Made in Israel VS Made in "Palestine"

Submitted by Al (United States), Feb 18, 2009 at 13:28

Made in Israel VS Made in "Palestine"

Made in Israel - CREATIVITY IN ISRAEL

Let's see, what we got in the Israel "Palestine' region.

You are probably aware of some of Israel's great achievements, not only in amazing efforts of seeking to minimize civilian casualties in anti-terror operations - inventing low range precision missiles targeting terrorists only, but in agriculture for example as well, where many countries around the world come to see how this young re-established democracy has managed to advance.

Or in medical fields, in which with Israelis' kindness and compassion many poor/less advantaged foreigners (including Arabs, Muslims) enjoy free treatment.

Or in technology, two highlights one can point out are instant messaging on AOL, or, Did you know that the first PC was developed in Israel's microsoft?, and yes, that little device that you use so much and so often, cellular telephone was actually developed first in Israel...

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INNOVATIVE ISRAEL

Good News from Israel... The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel. ...
http://www.newsoftheday.com/israel/old/2004_02_01_index.html

The USB computer-memory chip, voice mail technology and AOL Instant Messenger ICQ all were invented in Israel. More than 90% of Israeli adults read a ...
http://www.juf.org/tweens/virtual_israel.aspx

Israel @60 : Tech Innovations that Changed the Industry ...May 8, 2008 ... ICQ: I couldn't do my job without instant messaging today. ... of different individuals 'claim' to have invented/pioneered the firewall, ...
http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/israel-60-tech-innovations-tha.html

A TIME TO SPEAK... Do they know that the cell-phone was invented in Israel? Do they use the Instant Message e-mail program? Do they know that it was invented in Israel? ...
http://www.israel.net/timetospeak/44.htm

Israel is the Silicon Valley of the Mediterranean « The Real Israel I just heard that Israel invented the cell phone, instant messaging, the firewall, and has the highest number of university degrees per capita in the world ...
http://realisrael.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/israel-is-the-silicon-valley-of-the-mediterranean/

Israel's Technology Creates an Investment Goliath - Israel, with less than 7 million people, has become a Goliath in the world of technology and medicine. It is third only to America and Canada in the number ...
http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/israels-technology-creates-investment-goliath_429161_49.html

Amazon.com: Israel in the World: Changing Lives Through Innovation ...This beautifully illustrated book shows some of the important contributions Israel is doing in several areas, from technology to medicine right now. ...
http://www.amazon.com/Israel-World-Changing-Through-Innovation/dp/0297844091

Focus on Israel: Israel's Agriculture in the 21st Century As such, it is the primary driving force behind Israel's internationally-acclaimed agricultural achievements. The ARO incorporates seven institutes on its ...
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Economy/Focus+on+Israel-+Israel-s+Agriculture+in+the+21st.htm

Israel Agricultural Tourism, Israel can't help but be proud of its agricultural achievements, considering its small dimensions, minimal water resources and other challenges. ...
http://www.goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Articles/Attractions/Israel+Agricultural+Tourism.htm

Israel Advances in Medicine Sars, There is virtually no area of medicine to which Israeli devices have not made ... a few of the medical sciences benefiting from advanced Israeli technology. ...
http://www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org/Israel_Today/medicine.htm

IsraCast: Israeli Medicine - Medical Articles. IsraCast is proud to announce a unique ... A new Israeli technology makes use of genetic engineering...
http://www.isracast.com/issue.aspx?id=32

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EXTRA EFFORTS IN MINIMIZING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

But we can be grateful that in this war, the IDF with new leaders at its helm ... unprecedented lengths undertaken to minimize non combatant casualties. They pointed to the precision targeting which was far superior to the U.S.and allied ... current crisis which led to over 6500 missiles being launched into Israel. ...
http://www.israelnetdaily.com/index.php?menu_option=editorials&editorial_id=107

[PPT] File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint
Jan 14, 2009 ... Various Methods Used by the IDF to Diminish Civilian Casualties ... The IDF uses Guided Precision Munitions (GPM) to target terrorist ... and operatives and minimize collateral damage to the civilian population ...
http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/373A5558-7B68-4A70-BF19-36CD4AABB241/0/IDFLimitingHarmtoCivilians.pps

Reuters AlertNet - Israel: IDF Operating a Moral War in Gaza? Jan 18, 2009 ... I have no doubt the IDF is a moral army, strict as much as it can with ethical ... how in such different war conditions, it can minimize harm within civilians. ... as well as the moral element of reducing civilian casualties. But just like the introduction of PGMs (Precision Guided Munitions) two ...
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/1d79d9d44e4f8184b1550837e87c7dc0.htm

