees from Lebanon, the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Liberia, Congo and even Bosnian Muslims. How many such refugees have the 22 states in the Arab league taken in? The Arab world won't even give Palestinian refugees citizenship in their host countries."
She added that more than 1 million Arabs are full Israel citizens, that an Arab sits on the Supreme Court of Israel, that there are Arab political parties expressing views inimical to the state of Israel sitting in the Knesset, that women are equal partners in Israel and have complete human rights.
"Show me an Arab nation with a Jew in its government," she challenged. "Show me an Arab country with half as many Jewish citizens as Israel has Arab citizens. I'll borrow some of your academic freedom now and say that Arab nations are the real racist and oppressive states."
[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43175 ] even harsh anti-Israel Arabist [[Jimmy Carter]] admitted on [[CNN]] "I recognize that Israel is a wonderful democracy with freedom of speech and equality of treatment under the law between Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis." [http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/12/acd.02.html ], On the hypocrisy of racist Arabs / Palestinians vs pluralistic democratic Israel, some have summed it up in one phrase: "If Arabs Can Live in Jewish Neighborhoods, Why Can't Jews Live in Arab Neighborhoods?"
[http://smoothstoneblog.com/2009/03/us-to-boycott-durban-ii-un-racism-conference.htm ], In fact, many have raised the issue of Arabs not only being equal citizens as Jews in Israel, but often as first class citizens, Arabs, Muslims first class citizens in Israel whereas Israeli Jews are second class citizens
[http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/67486 ], an example: Israeli Police evict Jews from Jewish-owned Hebron home
As applauding Palestinian Arabs looked on
[http://www.jnewswire.com/article/2587 ], there are complaints of Jews who proclaim that they are sick and tired of being second-class citizens, while all Arabs in Judea and Samaria are treated like first-class citizens.
[http://www.think-israel.org/nov05bloged.html#nov05.160 ]
a professor has written about Israel's "affirmative action", quotas and preferences for Arabs [http://www.freeman.org/m_online/feb04/plaut.htm ] and that Israel already has a system in
place whereby Jews are often treated as second-class citizens.
[http://www.dafka.org/news/index.php?pid=4&id=173 ]) and the [[Jews]], as Arab states pressed the Durban racist strategy
[http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp468.htm ], Jews were stunned by hostility, Anti-Semitism at Durban [http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=15621 ] from the Arabs' hopeless xenophobic hatred [http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2001/aug/win1.htm ], The [[Arab Lawyers Union of Egypt]], distributed a booklet of violently Anti Jewish cartoons and has, since then, continued its incitement to Jew-hatred [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110272.html ].

Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson:
[T]he atmosphere of anti-Semitism at the NGO Forum was described as 'hateful, even racist' by former High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson. Source: U.S. House of Representatives Resolution 1361 EH, Sept. 23, 2008, I had urged the NGOs not to adopt it. But the process was democratic and they went ahead and adopted it. But I also have a democratic right to reject that declaration dealing with Israel... I think the NGO Forum, by including that text on Israel, have diminished the chances of it being adopted by the conference. I don't think it can be adopted. Source: "Israel branded 'racist' by rights forum," CNN, Sept. 2, 2001. [A]fter [an activist] showed Robinson the booklet, she stood up, waved it and said, 'This conference is aimed at achieving human dignity. My husband is a cartoonist, I love political cartoons, but when I see the racism in this cartoon booklet, of the Arab Lawyers' Union, I must say that I am a Jew - for those victims are hurting. I know that you people will not understand easily, but you are my friends, so I tell you that I am a Jew, and I will not accept this fractiousness to torpedo the conference.' Source: "Robinson in Durban: I am a Jew," The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 30, 2001. [http://blog.unwatch.org/?p=221 ], racist Arab [http://www.michnews.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/124/4241 ] and Islamic states attempted to impose an agenda declaring Palestinian victimhood at the hands of Israeli "colonialism and oppression.", French philosopher and writer Pascal Bruckner put it best when he said, "It was like a cannibal suddenly calling for vegetarianism."Australia and Canada issued statements condemning the conference's hypocrisy. The Israeli and U.S. delegations walked out [http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=20082298&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8 ], As a writer has put it: 'Racists cry racism at U.N. conference'
[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=10776 ], Under title 'Arab Racism' a writer sums up the efforts all those years where the Arab countries continued to promote the false notion as if 'Zionism is racism', defining Zionism, the national liberation movement of Jews, the victims of racism, as racism is particularly cynical, yet it seems that the Arabs have succeeded to convince the leaders of some nations, themselves victims of racism, to support this vicious accusation.[http://www.gzyn.com/cmp/contentReadingActions.do?method=readArticle&id=31&edition=1&title=Arab+Racism ], it was described by the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, as "the most sickening and unabashed display of hate for Jews I had seen since the Nazi period."
[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31520&page=1&viewID=879044 ], in fact, from the Jew-Hatred in Durban, the ironic result of the UN's World Conference on Racism 2001 should have been to remind the world how little reality has changed: Israel is still David opposite the Arab world's Goliath. [http://christianactionforisrael.org/antiholo/jew-hatred.html ].

