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When the Palestinians say

"End of occupation",What do they mean?

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Ottoman Empire in WWI

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Following WWII, the

British try to appease Arabs by creating

Transjordan

(mandate System)

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The birth of Israel• On November 29, 1947

the Jews were to be granted what appears on the map in blue. The plan granted the Jews in Palestine just over 56% of the area at a time when they owned less than 7% of the land and constituted approx. one-third of the population.

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Palestinians Today

• In Israel, Palestinians are second class citizens– Restricted movement– 40% of land owned by

Palestinian Israelis confiscated for Jewish development projects

– Israeli government preferentially targets health, education, public works, municipal and economic development to Jews rather than Arabs equally

www.cnn.com/.../mideast/stories/ history.maps/accords.html

Disputed Territories:-Golan Heights (disputed w/ Syria)-West Bank (disputed w/ the Palestinians)-Gaza Strip (disputed w/ Egypt/Palestinians)

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The Western world thinks they mean “end of occupationin the West Bank and Gaza” - that it is an issue of “disputed territories.”

West Bank

Gaza

Israel

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What the Palestinians actually mean is "End of Israel."

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They don’t try to hide it.

See for yourself:

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"on the official website of the Palestinian National

Authority, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs:

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.http://www.mopa.gov.ps/

10It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"featured on the official emblem of the Palestinian

National Authority’s Ministry of Industry :

http://www.industry.gov.ps

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"

on Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official emblem.

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"on Yasser Arafat’s uniform.

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"in the official Palestinian Authority’s education system schoolbooks.

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

Page 64 of the Palestinian Authority’s official 5th grade school book: “there is no Israel”

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"as a statuette displayed at the Principal’s room in a school in the Palestinian town of Tulkarm

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

A dagger is thrust in the “heart” of the land. Blood trickles from the wound and irrigates the plant of the Palestinian State.

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This is the map of "Liberated Palestine"from an art lesson in a Palestinian school.

It is the map of the entire State of Israel.

The Jews destroyed by

fire, the Israeli

flag burning

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When you hear the Palestinians say "End of Occupation"

do they mean “A Palestinian State alongside

Israel”, or

“In place of Israel?”

Question:

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Poll: “A majority of Palestinians See Israel's Elimination as

the primary Goal”poll conducted by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC)

(Reuters, June 11, 2002)

Answer:

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What would YOU do in Israel’s place?

If you have an answer, please mail it to: for-peace@graffiti.net

Motti M

orell