Challenge upon Challenge by Victor Davis Hanson on National Review ...And precision weapons allowed us to minimize civilian casualties and avoid the ... best chance of reining in the IDF is not through a cascade of missiles, ...
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=Y2NiZDUzYTY3M2UyNjFiZWE4MDEzMjdkZWI5NzVjZjk=

The precision of IDF operations is impressive... The problem is, the government is telling the IDF to minimize casualties as it loses ...
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2002/09/the_idfs_mission/index.asp

IDF- Limiting Harm to Civilians - SlideBoomVarious Methods Used by the IDF to Diminish Civilian Casualties ... Pinpoint Operations and Precision Striking The IDF uses Guided Precision Munitions ... and operatives and minimize collateral damage to the civilian population...
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/39384/IDF--Limiting-Harm-to-Civilians

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HUMANE - COMPASSIONATE ISRAEL

Israeli doctors treat Palestinian children in 'Saving Children ...Another 350-400 children have undergone free diagnostic testing...
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enZone=Democracy&enDispWho=Articles%5El776&enPage=BlankPage

[PDF] Save A Child's Heart Israel Humanitarian Program Helps Rwanda ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
The SACH Israel humanitarian medical team visited the King Faisel Hospital in ... as part of its long-standing humanitarian activities that has brought over ...
http://www.saveachildsheart.org/sip_storage/FILES/9/939.pdf

How Israel coordinates humanitarian supplies for Gaza | JTA ...An office in the Israeli Defense Ministry created after the 1967 Six-Day War is responsible for the coordination of humanitarian activities in the West Bank ...
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/01/1002685/how-israel-coordinates-humanitarian-supplies-for-gaza

The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid Rotary Israel's Humanitarian Activities Around The World Rotary Israel assisting people around the world in Turkey, Kosovo, Costa Rica and more. ...
http://www.israaid.org.il/member_page.asp?id=26

Israel Humanitarian Aid Disaster Response - Israeli Flying Aid (IFA) organization was established in 2005 by Gal Lousky, after many years of humanitarian activities and reach experience. ...
http://www.ifaid.org.il/disaster.asp

Since the outburst of the latest round of violence on September hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have needed medical care at Hadassah. Hadassah Medical Organization have not experienced any changes in Clientele represented in the emergency rooms or elsewhere. Hadassah employees, Muslim, Christian and Jewish continue to work together in a model of coexistence. Hadssah continues to receive inquiries from American Red Cross about treating Palestinian children from the Westbank and Gaza Strip. If the parents agree to treatement, HMO will arrange for transportation and provide treatement. HMO has collaborated with Arab leaders and institutions in some of the most critical areas for emergency medical relief as is needed in times of conflict.Hadassah has trained many Arab doctors. In the last days emergency services have increased and the conditions under which those services are rendered have intensified.
http://www.hadassah.at/austria-dat/!news-archiv.htm

...to report on Israel's merciful treatment of Palestinian children.
Hadassah reports that during the last six months over 40 Palestinian youngsters with severe heart problems were treated at the Hadassah Hospital, Ein Karem, outside Jerusalem, through the Peres Peace Center/Hadassah project. These youngsters would not have had access to free heart surgery otherwise, or anywhere else.
It is difficult to escape the irony here: While Israeli children are being blown up in buses, pizzerias, riding a car with their parents, Palestinian children are receiving state-of-the-art medical treatment at a world-renowned Israeli hospital...
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23631/edition_id/469/format/html/displaystory.html

Israeli doctors continue to treat Palestinian children - ISRAEL21c Prior to the Oslo Accord all Palestinian children automatically received free treatment in Israeli hospitals. However, on receiving their autonomy the ...
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Views%5El36&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Views&

Israeli Hospital Offers Free Treatment to Young Lebanese ... hospital are said to be children from abroad, including the Palestinian Authority. ...
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Israeli-Hospital-Offers-Free-Treatment-to-Young-Lebanese-12591-1/

PA cuts transfer of sick Palestinians to Israeli hospitals ...Feb 16, 2009 ... "We have given such life-and-death treatments free or solicited ... Palestinian patients and the PA are charged Israeli treatment rates - not the ... that refers sick 1000 Palestinian children to Israeli hospitals...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304787873&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Made in "Palestine" - CREATIVITY OF THE ARAB "PALESTINIANS"

But What about the 'other side', the Arabs [who immigrated to the holy-land mainly in the late 1800s early 1900s and call themselves since the 1960s as] "Palestinians"?