'''Durban conference 2'''
Learning the lesson of Arab Muslim nations hijacking the UN (2001) Durban 1 [http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=2&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=1117&TTL=Terrorism_and_Racism:_The_Aftermath_of_Durban ] conference against "racism", turning it into a platform for a racist anti Jewish, anti Israel forum, come the (2009) Durban 2 with added worries of the trivializing of the Holocaust by comparing it with hatred of Islam.
[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764158749&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ] [http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/politicizing_word_holocaust_trivializes_it_20090204/ ] [http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1023 ] [http://www.aviva-berlin.de/aviva/content_Public%20Affairs.php?id=1424866 ], [[Canada]] has said it "promotes racism" [http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/016733.php ] and has boycotted it [http://jta.org/news/article/2008/01/23/106573/canadadurban01232008 ], the [[US]] has boycotted it on February 28, 2009 [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130187 ] The delegation's conclusions were that the anti-Israel and anti-Western tendencies were too deeply entrenched to excise [http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200903031425/US-follows-Canada-s-lead-and-decides-to-pull-out-of-Durban-II.html ], [[Britain]] and [[Italy]] Threaten to Drop Out [http://www.thejc.com/articles/britain-and-italy-threaten-drop-out-durban-ii ], later on, [[Italy]] pulled out of the conference [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ-jO8GITRBOpeVyJThpU1Ys7NGAD96O3MOO2 ], Australia was ready to boycott Durban II [http://jta.org/news/article/2009/03/17/1003772/australia-ready-to-boycott-durban-ii ], finally after [[EU]] has threatened to pullout too [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=nw20090316193612328C818953&set_id= ] [[EU]]'s ultimatum to the OIC: Change your tune on Durban II or we won't attend, it issued a final ultimatum to the countries participating in Durban II: They must put a stop to their anti-Israeli agitation and their criticism of the freedom of expression. [http://europenews.dk/en/node/21207 ] it was altered and the Arab nations' put together criticism attack of Israel was dropped from Durban II draft resolution (March 17, 2009) [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1071735.html ].
Thomas P. Kilgannon has summed it up: in two words -- bureaucratic terrorism. The conference is dominated by the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and is used largely as a forum to promote hatred of Israel. The gathering in Geneva is a follow-on to the World Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Africa in 2001
[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31520&page=1&viewID=879044 ]
The Durban II was named: The U.N.'s Racist Jamboree [http://mideastoutpost.com/archives/000505.html ] [http://europenews.dk/en/node/15865 ].

As part of exposing the hypocrisy, prior to the Durban conference, the [[UNWatch]] "turned the tables" Blasts Racism by Iran, Libya and Saudi Arabia, with a special attention on Arab [[Libya]] (which chairs the conf.) on its horrific record on human rights, racism, discrimination against minorities, including black migrants [http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/un-watch-takes-on-libya-in-council-debate-blasts-qaddafi-racism-against-black-migrants/16108386/ ] 2 million black African migrants in Libya, who, as quoted in the International Herald Tribune ([http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/world/africa/23libya.html ]), say they are treated like slaves and animals [http://europenews.dk/en/node/22151 ], and the fate of the [[Bulgarians]] in a libel suit.
[http://www.unwatch.org/cms.asp?id=741148&campaign_id=63111 ]

On April 19, 2009 U.S. boycotted finally the conference, says it 'singles out' Israel, it risks 'hypocritical' Israel hatred
[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1079354.html ] & "hypocritical allegations" against Israel [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130932 ], just as more countries joined a U.S. boycott amid concerns it was developing into a platform for attacking Israel, [[Australia]] and the [[Netherlands]] were the latest to pull out, as a dispute gathered pace over a document said to single out Israel for its racism. "Germany, like several other E.U. nations, will very likely not be taking part in the conference," [http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46802 ] ([[Canada]], Israel, [[Italy]] and [[Sweden]] have already announced they are boycotting the conference aimed at creating a global blueprint for tackling discrimination).
Meanwhile, [[Iran]]ian President [[Mahmoud Ahmedinejad]], whose past comments on the [[Holocaust]] and [[Israel]] are likely to overshadow his contributions to the debate, has reportedly confirmed his attendence [http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/19/racism.conference/index.html ], his attendance proved again that 'Durban II' racist‎ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3703246,00.html ].

