‘Israel Apartheid Week’

‘Sorting the truth from the lies’

General Contentso Part 1: The Civil/Legal Issue

o Part 2: The Economic Issue

o Part 3: The Religious Issue

o Part 4: The Security & Settlement Issue

Part 1 The Civil/Legal Issue, FAQ’s:

• Q: The Israeli ‘Law of Return’ is clearly racist.• Q: Israel’s refusal to recognise UN Resolution 194

is racist.• Q: Israel suffocates the education and

communication system in the occupied territories.

• Q: Israel illegally occupies the West Bank Territories, in direct violation of Resolution 242.

Q: Israel’s Law of Return is racist…

Israel

• “An oleh’s visa shall be granted to every Jew who has expressed his desire to settle in Israel, unless the Minister of Immigration is satisfied that the applicant:

• A) is engaged in an activity directed against the Jewish People, or:

• B) is likely to endanger the public health or security of the State.”

Other Countries

• GERMANY: Offers automatic citizenship to displaced persons of ethnic German origins from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

• POLAND: Any person whose Polish origin is ratified by the National Constitution’s definition of ‘Polish’ may settle in the country.

• REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The ‘Irish Nationality Law’ exempts applicants to citizenship from naturalisation tests if they can prove their Irish descent.

Q: Refusal to recognise UN Resolution 194 Is Racist…

• UN Resolution 194, drafted in 1948, becomes the origin of the idea of a ‘Right of Return’ for Palestinian refugees.

• “Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.”

• In 1949, the UN registers 726,000 Palestinians who are displaced as a result of the War of Independence.

• At the same time, 150,000 remain in Israel and become full Israeli citizens.

Q: Refusal to recognise UN Resolution 194 Is Racist…

• From the ‘Khartoum Declaration’ of 1967 until 2002, the official position of whole Arab League was WAR.

• By 2002, number of Palestinians living abroad reaches over 5 million people. All but 600,000 of these are located in Arab countries.

• Over 100 UN Resolutions passed on behalf of Palestinian refugees.

• UN registers 856,000 Jewish refugees who fled to Israel from surrounding Arab countries.

• Zero resolutions passed in reference to them or indeed their property.

Q: Israel Suffocates the education and communication of the average Palestinian…

Q: Israel Directly violates Resolution 242…

Part 2 The Economic Issue, FAQ’s:

• Q: The unemployment rates in Gaza and the West Bank are outrageous.

• Q: Quality of life is decreasing under Israeli occupation.

• Q: Palestine doesn’t receive enough International support…it all goes to Israel.

• Q: The United State’s disproportionate support of Israel is prejudiced.

Q: Unemployment rates are outrageous.

- Unemployment in Gaza is more than 30%.

- Israel doesn’t do enough to alleviate the economic strain of its blockades.

- Israeli blockades and occupation have destroyed the tourist industry.

30% Unemployment rate. Really??

83,300 Palestinians are employed in Israeli businesses.

Q: Quality of life is decreasing

Q: Palestine doesn’t receive enough aid or support…

2002-2011 >>>

1) Pakistan = $1.4 billion >>> 180 million people = $77 pp

2) Afghanistan = $771 million >>> 30 million ppl = $25 pp

3) Ethiopia = $681 million >>> 91 million ppl = $7.4 pp

4) West Bank & Gaza = $849 million >>> 4 million ppl = $212 pp

Q: The American-Jewish Conspiracy…

- 1944: Stalin adopts a pro-Zionist foreign policy.

- May 17th 1948: The USSR becomes the first country to recognise Israel’s de jure right to exist.

- The United States didn’t do so until Jan 31st 1949.

- USSR doesn’t officially break ties until 1967.

Part 3 The Religious Issue, FAQ’s:

• Q: What is the Jewish claim to Israel? What is Islam’s?

• Q: Why is Jerusalem the true sticking point in all negotiations?

• Q: Are the two claims mutually exclusive?

Q: What do they claim?

The Sunnah

1) The Quran (632 CE) – message revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Jibril

2) The Hadith & Tafsir – Traditions and commentaries handed down

3) The Sira – Biography of the Prophet

The Tanach

1) Torah (1312 BCE) – message given to Moses by G-d at Mt Sinai

2) Nevi’im – Teachings of the Prophets

3) Kesuvim – Further writings

In Numbers:

• Jerusalem mentioned 669 times in the Tanach

• ‘Land of Israel’ first referred to in Samuel A, 13-19.

• Zion mentioned 154 times

• Borders of Israel described in 5 separate places in Tanach.

• Jerusalem mentioned once in the Quran.

• The ‘Holy Land’ is mentioned 7 times, but 6 of these are in connection to the Jews.

• A land called ‘Filastin’ referred to in the classic commentary of Abu at-Tabari (903 CE)

• First reference to Israel as ‘Palestine’ was by Greek historian Herodotus in 500 BCE.

The City of G-d…• 621 CE – Isra and Mira’aj

prophecy. Change of Qibla to Mecca.

• Vision of the Masjid al-Aqsa (‘The Farthest Mosque’)

• 622 CE – Mohammed offers to make pact with Jewish community of Medina. They reject it.

• Actual Al-Aqsa mosque not completed until 705 CE.

• [Quran 2:15] ”And from wherever you come forth, turn thy face towards the Sacred Mosque; for that is indeed the truth from thy Lord. And Allah is not unmindful of what you do.”

[Quran 17:1] “And after him We said to the children of Israel, ‘Dwell ye in the land; and when the time of the promise of the latter days comes, We shall bring you together out of various peoples.’ The principle that Muslims must not give the Jews security unless they convert to Islam or pay the jizya directly contradicts Hussaini's assertion that they were to possess the land forever. A people that may never have security unless it converts or submits to the rule of others cannot have a land to rule by itself. The idea that "good Jews" are those who convert to Islam is deeply rooted in Islamic tradition.

- Muhammad ibn Jarir at-Tabari (838-923),

“I was speaking to Abu Ammar (Arafat) when he suddenly had to leave the room to take a call. When Brother Ammar returned, he was pale-faced and trembling. ‘What is the matter?’ I asked him. ‘That was Crown Prince Abdullah on behalf of the Arab League. All he said was ‘Don’t forfeit Jerusalem, Abu Ammar, or you forfeit your very life.”

- Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator at Camp David, 2001.

Part 4: The Security/Settlements Issue, FAQ’s:

• Q: The Security Fence is racial segregation.• Q: Jewish settlements are there to conquer

Palestinian land• Q: Endless checkpoints have ruined the

Palestinian economy• Q: The IDF is brutally aggressive, needlessly

killing scores of innocent Palestinians

- If the Fence is racially segregationist, why didn’t Israel construct it in 1967? In 1994? Why didn’t Israel simply push all Palestinians across the Jordan in 1967?

- Why has the Israeli Supreme Court ruled over 100 times that the fence must be moved, sometimes for the sake of as little as 12 inches?

- Why aren’t the same accusations levelled against other countries?

Israeli Settlements:

Greater Jerusalem = 267,000

Ma’aleh Adumim = 45,000

Ariel = 20,000

Radlett = 8,000

Chigwell = 12,500

Mill Hill = 18,500

Remember UN 242 definition of ‘Occupied Lands’….

IDF Brutality…