You might be surprised to hear that this group of Arab-Muslims have some very mighty original invention, though not in improvement for their own people -much less for anybody else, not in "kindness", nor in "compassion", but rather the opposite, the opposite of humane and humanity.

"wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge" (Jeremiah 4:22).

How to create self victim-hood, at any cost, they will go to great length to make sure that their civilians, preferably their women and kids, die, so they can portray Israel as "bad".

These self orchestrated "massacres" are essential in their death cult "culture" of Palestinainism [that (1) glorifies death over life, killing one self if it can bring down an infidel as well, or even just (2) bringing down the image of the non Muslim entity there, AKA Israel, (3) distorts history and (4) incites to genocide] in order to keep the "Palestinian" drama alive, each time so often they "have" to create some atrocities that they can pin on Israel (Iran's Hezbollah thugs have picked up on that very successfully in 2006).

Their "original" ideas what to use for terror, range from putting their kids in front machine guns to use of ambulances, UN vehicles, pregnant women, you name it.

A European has once told me: '"The Palestinians are the only ones that are the aggressors, yet, manage to play "victim"' so successfully.

When not creating 'massacres', the policy of keeping their people in shambles is very strong, robbing aid intended to its poor is nothing but a manifestation of its leadership's routine abuse, so they can have both, the "cake" of appearing on world stage as victim and "eat it too", the billions of course.

In fact, self destruction was always their legacy.

Fair to say that since racist "Palestinianism" in its core, historically or present is never about "pro" themselves, but (more) about "anti" the other, anti-Israel or anti Jews, the well being of their people is not desired, but the opposite is true.

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ISLAMIC PALESTINIANS' "CREATIVITY" FOR EVIL

Totally original...

What inhumane abuse of humanity have they not yet used for their murderous crimes?

The Palestinian use of ambulances and medical materials for terror
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/12/The+Palestinian+use+of+ambulances+and+medical+mate.htm

The ambulances-for-terrorists scandal ... Palestinian gunmen used the UNRWA emergency vehicle as getaway transportation after ... to using his official U.N. vehicle to bypass security and smuggle arms, explosives, ...
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin_ambulances_for_terrorists.php3

...photo dated May 11, 2004 that shows armed Palestinians jumping into a UN ambulance. http://www.honestreporting.org/UNRWA_Hamas.html

Hamas operatives use various methods to implement their ideology of jihad and anti-Israel terrorism, including disguising themselves as civilians, even women, in order to avoid detection and carry out their attacks. In September 2007, while conducting operations against the terrorist infrastructure in the Ein Beit Ilma refugee camp in Nablus, Israel security forces discovered a fugitive hiding beneath a bed upon which a pregnant woman lay, objecting to the search. The fugitive, Ahmed Yussuf Aya Abd-el Iz, one of the heads of the Hamas infrastructure in the camp, was arrested. In another incident, an Israeli force arrested Ahmed Yussuf Abd El Abu Shehada, another Hamas operative, who disguised himself in women's clothing in an attempt to dupe IDF forces searching for him. Three other Hamas operatives, Haled Nuri, Yussuf Nadi and Mustafa Nuri, were arrested in the same operation. They admitted during questioning to the planning of attacks against Israeli targets as well as to Mustafa Nuri's desire to commit a suicide attack.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Israeli%20measures%20against%20Hamas%20in%20the%20West%20Bank%2010-Jul-2008

Reut Cohen: UN School Used by Palestinian Terrorists as Weapons ...Jan 6, 2009 ... The IDF issued a statement saying the school grounds were used by terrorists to fire mortar shells at the troops. ...
http://www.reutrcohen.com/2009/01/un-school-used-by-palestinian.html

Gaza Strip mosque used by Palestinian rocket cells targeting Israeli communities; several people ...
http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3648349,00.html

IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons storehouse | The ...Dec 31, 2008 ...officials said that over the last few days, Palestinian militants...
http://www.americantaskforce.org/daily_news_article/iaf_bombs_gaza_mosque_being_used_weapons_storehouse

Air force bombs mosque used for rocket attacks - Haaretz - Israel News Jan 2, 2009 ... Gaza mosque used as terror hub ...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051637.html