('''Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - as Adolf Hitler'''
World leaders (including Italy & Germany) have compared Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler, the world faces the same threat from, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3245121,00.html ] [http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=50444 ] [http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8695 ] [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/4/27/80931.shtml ] [http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/30448 ] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1054236/Iran-protest-Israeli-minister-says-Yes-ok-kidnap-Ahmadinejad.html ] [http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/irancrisis/more_stories/10016391.html ] [http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/5659 ] [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/25/100038.shtml ] Or a '2nd Hitler' [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/8104/Jewish-leader-calls-Irans-Ahmadinejad-a-2nd-Hitler ], even in Arab media, in reactions to Iran's nuclear project, he was described as a new Hitler threatening to unleash catastrophe upon the world
[http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=ia&ID=IA27706&Page=archives ] and writers decry his 'plan' to annihilate Jews with a single push of a button, a dictator who fashions himself after Adolf Hitler with a twist of Islamic lemon [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401458.html?sub=AR ]

He also gave an ultimatum to the west: 'Convert to Islam or Die'
[http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=23567_Ahmadinejad-_Convert_or_Die&only ] he's warned Western leaders to follow the path of Allah or "vanish from the face of the earth".
[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20883679-5003402,00.html ]).

On April 20, 2009, (while there was no talk about Arab racism, nor about Iran's oppression of minorities like: Christians, Baha'i, Azeris, Baluchis, Ahwazi Arabs, etc. [http://www.ahwazstudies.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=638&Itemid=47&lang=EN ] [http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/04/12/irans-revolutionary-guards-arm-of-oppression-within-and-terrorism-without/ ]) Iran's (a country notorious for its human rights abuses, including a long history of persecution of minorities [http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=2581 ]) Ahmadinejad who bashed Israel [http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977661128&grpId=3659174697241980&nav=Groupspace ], was jeered at the conference, the opening of a United Nations conference in Switzerland on anti-racism was marred by chaotic scenes Monday as protests and a protesting 'walkout' by delegates, especially the Europeans (he was applauded by some Arabs), Some 40 delegates stood and exited the hall amid a mixture of outraged shouts such as: "shame", Protesters interrupted him as he began to speak, shouting: "You're a racist!" [http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/racism.conference/index.html ]
[http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/20/israel-un-conference753.html ]
[http://www.rferl.org/content/Western_Boycott_Mars_UN_Racism_Conference_From_Outset/1612128.html ]
[http://news.aol.ca/article/delegates-walk-out-of-un-summit-during-ahmadinejad-speech/602810/ ]

Leaders Condemned Ahmadinejad's 'Hate speech' tirade Attack on Israel [http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5834 ]
[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3704000,00.html ]
[http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN2147779220090421 ]
[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3703986,00.html ]
[http://www.rferl.org/content/Nobel_Laureate_Wiesel_Condemns_Ahmadinejad_At_Geneva_Meeting/1613033.html ]
[http://www.france24.com/en/20090420-france-condemns-ahmadinejad-hate-speech-durban-racism-conference-israel-iran ]
[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009088244_apununiranracismconference.html ]
[http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6249/1/ ]
including the [[Vatican]]
[http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK339694.htm ] and the [[UN]] chief [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001265.html ] Some decried: World witnessed Hitler's return. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1239710749744&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ]

Durban conference

2009-04-21T19:01:00Z

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Palestine

2009-01-08T23:45:01Z

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'''Palestine''' is a name sometimes given to part of the land that generally comprises the [[Promised Land]] given to the [[Israelites]] / [[Jews]] in the [[Bible]]. though historically [[Jews]] did reside there, it is not directly associated with the Jewish promise, as it is a geopolitical designation more than a religious one. Palestine was a later name for the province of Judea in the [[Roman Empire]], who ruled the Jewish people at that time.<ref>http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php</ref>

After the [[Romans]] renamed Israel as Syria Palestina in 132-135 CE, Palestine (from Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשת‎ Pleshet, פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is one of many names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Many different definitions of the region have been in usage in the past three thousand years.

