Isreal - Palestine Conflict (Statistics and Facts)

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• 684 Palestinians killed 57 assassinated Between Sept 28th and Sept 13 2001
• More than 16,000 wounded– 2,000 permanent disabilities, 437 Palestinian child disabled

Causes of Palestinians death:

• Live ammunition 63.0%
• Shelling 22.1%
• Rubber-coated metal bullets 0.3%
• Prevented access to medical treatment 3.4%
• Tear Gas 1.3%, Other 9.9%

Location of wounds that caused death:

• 32.4% in the head & neck
• 24.5% in the chest
• 6.2% in the Abdomen
• 0.7% in lower limbs
• 36.3% all over the body

Economic Conditions
Since Sept28th 2000

• Israel prevents 125,000 Palestinians from going to work , with daily income loss of $ 12,700,000. 51% drop in GDP
• Unemployment rate is 48% (more than 55% in Gaza)
• Over 1 million Palestinians live in poverty–doubled from before (earning less than $2 /day).
• Losses to Palestinian Economy $2.033 billion in economic damage till the end of January

Education
Since Sept28th 2000

• 41 schools closed/unable to operate (20,000 students) 275 schools disrupted
• 4 schools turned into military barracks.
• 30 schools were shelled and fired upon by Israeli soldiers ($400,000 damage in 8 weeks).
• 42 Palestinian students killed during first 2 months, mostly on their way home from schools.
• UNRWA schools in Gaza reported 1,800 lost school days until Nov 15th.

Setlement Expansion

• From 18/6/96 - 5/7/99 (Netanyahu government) - tenders were published for the construction of 3,000 housing units in the settlements.
• From 6/7/99 - 11/9/99 (Barak government) - tenders were published for the construction of 3,499 housing units in the settlements.
• From 1993 till March 2000 11,190 housing units were built in the settlements by the government. Some several more thousands were built in this period in private construction.
• In the end of 1993 there were 116,300 settlers in the WB and GS. In August 2000 there were 194,779.
• In the end of 1993 there were 122 settlements in the WB and GS. Now there are some 140.

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  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is illegal (UN resolutions 242 and 338).
  • Israeli refusal to return refugees is illegal (UN resolution 194 and Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
  • Israeli violence and use of deadly force against civilians during the Al-Aqsa Intifada violates the fourth Geneva Convention and has been condemned by Amnesty international, the UN, and numerous Israeli human rights groups.
  • US aid to Israel has for years consumed nearly one quarter of all bi-lateral US foreign Aid, more than all of sub-Saharan africa and Latin America combined.
  • The US House approved $2.8 billion in aid for fy 2001.
  • US law prohibits aid to countries engaged in gross violations of human rights.
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Apartheid South Africa
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Apartheid Palestine
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Refugees Problem
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Settlements
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Palestine as proposed at Camp David
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Source: **Not In Our Name **

Comment: I suppose Judaism is not necessarily Zionism.

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Sabi, thanx for sharing the info. I feel the plight of the Palestinian people! I wish that, for once, God was looking down and siding with these poor folks who have no defense mechanisms available to them, and are so vulnerable in the face of so much hate. I especially feel for the children who are innocent bystanders in this mess. These same children are the hope for the future of Palestine. It starts and ends with them. I hope Allah mian carves the right path for them and makes them strong to be able to beat the conniving, deceptive, and cruel Israelis at their own game. Ameen.

:)

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by moona: *
Sabi, thanx for sharing the info. I feel the plight of the Palestinian people! I wish that, for once, God was looking down and siding with these poor folks who have no defense mechanisms available to them, and are so vulnerable in the face of so much hate. I especially feel for the children who are innocent bystanders in this mess. These same children are the hope for the future of Palestine. It starts and ends with them. I hope Allah mian carves the right path for them and makes them strong to be able to beat the conniving, deceptive, and cruel Israelis at their own game. Ameen.

:)
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well said mona!

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just wondering...if you can provide the stats regarding deaths of jewish people? ...just curious!!

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Well it certainly would be interesting to find out the ratio of Palestinian death to every Israeli death in this entire conflict. I’m expecting like a 1,000,000 to 1 ratio and that really angers me, because the media which is mostly Jewish, always tends to portray Jews as the ultimate “innocents” in all this. It’s so despairing! :teary1:

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I realize this is Monday morning quarterbacking -- but it seems like they should have re-thought thiat whole intifada thing. It doesn't appear to have been too successful.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Seminole: *
I realize this is Monday morning quarterbacking -- but it seems like they should have re-thought thiat whole intifada thing. It doesn't appear to have been too successful.
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It got Sharon elected so it was successful for him.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by underthedome: *
It got Sharon elected so it was successful for him.
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But now he is forced to call elections after his coalition government split... it doesn't seem too successful in the long run.