Palestinian missile hits kindergarten; toddler dead
Monday, June 28 2004 15:24 Hrs (IST)
Jerusalem: Stepping up attacks in the Middle East, Palestinian militants fired home-made rockets which landed at a kindergarten in Southern Israel, killing two people, including a three-year-old child...
Israel launched two separate missile strikes at metal workshops in Gaza City early today morning saying they were being used by Hamas and other militant groups to make weapons, including home-made rockets.
http://news.indiainfo.com/2004/06/28/2806wasia.html

Weapons Workshops in Refugee Camps The weapons workshops were situated in refugee camps to camouflage their activity. They were set up in the heart of densely populated civilian areas, sometimes in an apartment near a school, or next to a kindergarten, or by a crowded commercial area.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/1/Weapons+Workshops+in+Refugee+Camps.htm

Arab terrorist's wife used boy to hide grenade
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/91609

Nov 22, 2006 ... On November 8th, at a mosque in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, the Palestinians used about fifty heavily-shrouded women as "human shields" to provide ...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/11/palestinian_human_shields.html

Mar 15, 2008 ... Palestinians Admit Using Human Shields. by Carlos .... "Hamas MP Fathi Hammad: We Used Women and Children as Human Shields. ...
http://www.peacewithrealism.org/headline/admit.htm

United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Chief John Holmes blasted Hamas Tuesday for its "cynical" use of civilian facilities during recent hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
"The reckless and cynical use of civilian installations by Hamas and indiscriminate firing of rockets against civilian populations are clear violations of international humanitarian law," Holmes told the UN Security Council.
(Jan. 28, 2009)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059475.html

4 PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS USE WOMAN AND BABY AS HUMAN SHIELD watch!
uk.youtube.com — Four Palestinian terrorists hid behind a woman and her baby, then when Israeli soldiers approached the woman to offer help, the terrorists emerged and shot dead the Israelis. This story shows how yet again, Palestinians managed to ambush and kill young Israelis, by using a woman and her baby as a HUMAN SHIELD

http://digg.com/world_news/4_PALESTINIAN_TERRORISTS_USE_WOMAN_AND_BABY_AS_HUMAN_SHIELD

Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF
Feb 13, 2009

Medicine bottles transferred to the Gaza Strip as humanitarian aid by Israel, were used by Hamas as grenades against IDF troops during Operation Cast Lead
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304770155&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Palestinian Women Asked to Sacrifice Their Children
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224209

Exploitation of Israel's humanitarian policies to carry out terrorist activity The buffer zone in the Gaza Strip, in addition to security checks and preventative measures carried out by security forces, present major obstacles for terror organizations attempting to bring terrorists into Israel from Gaza. In recent years, a trend has developed in which Palestinian terror elements have attempted to overcome these obstacles by bringing in terrorists and terror activists through the existing crossing points into Israel, presenting them as sick individuals in need of medical treatment and thus exploiting Israel's humanitarian policy of providing medical treatment to all those in need.
http://www.shabak.gov.il/English/EnTerrorData/Pages/Exploitation.aspx

PALESTINIANISM

...Bat Ye'or, who he describes as the world's foremost historian of "dhimmitude" -- the status of non-Muslim peoples under Islam. He describes Bat Ye'or's forthcoming book Eurabia as applying the theme (dimmitude)to contemporary developments in Europe. Today she previews the theme in the context of Arafat's death: "Arafat's legacy for Europe." Her thesis is that Europe has submitted to "the cult of Palestinianism":

Palestinianism condenses jihadist values. It promotes the destruction of Israel, the denial of Hebrew biblical history and hence Christianity. It preaches Islamic replacement theology and the Arabization and Islamization of the Holy Land's biblical archeology. Arafat, its leader, was the bin Laden of a seduced Europe, which applauded his policy of spectacular terrorism. It is Arafat who initiated in 1968 air piracy against Jews, hostage ransoming, suicide bombings, random killings of civilians and the destruction of urban areas as in Lebanon. In short, the current global terror campaign was successfully introduced first by Arafat against Jews and Israelis, as well as Lebanese Christians.
argued case that demands attention.