==Ancient==
: ''Main Article: [[Israel#History|History of Israel]]''

Originally inhabited by a loose bonding of [[Canaan]]ite tribes, the Israelites settled into the area after [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]] and were partially succesful in driving out the Canannites and making it their home. Migrations from the 'Peoples of the Sea' led to a strong [[Phillistine]] presence on the coastline, but they were generally subdued by [[King David]] and [[Solomon]] during the height of ancient Israel. The kingdom was subsequently divided into the [[Northern Kingdom]] and [[Judea]] upon the death of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom, and the remenants of the Philistine kingdoms, were conqured by the [[Assyrian]]s in the late 8th century B.C. and the kingdom of Judea fell under [[Babylonian]] control in the late 7th century and lost their independence completely in 586 B.C. with the fall of [[Jerusalem]], their capital. The Jews were allowed to return under the [[Persian Empire]] and the entire area was conqured by [[Alexander the Great]] around 330 B.C. When his empire broke apart at his death and consolidated into four different regions, it was the [[Ptolemies]] centered in Egypt who controlled the region for the better part of the next two centuries, but conquest by the [[Seleucids]] led to a harsh religious persecution on the Jews in the region. The Jews revolted and had their independence for almost 100 years before a civil war courted Roman intervention and the area came under Roman control and eventually became the province of Palestine. Byzantine rule was forcefully removed by the great Islamic waves of the 7th century A.D. Portions of Palestine were reclaimed under Crusader control from the late 11th century until the mid 13th century, but the overall region was under Islamic control for over 1000 years.

==Modern History==

The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine. A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conqured the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.

Today's Palestinian Arabs are children, grandchildren of [[Arab]] immigrants from the surrounding nations [http://www.peacefaq.com/palestinians.html ] [http://www.meforum.org/article/522 ].

The Palestinian [[Intifada]] from the late 1980s tried to regain Arab control of the West Bank region of Israel. While first clamping down harshly, Israel did sign an accord to grant the Palestinian Arabs autonomy in the West Band and the Gaza Strip, but not full independence. The borders of a future Palestinian state has been a stumbling block to a final solution with the Arabs wanting to control all of the area captured in the 1967 War and Israel claiming part of the land for the Jewish people. A continuing series of violent actions on the part of the Palestinian Arabs and an inability to find a comprise has prevented any type of permanent solution. The short term solution is bleak. With [[Hamas]] having the majority of the control in the Palestinian legislature, a terrorist entity that does not even recognize Israel's right to exist in it's own land (seeks to ethnic cleanse all Jews in the area and create a radical oppressive Islamic state, it's head in Damascus Osama Hamdan supports Ahmadinejad's genocide call to "wipe off Israel off map" [http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/osama_hamdan0807e.htm ] and Hamas Cleric Muhsen Abu 'Ita said: "The Annihilation of the Jews in Palestine is One of The Most Splendid Blessings for Palestine" [http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD208708 ]), the government of Israel has refused to talk further.

==Culture of Palestine==

The dialect of Palestinian Arabs and their culture is essentially the same as that of Jordanian Arabs. The flag of the Palestinians is also almost identical to the Jordanians. To this day the second biggest concentration of Palestinian Arabs is in Jordan, partly due to their fleeing of Israel during the 1948 and 1967 wars.

==See also==
*[[Yasser Arafat]]

== References ==
<references/>
== See also ==

==External link==
*[http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=1468wmv&ak=null Graduation Ceremony in a Hamas Kindergarten], Al-Aqsa TV (The Palestinian Authority), May 31 2007. Children vow to die for [[Allah]].
*[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56241 Christians warned: Accept Islamic law], 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly', By Aaron Klein, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', June 19, 2007.

==Backgrounders==

* [http://mythsandfacts.com Myths & facts]
* [http://palestinefacts.org Palestine facts]
* [http://peacefaq.com Peace dictionary]

[[Category:Middle Eastern Countries]]
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]

Palestine

2008-11-24T18:28:52Z

MasteRing:

'''Palestine''' is a name sometimes given to part of the land that generally comprises the [[Promised Land]] given to the [[Israelites]] / [[Jews]] in the [[Bible]]. though historically [[Jews]] did reside there, it is not directly associated with the Jewish promise, as it is a geopolitical designation more than a religious one. Palestine was a later name for the province of Judea in the [[Roman Empire]], who ruled the Jewish people at that time.<ref>http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php</ref>

After the [[Romans]] renamed Israel as Syria Palestina in 132-135 CE, Palestine (from Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשת‎ Pleshet, פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is one of many names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Many different definitions of the region have been in usage in the past three thousand years.