5Abi,
Many many thanks for the information. An interesting post. The 'settlements' map you provided is pretty shocking. Funny how it's Arafat who is always expected to make the concessions - wonder why the UK, as an example, doesn't firmly demand to Sharon to halt all construction of settlements ?

The information you have posted is from a Jewish website. Looking back at prominent names in the fight for Palestinian rights, one comes up with quite a few nonMuslim names - Edward Said who is Christian, Hanan Ashrawi who is also Christian (although some of her family members are Muslims), Noam Chomsky (Jewish), Gideon Levy and Amira Hass (both Jewish), Robert Fisk (Christian). Even in print-based mainstream media like the Guardian, there's Suzanne Goldenberg who's Jewish and last year received a barrage of hate e-mails for her 'audacity' to report the extent of injustices against the Palestinians. It's courageous individuals like these who deserve our gratitude because in their absence, we would have a much more difficult time to ascertain (and raise awareness of) the facts on the ground... the maps that you have provided are an example of that. These people have done more for the Palestinian people than all the hypocritical, palace-building Arab govts.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Seminole: *
I realize this is Monday morning quarterbacking -- but it seems like they should have re-thought thiat whole intifada thing. It doesn't appear to have been too successful.
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Maybe instead of calling it “Monday morning quarterbacking”, we ought to call it a “season end review.” Let’s count up the accomplishments of the intifada:

  1. Took Barak down and brought Sharon to Power;
  2. A couple thousand dead Palestinians;
  3. Almost a 1,000 dead Israelis;
  4. His resistance amounts to committing murders of babies with pacifiers in Jewish Kibbutz’s that have traditionally gotten along quite well with and support their Palestinian neighbors;
  5. Total destruction of all economic progress that had been made up to the time of the Intifada;
  6. re-occupation of the West Bank by the IDF;
  7. The loss of any civil liberties and freedom that his people had;
  8. Children unable to go to school;
  9. Massive unemployment;
  10. A pending Israeli election most likely to increase the influence and power of the Israeli right wing;
  11. Loss of a significant amount of popular support among the American people.

I suppose they could claim as a victory the significant harm done to the Israeli economy and the 1,000 dead Jews. Somehow though, the strategy of totally annihilating yourself in order to bloody the nose of your opponent doesn’t seem like a good trade-off to me.

If this were a sports team, the front office would surely be replaced by the owner. Unfortunately, Arafat is like the owner and the front office. It’s pretty hard for him to say “oops -- This didn’t work -- My bad” after the devastation that has been wrought upon the Palestinians. He’s got to keep the possibility of victory dangled in front of them to keep their support. I just don’t see him getting anything but tarred and feathered if he admits defeat and tries to chart a new course. What would the Palestinians say? “Love ya, Yassir baby. Nice idea and a good try. You know the story about best laid plans. Keep up the good work and we’re behind your new plans 100%.”

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Intifada has created a lot of problems but Intifada does not directly kill palestinian kids. Putting all the blame of palestiian plight on intifada is like putting all the blame of 9/11 on US foriegn policy.

Reminds me of ppl justifying attacks against some woman because she was wearing provocative clothing.

If palestinian deatsh can be attributed to Intifada, than Israeli explosions can be attributed to occupation.

Rubbish

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Fraudz: *
Intifada has created a lot of problems but Intifada does not directly kill palestinian kids. Putting all the blame of palestiian plight on intifada is like putting all the blame of 9/11 on US foriegn policy.

Reminds me of ppl justifying attacks against some woman because she was wearing provocative clothing.

If palestinian deatsh can be attributed to Intifada, than Israeli explosions can be attributed to occupation.

Rubbish
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Hey Fraudz. Chill. I didn't say the Intifada directly killed palestinian kids. Israelis did. I recited what has happened since the Intifada. Compare that with what happened prior to the Intifada over the same time frame during the Barak government. Point to me one single benefit that has flowed to the Palestinians since the Intifada. The point is pretty clear: it hasn't helped.

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Those statistics are very disturbing indeed!

Looks like those zionist jews learned a lot from the Nazis after all :nono:

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ak47 :D