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03-02-2003, 06:16 AM
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I'll finish off with the Palestinian Authority's jurisdiction of the disputed territories.
From 1992 to 1996, per capita income dropped 35% in Gaza, and unemployment rose to over 20% in Gaza and the West Bank. In 1997, 40% of the PA budget was reported "missing." Monopolistic practices, and diversion of funds from development projectes to alleged "security forces" have discouraged private foreign investment. Restrictions of association; intimidation and even assassination of oppostion leaders. Arbitrary arrests and detensions, torture and unfair trials, especially in new State Security Courts. Closure of media outlets, government controlled media. Schools closed during uprisings to bus students to demonstrations. Textbooks teach hatred. Arab countries intentionally exclude Palestinians during job recruitment efforts, importing Asians and other Arab nationals instead. Kuwait denied citizenship to and expelled all 300,000 of its Palestinian residents after the Gulf War. In 2001, Arab governments withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in aid but pledged $200 million for "families of the victims of the intifada" and $800 million to protect Jerusalem. After waging the wars that displaced the Palestinians, the Arab nations (except Jordan, initially) denied them citizenship and restrictged their access to housing, jobs, schools, and health care in Arab nations.. They introduced UN Resolutions to prevent Palestinians from permanently resettling in other Arab countries and rejected UN funds to build better housing. "... To talk abut resettlement is a crime," said Arafat in 1999. In September 1970 Jordan expelled the PLO and kills from 3,000 to 5,000 Palestinians in 10 days. Lebanese Muslim militia attacked refugee camps, killing 635 and wounding 2,000 Palestinians in 1985. Arafat fosters a culture of violence and death through incitements and encouragement of young Palestinians to become suicide bombers and celebrates suicides as "heroic martyrdom." What you fail to see is the Arab nations and the PA itself bear a very significant portion of the responsibility for the current Middle East situation. They want the Palestinians in a desperate plight. If not, what would they bitch about, and how would they encourage the type of activity that goes on today? Tarkus P.S. Much of this was taken from a publication of "StandWithUs"
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03-02-2003, 06:24 AM
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Wow, this statement really show from where you are coming. There is such an amazing media bias against Israel and for the Palestinians that to not recognize it is astonishing. Go the honestreporting website above for a zillion examples of what I mean. Go read or watch CNN, go watch MSNBC, go read Reuters, go read the LA Times, go read the NY Times, etc. etc. etc. About the only major media that is not biased is Fox News. Tarkus
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03-02-2003, 12:12 PM
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Morals went out the window when they purposely attacked civilian targets. |
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03-02-2003, 03:35 PM
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"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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That's not so bad really...in any event, everything in that neck of the woods continue to go backwards... |
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