==Ancient==
: ''Main Article: [[Israel#History|History of Israel]]''

Originally inhabited by a loose bonding of [[Canaan]]ite tribes, the Israelites settled into the area after [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]] and were partially succesful in driving out the Canannites and making it their home. Migrations from the 'Peoples of the Sea' led to a strong [[Phillistine]] presence on the coastline, but they were generally subdued by [[King David]] and [[Solomon]] during the height of ancient Israel. The kingdom was subsequently divided into the [[Northern Kingdom]] and [[Judea]] upon the death of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom, and the remenants of the Philistine kingdoms, were conqured by the [[Assyrian]]s in the late 8th century B.C. and the kingdom of Judea fell under [[Babylonian]] control in the late 7th century and lost their independence completely in 586 B.C. with the fall of [[Jerusalem]], their capital. The Jews were allowed to return under the [[Persian Empire]] and the entire area was conqured by [[Alexander the Great]] around 330 B.C. When his empire broke apart at his death and consolidated into four different regions, it was the [[Ptolemies]] centered in Egypt who controlled the region for the better part of the next two centuries, but conquest by the [[Seleucids]] led to a harsh religious persecution on the Jews in the region. The Jews revolted and had their independence for almost 100 years before a civil war courted Roman intervention and the area came under Roman control and eventually became the province of Palestine. Byzantine rule was forcefully removed by the great Islamic waves of the 7th century A.D. Portions of Palestine were reclaimed under Crusader control from the late 11th century until the mid 13th century, but the overall region was under Islamic control for over 1000 years.

==Modern History==

The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine. A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conqured the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.

Today's Palestinian Arabs are children, grandchildren of [[Arab]] immigrants from the surrounding nations [http://www.peacefaq.com/palestinians.html ] [http://www.meforum.org/article/522 ].

The Palestinian [[Intifada]] from the late 1980s tried to regain Arab control of the West Bank region of Israel. While first clamping down harshly, Israel did sign an accord to grant the Palestinian Arabs autonomy in the West Band and the Gaza Strip, but not full independence. The borders of a future Palestinian state has been a stumbling block to a final solution with the Arabs wanting to control all of the area captured in the 1967 War and Israel claiming part of the land for the Jewish people. A continuing series of violent actions on the part of the Palestinian Arabs and an inability to find a comprise has prevented any type of permanent solution. The short term solution is bleak. With [[Hamas]] having the majority of the control in the Palestinian legislature, a terrorist entity that does not even recognize Israel's right to exist in it's own land, the government of Israel has refused to talk further.

==Culture of Palestine==

The dialect of Palestinian Arabs and their culture is essentially the same as that of Jordanian Arabs. The flag of the Palestinians is also almost identical to the Jordanians. To this day the second biggest concentration of Palestinian Arabs is in Jordan, partly due to their fleeing of Israel during the 1948 and 1967 wars.

==See also==
*[[Yasser Arafat]]

== References ==
<references/>
== See also ==

==External link==
*[http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=1468wmv&ak=null Graduation Ceremony in a Hamas Kindergarten], Al-Aqsa TV (The Palestinian Authority), May 31 2007. Children vow to die for [[Allah]].
*[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56241 Christians warned: Accept Islamic law], 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly', By Aaron Klein, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', June 19, 2007.

==Backgrounders==

* [http://mythsandfacts.com Myths & facts]
* [http://palestinefacts.org Palestine facts]
* [http://peacefaq.com Peace dictionary]

[[Category:Middle Eastern Countries]]
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]

Palestine

2008-11-24T18:14:17Z

MasteRing:

'''Palestine''' is a name sometimes given to part of the land that generally comprises the [[Promised Land]] given to the [[Israelites]] / [[Jews]] in the [[Bible]]. though historically [[Jews]] did reside there, it is not directly associated with the Jewish promise, as it is a geopolitical designation more than a religious one. Palestine was a later name for the province of Judea in the [[Roman Empire]], who ruled the Jewish people at that time.<ref>http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php</ref>

After the [[Romans]] renamed Israel as Syria Palestina in 70 AD, Palestine (from Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשת‎ Pleshet, פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is one of many names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Many different definitions of the region have been in usage in the past three thousand years.

