Letters to the Editor, February 25, 2004

THERE ARE TWO VERY STRONG ARGUMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT ISRAEL IS THE TERRORIST IN THE MID EAST, WHILE THE US MEDIA PORTRAYS THE PALESTINIANS AS THE TERRORISTS. THE FACTS ARE OBVIOUS TO MANY OF US, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BUY THE US MEDIA SLANT THAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE THE TERRORISTS.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST THAT YOU PRINT THIS LETTER, BUT RATHER THAT YOU KEEP USING AND HAMMERING THIS INFORMATION WHICH CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT ISRAEL IS THE TERRORIST.

FIRST THERE WAS AN STATEMENT BY SHARON SOME TIME AGO THAT IT WAS HIS GOAL TO KEEP THE PALESTINIANS LIVING IN A BARELY TOLERABLE STATE OF TERROR SO THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE THEIR OWN LANDS. PERHAPS YOU COULD FIND THIS STATEMENT QUICKER THAN I COULD, I HAVE IT SOMEWHERE IN HUNDREDS OF FILES. CLEARLY DEMONSTRATING THE TERRORIST OBJECTIVE OF ISRAELI POLICY.

THEN THERE ARE THE STATISTICS OF THE TERROR, THAT ISRAEL HAS KILLED AND MAIMED ABOUT 5 TIMES AS MANY NON INVOLVED PALESTINIAN CITIZENS, AND CHILDREN, AND HAS DESTROYED A THOUSAND TIMES AS MANY PALESTINIANS HOMES, CLEARLY FULFILLING SHARONS GOAL OF KEEPING THE PALESTINANS LIVING IN A BARELY TOLERABLE STATE OF TERROR.

THE STATISTICS ARE GRAPHICALLY PRESENTED IN THE WEB SITE. http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

AS LISTED BELOW. I THINK THE POINT WOULD BE WELL MADE IF YOU KEPT PRESENTING THESE STATISTICS.

IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR THE PALESTINIANS TO PRESENT THESE STATISTICS BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT AT THE HAGUE., TO COUNTER THE ISRAELIS BIG PR DISPLAY WITH THE DEMOLISHED BUS. I HAVE TRIED TO SEND THESE STATISTICS TO THE COURT IN SOME WAY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT. PERHAPS YOU COULD FIND A WAY TO SEND IT TO THE PALESTINIANS WHO ARE PRESENTING THEIR CASE BEFORE THE COURT. SO THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE IN A FORUM WHICH WILL GET WORLDWIDE COVERAGE, THAT ISRAEL, NOT THE PALESTINIANS, IS THE TERRORIST.

Statistics

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability.

Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.

It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power — and duty — to bring a resolution.

Below are charts of eight little known statistics.
Please click on any statistic for the source and more information.


The U.S. gives $15,139,178 per day to the Israeli government and military and $568,744 per day to Palestinian NGO’s.

Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions and the Palestinians have been targeted by none.

920 Israelis and 2,709 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000.

6,144 Israelis and 24,671 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000.

The Israeli unemployment rate is 10.4%, while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 37-67%.

106 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 515 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.

1 Israeli home has been destroyed by Palestinians and 2,202 Palestinian homes have been completely destroyed (14,436 partially destroyed) since September 29, 2000.

60+ new Jewish-only settlements have been built on confiscated Palestinian land between March 2001 and July 11, 2003. There have been 0 cases of Palestinians confiscating Israeli land and building settlements.

Earth, a planet hungry for peace

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

Statistics

Below are charts of eight little known statistics. Please click on any statistic for the source and more information.

Below are charts of eight little known statistics.
Please click on any statistic for the source and more information.