Bullion_Bob
25th June 2010, 11:08 PM
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/17/top-ten-myths-about-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/all/1
Myth #1 – Jews and Arabs have always been in conflict in the region.
Myth #2 – The United Nations created Israel.
Myth #3 – The Arabs missed an opportunity to have their own state in 1947.
Myth #4 – Israel has a “right to existâ€.
Myth #5 – The Arab nations threatened Israel with annihilation in 1967 and 1973
Myth #6 – U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 called only for a partial Israeli withdrawal.
Myth #7 – Israeli military action against its neighbors is only taken to defend itself against terrorism.
Myth #8 – God gave the land to the Jews, so the Arabs are the occupiers.
Myth #9 – Palestinians reject the two-state solution because they want to destroy Israel.
Myth #10 – The U.S. is an honest broker and has sought to bring about peace in the Middle East.
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Myth #1 – Jews and Arabs have always been in conflict in the region.
Myth #2 – The United Nations created Israel.
Myth #3 – The Arabs missed an opportunity to have their own state in 1947.
Myth #4 – Israel has a “right to existâ€.
Myth #5 – The Arab nations threatened Israel with annihilation in 1967 and 1973
Myth #6 – U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 called only for a partial Israeli withdrawal.
Myth #7 – Israeli military action against its neighbors is only taken to defend itself against terrorism.
Myth #8 – God gave the land to the Jews, so the Arabs are the occupiers.
Myth #9 – Palestinians reject the two-state solution because they want to destroy Israel.
Myth #10 – The U.S. is an honest broker and has sought to bring about peace in the Middle East.
contd....