==Ancient==
: ''Main Article: [[Israel#History|History of Israel]]''

Originally inhabited by a loose bonding of [[Canaan]]ite tribes, the Israelites settled into the area after [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]] and were partially succesful in driving out the Canannites and making it their home. Migrations from the 'Peoples of the Sea' led to a strong [[Phillistine]] presence on the coastline, but they were generally subdued by [[King David]] and [[Solomon]] during the height of ancient Israel. The kingdom was subsequently divided into the [[Northern Kingdom]] and [[Judea]] upon the death of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom, and the remenants of the Philistine kingdoms, were conqured by the [[Assyrian]]s in the late 8th century B.C. and the kingdom of Judea fell under [[Babylonian]] control in the late 7th century and lost their independence completely in 586 B.C. with the fall of [[Jerusalem]], their capital. The Jews were allowed to return under the [[Persian Empire]] and the entire area was conqured by [[Alexander the Great]] around 330 B.C. When his empire broke apart at his death and consolidated into four different regions, it was the [[Ptolemies]] centered in Egypt who controlled the region for the better part of the next two centuries, but conquest by the [[Seleucids]] led to a harsh religious persecution on the Jews in the region. The Jews revolted and had their independence for almost 100 years before a civil war courted Roman intervention and the area came under Roman control and eventually became the province of Palestine. Byzantine rule was forcefully removed by the great Islamic waves of the 7th century A.D. Portions of Palestine were reclaimed under Crusader control from the late 11th century until the mid 13th century, but the overall region was under Islamic control for over 1000 years.

==Modern History==

The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine. A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conqured the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.

Today's Palestinian Arabs are children, grandchildren of [[Arab]] immigrants from the surrounding nations [http://www.peacefaq.com/palestinians.html ] [http://www.meforum.org/article/522 ].

The Palestinian [[Intifada]] from the late 1980s tried to regain Arab control of the West Bank region of Israel. While first clamping down harshly, Israel did sign an accord to grant the Palestinian Arabs autonomy in the West Band and the Gaza Strip, but not full independence. The borders of a future Palestinian state has been a stumbling block to a final solution with the Arabs wanting to control all of the area captured in the 1967 War and Israel claiming part of the land for the Jewish people. A continuing series of violent actions on the part of the Palestinian Arabs and an inability to find a comprise has prevented any type of permanent solution. The short term solution is bleak. With [[Hamas]] having the majority of the control in the Palestinian legislature, a terrorist entity that does not even recognize Israel's right to exist in it's own land, the government of Israel has refused to talk further.

==Culture of Palestine==

The dialect of Palestinian Arabs and their culture is essentially the same as that of Jordanian Arabs. The flag of the Palestinians is also almost identical to the Jordanians. To this day the second biggest concentration of Palestinian Arabs is in Jordan, partly due to their fleeing of Israel during the 1948 and 1967 wars.

==See also==
*[[Yasser Arafat]]

== References ==
<references/>
== See also ==

==External link==
*[http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=1468wmv&ak=null Graduation Ceremony in a Hamas Kindergarten], Al-Aqsa TV (The Palestinian Authority), May 31 2007. Children vow to die for [[Allah]].
*[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56241 Christians warned: Accept Islamic law], 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly', By Aaron Klein, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', June 19, 2007.

==Backgrounders==

* [http://mythsandfacts.com Myths & facts]
* [http://palestinefacts.org Palestine facts]
* [http://peacefaq.com Peace dictionary]

[[Category:Middle Eastern Countries]]
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]

Palestine

2008-11-24T16:23:00Z

MasteRing:

'''Palestine''' is a name sometimes given to part of the land that generally comprises the [[Promised Land]] given to the [[Israelites]] [[Jews]] in the [[Bible]]. though historically [[Jews]] did reside there, it is not directly associated with the Jewish promise, as it is a geopolitical designation more than a religious one. Palestine was a later name for the province of Judea in the [[Roman Empire]], who ruled the Jewish people at that time.<ref>http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php</ref>

After the [[Romans]] renamed Israel as Syria Palestina in 70 AD, Palestine (from Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשת‎ Pleshet, פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is one of many names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Many different definitions of the region have been in usage in the past three thousand years.

==Ancient==
: ''Main Article: [[Israel#History|History of Israel]]''

Originally inhabited by a loose bonding of [[Canaan]]ite tribes, the Israelites settled into the area after [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]] and were partially succesful in driving out the Canannites and making it their home. Migrations from the 'Peoples of the Sea' led to a strong [[Phillistine]] presence on the coastline, but they were generally subdued by [[King David]] and [[Solomon]] during the height of ancient Israel. The kingdom was subsequently divided into the [[Northern Kingdom]] and [[Judea]] upon the death of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom, and the remenants of the Philistine kingdoms, were conqured by the [[Assyrian]]s in the late 8th century B.C. and the kingdom of Judea fell under [[Babylonian]] control in the late 7th century and lost their independence completely in 586 B.C. with the fall of [[Jerusalem]], their capital. The Jews were allowed to return under the [[Persian Empire]] and the entire area was conqured by [[Alexander the Great]] around 330 B.C. When his empire broke apart at his death and consolidated into four different regions, it was the [[Ptolemies]] centered in Egypt who controlled the region for the better part of the next two centuries, but conquest by the [[Seleucids]] led to a harsh religious persecution on the Jews in the region. The Jews revolted and had their independence for almost 100 years before a civil war courted Roman intervention and the area came under Roman control and eventually became the province of Palestine. Byzantine rule was forcefully removed by the great Islamic waves of the 7th century A.D. Portions of Palestine were reclaimed under Crusader control from the late 11th century until the mid 13th century, but the overall region was under Islamic control for over 1000 years.