The Big Trunk also speaks of Bat Ye'or, who he describes as the world's foremost historian of "dhimmitude" -- the status of non-Muslim peoples under Islam. He describes Bat Ye'or's forthcoming book Eurabia as applying the theme (dimmitude)to contemporary developments in Europe. Today she previews the theme in the context of Arafat's death: "Arafat's legacy for Europe." Her thesis is that Europe has submitted to "the cult of Palestinianism":

Palestinianism condenses jihadist values. It promotes the destruction of Israel, the denial of Hebrew biblical history and hence Christianity. It preaches Islamic replacement theology and the Arabization and Islamization of the Holy Land's biblical archeology. Arafat, its leader, was the bin Laden of a seduced Europe, which applauded his policy of spectacular terrorism. It is Arafat who initiated in 1968 air piracy against Jews, hostage ransoming, suicide bombings, random killings of civilians and the destruction of urban areas as in Lebanon. In short, the current global terror campaign was successfully introduced first by Arafat against Jews and Israelis, as well as Lebanese Christians.
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2004/11/visiting_the_cu.php

Palestinianism is the new European salvific theology created to help the Arabs destroy Israel, but which in fact is eating away at the roots ...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/013959.php

LEADERSHIP - ROBBING ITS POOR PEOPLE

Palestinian Authority Corruption With GDP down nearly 70 percent, Palestinians have seen their collective national net worth ... They kill people who they believe have provided the Israeli army with ... out valuable contracts without oversight and create their own monopolies, ... involved in stealing the $160 million Gaza Employees Pension Fund, ...
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_pa_corrupt.php

[Their] corruption: the source of Palestinian suffering... Mar 15, 2001 ...Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) ... Never having to account for the billions he had stolen, ...
http://www.likud.nl/press40.html

Arafat's Billions
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/07/60minutes/main582487.shtml

Yasser Arafat's Treacherous Legacy By many investigative news accounts, Arafat stole billions of dollars in aid ... The poor Palestinians have been and remain nothing more than useful dupes ...
http://www.internationalwallofprayer.org/A-315-Yasser-Arafats-Treacherous-Legacy.html

Mideast Dispatch Archive: Suha Arafat, TVs for the World Cup, and ...Jun 13, 2006 ... With all this Palestinian money squandered and stolen by one of their own, ... world opinion to recover the money Arafat stole from them. ...
http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/000737.html

...By all accounts Arafat has stolen billions of dollars in aid money meant for ... The poor Palestinians have been and remain nothing more than useful dupes ...
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17268

Gaza Crisis: Hamas steal aid as Israel prepares for forthcoming ...The UN has accused Hamas police officers of stealing blankets and food ... Elsewhere on the aid front, the Palestinian Authority has pledged $600m for the ...
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/gazacrisis,,hamas-steal-aid-as-israel-prepares-for-elections,73149

Israeli News: Palestinians steal international aid before it ...Palestinians steal aid before it arrives. As Arab countries promised more than $2 billion to finance Gaza reconstruction, Fatah officials quickly registered ...
http://samsonblinded.org/news/palestinians-steal-aid-before-it-arrives-6423

Palestinian straw firms said aiming to 'steal' Gaza funds | Middle ...Jan 26, 2009 ... The Palestinian Authority on Monday promised to look into claims that a ... the other of stealing aid convoys dispatched to the Gaza Strip.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1232643756670

Hamas seizes UN food aid in Gaza - International Herald ...Feb 4, 2009 ... Israeli officials say the incident vindicated their long-standing claims that Hamas routinely confiscates aid meant for needy Gazans. "We have said in the past that we know Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid and donations from international .... UN says Hamas seized Gaza food aid and blankets ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/news/ML-Israel-Palestinians.php

UNRWA suspends aid to Gaza after Hamas again seizes supplies ...Feb 6, 2009 ... UNRWA informed the IDF on Friday it is suspending humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip after Hamas stole supplies it had ...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304705842&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Did aid flow to the Palestinian people? Only those who could buy it on the black ... to steal food from the mouths of starving children for their own fundraisers. ..... And a people that will martyr their own children are capable of anything. ... (Call back when you figure out a way to blame Israel for this too.) ...
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/13/hamas-and-the-free-market

SELF INFLICTED - SELF DESTRUCTIVE

Negating the Nakba Narrative - May 30, 2008 ... . The self-destructive errors first made in 1947 ...
http://www.nysun.com/opinion/negating-the-nakba-narrative/78946/

Nakba Crapka…The Arab nakba was a catastrophe which didn't have to be. Arabs were mainly victims of self-inflicted wounds which occurred due to their own subjugating, ...
http://www.freeman.org/MOL/pages/may2008/nakba-crapka85.php

Nakba (2006)... the Palestinians celebrated Nakba (the "look at us, ... Since they spend all their time blaming others for their self-inflicted ...
http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nakba-2006.html

Palestine's Self-Inflicted Wound May 17, 2007 ... The Nakba was indeed a catastrophe, but it was a self-inflicted wound. The Palestinian Nakba was a direct result of the refusal of the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/palestines-selfinflicted-_b_48751.html

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