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Middle East Analysis. The recent Israeli Military Actions. Source: www.cnn.com. Recently, Israel has launched a major offensive in several Palestinian towns. More than 10 cities occupied Around 2.000 prisoners taken Thousands of weapons confiscated. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Middle East Analysis
The recent Israeli Military Actions
Recently, Israel has launched a major offensive in several Palestinian towns.
• More than 10 cities occupied
• Around 2.000 prisoners taken
• Thousands of weapons confiscated
Source: www.cnn.com
Some groups have claimed that the Israeli action is unjustified and illegal.
Main Statements
2) Palestinians have no alternative to defend their cause besides terror
3) Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is not responsible for the terror acts
1) Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people
Let’s take a look at each of these statements
Statement 1: Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people.
What is a genocide?
“Deliberate extermination, total or partial, of a community, ethnic, racial or religious group”
(source: Houaiss)
Let’s check if Israel is indeed committing a genocide.
a) Israel has one of the world’s best
armies, with 3.900 tanks, 440 combat
planes and 534.000 troops
Question: if Israel really intended to exterminate the Palestinian people, would the number of daily deaths caused by a whole army be 2?
b) During these 18 months of Intifada
(uprising), about 1.200 Palestinians and
300 Israelis died. It’s about 2 Palestinians per day (up to April/07/2002
source: www.time.com)
How many would have died so far if the Israeli government had really decided to order the army to kill?
Source: www.bbc.com
Let’s compare some historical events with the current Intifada.
Number of dead
Intifada1.200
Note: the areas of the above squares are proportional to the number of dead in each event.
(up to April/07/2002 source:
www.time.com)
Holocaust6.000.000
What are the proportions?
Percentage of the Jewish people killed in the Holocaust
33%
6.000.000--------------- 18.000.000
Percentage of the Palestinian people killed in the Intifada
0,015%
1.200---------------
8.000.000
Sources: MEMRI Institute, www.bbc.com
It is possible that abuses occur within the Israeli army.
These must be investigated and punished.
Nevertheless, to compare the recent military actions with a genocide is as absurd as stating that
every Arab is a terrorist.
Statement 2: Palestinians have no alternative to defend their cause except terror.
I’m doing this to protest the occupation
Are concessions from Israel only granted through terror?
Land voluntarily granted to Egypt in exchange for peace.
Peace with Egypt (1979)
Peace with Jordan (1994)
Let’s recall what took place in Camp David and Taba.
In the Camp David (2000) and Taba (2001) negotiations, the Barak government offered Palestinians the broadest concessions in the region’s history
Was the Israeli offer perfect?
Possibly not, but it was very similar to the Palestinian demands and it was a genuine attempt to solve the conflict.
The Palestinians could have continued in the negotiations and achieved by dialogue what they are not achieving now by terror.
Israeli Offer Palestinian DemandQuestions
97% of the West Bank and Gaza + 3% of lands within Israel
100% of the West Bank and Gaza
Territories
Palestinian East Jerusalem
Palestinian East Jerusalem
Jerusalem
4 options of citizenship to refugees. Limited number will move to
Israel
All 3 million refugees will be able to become
Israeli citizens
Refugees
Sources: MEMRI Institute, www.haaretzdaily.com, Palestinian Media Watch
What was the Palestinian reply to Camp David?
Instead of remaining in the negotiations, the Palestinian Authority has lauched a bloody uprising and a wave of terror
attacks against Israel.
Is terror a legitimate answer to political stagnation?
Number of Israelis Killed by Terror Attacks
14
3223 26
39
6273
52
87
31
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997Sources: Peace Watch, News Report
Oslo Accords and Rabin Government
One of the deadliest waves of attacks occurred during the period of biggest advances in the political stage
Terror is unjustifiable
Terror is not an alternative to negotiation
Just like Egypt and Jordan negotiated with Israel and are today in peace, the Palestinians could have
chosen the diplomatic road.
Statement 3: Arafat is not responsible for the terror attacks.
Can’t reach it
What does Arafat say?
In Arabic, 3 days earlier:
In English:
Sources: www.imra.org , www.nyt.com
“I’m ready to sacrifice 70 martyrs to kill each israeli”(On the official Palestinian Radio, 18 december 2001)
“I condemn the suicide attacks against Israeli civilians" (New York Times, 03/02/2002)
“ The Fatah movement proudly glorifies it’s heroin martyr, from the Alamari Camp, the martyr Wafa Idris”
(About the woman suicide bomber, Ramalah, 31/01/2002)
Sources: www.imra.org , www.cnn.com
What does Arafat do?
Letter from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade to the Palestinian Authority:
"5) (…) We require a weekly average of 5 to 9 explosive charges to squads in various areas“
The Palestinian Finance Minister signed this document, directly financing a terrorist group.
Results….
The obstacles to peace.
The suicide bombings will continue until Israel ends the occupation…
Of the West Bank and
Gaza?
… of Israel.
Hamas Hamas
In the last years, the Palestinian population literally went through a brainwash of anti-Israel hatred.
Page 64 of the Palestinian Authority’s official 5th grade book: “there’s no Israel”
“The fight will continue untill all of Palestine is
liberated" (Yasser Arafat, Palestinian
Voice Radio, 11/11/1995)
Education of the young
In many cases, it’s not about creating Palestine. It’s about destroying Israel.
Palestinians celebrate the suicide bombing of the Sbarro
pizza house
Palestinian painting glorifying the suicide
bombings
Children are taught to hate: what kind of future is being built?
Until education for peace prevails, the blood bath will continue in the Middle East.
Only dialogue and respect for the rights of both peoples, Jewish and Palestinian, can bring peace.
We would be thrilled if you could share your opinions with us at [email protected]
• Nevertheless, the recent military operations are legitimate defense against a wave of terror that has left hundreds of dead.
• Just like any other democracy, Israel also makes mistakes. It is entirely valid to criticize the Israeli government and question it’s actions.
Final thoughts.
• Every government in the world has the right to defend it’s citizens.
Presentation prepared by a group of young Brazilian volunteers who believe in peace.
• Now it’s up to the Palestinians to definitively renouce terror and Israel to support any initiative that may lead to the end of this terrible war.
Nani