==Modern History==

The breakup of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after their defeat in [[World War I]] saw the region come under the control of [[Great Britain]]. While there was always a Jewish remnant who never left, Jewish re-emigration to the area increased under the tolerant eyes of the British. This increased after the atrocities of World War II and the areas were given their independence with Palestine being divided into separate Jewish and Arab nations, the Jewish nation being called Israel and the Arab Palestine. A war broke out in which the Jews expanded their borders and the Arab nation of Palestine was absorbed by Jordan. Hostility between the Arabs and Jews continued and in 1967 Israel conqured the West Bank from Jordan, taking the bulk of the Jewish land that had been the "Palestinian state". UN resolution 242 called for the Israeli removal from that land, but it did not occur. Attempts to hold Israel accountable were vetoed in the Security Council by the United States. Although the land was part of Jordan, Jordan relinquished its rights in the 1980s telling the Israelis to speak with the Palestinian Arabs directly.

The Palestinian [[Intifada]] from the late 1980s tried to regain Arab control of the West Bank region of Israel. While first clamping down harshly, Israel did sign an accord to grant the Palestinian Arabs autonomy in the West Band and the Gaza Strip, but not full independence. The borders of a future Palestinian state has been a stumbling block to a final solution with the Arabs wanting to control all of the area captured in the 1967 War and Israel claiming part of the land for the Jewish people. A continuing series of violent actions on the part of the Palestinian Arabs and an inability to find a comprise has prevented any type of permanent solution. The short term solution is bleak. With [[Hamas]] having the majority of the control in the Palestinian legislature, a terrorist entity that does not even recognize Israel's right to exist in it's own land, the government of Israel has refused to talk further.

==Culture of Palestine==

The dialect of Palestinian Arabs and their culture is essentially the same as that of Jordanian Arabs. The flag of the Palestinians is also almost identical to the Jordanians. To this day the second biggest concentration of Palestinian Arabs is in Jordan, partly due to their fleeing of Israel during the 1948 and 1967 wars.

==See also==
*[[Yasser Arafat]]

== References ==
<references/>
== See also ==

==External link==
*[http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=1468wmv&ak=null Graduation Ceremony in a Hamas Kindergarten], Al-Aqsa TV (The Palestinian Authority), May 31 2007. Children vow to die for [[Allah]].
*[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56241 Christians warned: Accept Islamic law], 'New Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with harshly', By Aaron Klein, ''WorldNetDaily.com'', June 19, 2007.

==Backgrounders==

* [http://mythsandfacts.com Myths & facts]
* [http://palestinefacts.org Palestine facts]
* [http://peacefaq.com Peace dictionary]

[[Category:Middle Eastern Countries]]
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]

Islamism

2008-11-23T20:58:48Z

MasteRing:

'''Islamism''' is a [[government]]al system, specifically a [[theocracy]], where the government is inextricably tied to [[Islam]].

It is also used referring to '''political Islam'''.

[[Edward Said]], author of ''Orientalism'', wrote:
:"For most of the [[Middle Ages]] and during the early part of the [[Renaissance]] in Europe, [[Islam]] was believed to be [[demon]]ic religion of [[apostasy]], [[blasphemy]], and obscurity. It did not seem to matter that [[Muslim]]s considered [[Mohammed]] a [[prophet]] and not a [[god]]; what mattered to [[Christian]]s was that Mohammed was a [[false prophet]], a sower of discord, a [[sensualist]], a [[hypocrite]], an agent of the [[devil]]....Real events in the real world made of Islam a considerable political force. For hundreds of years great Islamic armies and navies threatened [[Europe]], destroyed its outposts, colonized its domains..... Even when the world of Islam entered a period of decline and Europe a period of ascendancy, fear of '[[Mohammedanism]]' persisted. Closer to Europe than any of the other non-Christian religions, the [[Islamic world]] by its very adjacency evoked memories of its encroachments on Europe, and always, of its latent power again and again to disturb the West. Other great [[civilization]]s of the East - [[India]] and [[China]] among them - could be thought of as defeated and distant and hence not a constant worry. Only Islam seemed never to have submitted completely to [[the West]]; and when, after the dramatic oil-price rises of the early 1970s, the Muslim world seemed once more on the verge of repeating its early conquests, the whole West seemed to shudder."<ref> Covering Islam; book by Edward Said; P4-5; 1981</ref>

==Notes==
<references/>

=External links=

* [http://www.meforum.org/article/1870 Mohamed Sifaoui: "I Consider Islamism to Be Fascism" - Sifaoui: I certainly am one of the first Muslims to consider Islamism to be fascism].

* [http://europenews.dk/en/node/14088 Naser Khader a Danish Muslim, immigrant of Syrian background: Islamism is the racism of our time].

* [http://www.bahaindex.com/en/news/1-general-news/1459-radical-islamism-is-a-form-of-religio-racism-that-should-be-condemned-at-un-racism-conference-in-du Bahai forum: Radical Islamism, is a Form of Religio-Racism].

[[category:Islam]]
[[category:politics]]

Palestinian Arabs

2008-10-15T22:22:22Z

MasteRing:

{{Uncited}}'''Palestinian Arabs''' refers to those [[Arab]]s who migrated into [[Palestine]] (former and present-day [[Israel]]) beginning in the late 19th century <ref>[http://ldolphin.org/palestinians.html]</ref> <ref>[http://www.meforum.org/article/522]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_/ai_3465623]</ref>, and who had no cultural nor national distinctive traits separating them from [[Syria]]ns, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]], and [[Jordan]]ians <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28222]</ref>. The term "Palestinian" itself had referred to Israeli [[Judaism|Jews]] until the 1940s, but in subsequent years has been deconstructed and redefined to refer to the Arabs in the disputed territories of the [[West Bank]] (also known as [[Judea and Samarra]], as referred to by Prime Minister Menachem Begin in his West Bank policy) and [[Gaza]].

==See also==
*[[Oslo Accords]]
*[http://www.un.int/palestine/PLO/PNAcharter.html Article 5 and 6 of the Palestinian Charter]

[[category:Ethnicities]]
[[Category:Middle East]]

Palestinian Arabs

2008-09-11T14:41:26Z

MasteRing: style of citation plus 'disputed territories'

{{Uncited}}'''Palestinian Arabs''' refers to those [[Arab]]s who migrated into [[Palestine]] (former and present-day [[Israel]]) beginning in the late 19th century [http://ldolphin.org/palestinians.html ] [http://www.meforum.org/article/522][http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_/ai_3465623 ] , and who had no cultural nor national distinctive traits separating them from [[Syria]]ns, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]], and [[Jordan]]ians [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28222 ]. The term "Palestinian" itself had referred to Israeli [[Judaism|Jews]] until the 1940s, but in subsequent years has been deconstructed and redefined to refer to the Arabs in the disputed territories of the [[West Bank]] (also known as [[Judea and Samarra]], as referred to by Prime Minister Menachem Begin in his West Bank policy) and [[Gaza]].

==See also==
*[[Oslo Accords]]
*[http://www.un.int/palestine/PLO/PNAcharter.html Article 5 and 6 of the Palestinian Charter]

[[category:Ethnicities]]
[[Category:Middle East]]

Palestinian Arabs

2008-09-11T14:37:17Z

MasteRing: citing sources

{{Uncited}}'''Palestinian Arabs''' refers to those [[Arab]]s who migrated into [[Palestine]] (former and present-day [[Israel]]) beginning in the late 19th century <ref>[http://ldolphin.org/palestinians.html]</ref> <ref>[http://www.meforum.org/article/522]</ref> <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_/ai_3465623]</ref> , and who had no cultural nor national distinctive traits separating them from [[Syria]]ns, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]], and [[Jordan]]ians <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28222]</ref>. The term "Palestinian" itself had referred to Israeli [[Judaism|Jews]] until the 1940s, but in subsequent years has been deconstructed and redefined to refer to the Arabs in the occupied territories of the [[West Bank]] (also known as [[Judea and Samarra]], as referred to by Prime Minister Menachem Begin in his West Bank policy) and [[Gaza]].

==See also==
*[[Oslo Accords]]
*[http://www.un.int/palestine/PLO/PNAcharter.html Article 5 and 6 of the Palestinian Charter]

[[category:Ethnicities]]
[[Category:Middle East]]