Is not any one paying attention to the suffering of Palestinians under Israel's occupation?

Question

About 3 million Palestinians are living in a big prison under Israel Occupation for the last 39 years.They are treated as 2nd grade ctizens.

I can see from the first few answers how low America's ethics have gone.

One answer strangely said the Palestenians should not be there ! where would they go? theier grand grand grand fathers have been in this land for over 4 thousnd years !? Most of the Isralis families came after the creation of Israel in 1948

Answer 1

1. Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel? A Jew from any country in the world is guaranteed citizenship in Israel, while the Palestinians who have been there for centuries are oppressed and persecuted.

2. Did you know that instead of sewing an insignia on clothing to distinguish race (like the Germans did to the Jews before WW2), Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?

3. Did you know that East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights are all considered by the entire world community, including the United States and the United Nations, to be occupied territory and NOT part of the State of Israel?

4. Did you know that Israel allots 85% of the water resources for Jews, and the remaining 15% is divided among all Palestinians in the territories? For example in Hebron, 85% of the water is set aside for about 400 Jewish settlers, while the remaining 15% is distributed among Hebron's 120, 000 Palestinians?

5. Did you know that the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year from American tax dollars?

6. Did you know that US aid to Israel ($3.0 billion annually) exceeds the aid the US grants to the entire African continent? This aid is used both to buy American weaponry and to buy arms made in Israel.

7. Did you know that Israel is awaiting an additional $4 billion worth of American military hardware, including new F-16s and Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. As Israel's main ally and supporter internationally, the United States is committed to maintaining the Jewish state's "qualitative edge" in weapons over its neighbors.

8. Did you know that the U.S. administration has notified Congress on numerous occasions that Israel has violated the rules on how US-supplied weapons are used? (In 1978, 1979 and 1982 during fighting in Lebanon, and once after Israel's bombing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.)

9. Did you know that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections from its sites?

10. Did you know that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war have been summarily executed by the Israeli forces?

11. Did you know that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a US warship in international waters (the USS Liberty), killing 33 and wounding 177 American sailors and the US did nothing about it?

12. Did you know that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council Resolutions?

13. Did you know that Israel is explicitly dedicated to the policy of maintaining a distinct Jewish character?

14. Did you know that Israel's current Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was found by an Israeli court to be "personally and directly responsible" for the Sabra and Shatilla massacre in Lebanon where more than a thousand innocent Palestinian men, women, and children were axed to death or lined up and shot in cold blood?

15. Did you know that on May 20, 1990, a group of unarmed Palestinian laborers were lined up and murdered by an Israeli solider as they sat waiting for transportation back to Gaza? The terrified laborers who gathered in an area of southern Israel known as Rishon Lezion (known to Palestinians by its Arabic name Oyon Qara) handed their ID cards to the Israeli soldier. The soldiers ordered the distressed laborers to kneel down and face the ground and unexpectedly showered them with a barrage of bullets, killing seven and wounding many others. Needless to say, the soldier was not charged with any crime.

16. Did you know that until as recently as 1988, Israelis were permitted to run "Jews Only" job ads?

17. Did you know that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays six US public relations firms to promote a "positive image" of Israel to the American public?

18. Did you know that Sharon's coalition government includes a party--Molodet--which advocates ethnic cleansing by openly calling for the forced expulsion of all Palestinians from the occupied territories?

19. Did you know that recently-declassified documents indicate that David Ben-Gurion approved of the forced expulsion of Arabs from all Palestininan territory in 1948?

20. Did you know that the former chief rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, who is also a founder and spiritual leader of the religious Shas party (Israel's third largest political party) openly advocates a 'Final Solution' to annihilate the Palestinians? Speaking at the widely broadcast sermon marking the last Passover, he declared of the Palestinians: "The Lord shall return their deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world. It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable."

21. Did you know that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of the refugee population in the world?

22. Did you know that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living stones" of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the disciples of Jesus Christ? And the Palestinian Christians stand united with their Muslim brethren in the struggle against the Israeli occupation.

23. Did you know that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of Justice, torture has continued unabated by Shin Bet interrogators on Palestinian prisoners?

24. Did you know that despite every Israeli attempt to disrupt Palestinian education, Palestinians have the highest ratio of PhDs per capita in the world?

25. Did you know that the right of self-determination is guaranteed to every human being under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [December, 1948], yet Palestinians were/are expected to negotiate for this right under the Oslo Accords?

26. Did you know that despite what is widely perpetuated and written in the history books that the Arabs attacked Israel in the 1967 war, it was Israel who attacked the Arab countries first, capturing Jerusalem and the West Bank, and called the attack a pre-emptive strike?

27. Did you know that, as an occupying power, Israel has a particular responsibility under the Geneva Conventions to protect Palestinian civilians?

28. Did you know that, despite Ariel Sharon's public call for a unilateral ceasefire, Israeli soldiers have not stopped shooting, killing or bulldozing Palestinian homes? The most recent example of this is the murder of three innocent women who were shot by an Israeli tank as they sat in their tent!

29. Did you know that the Zionists have been trying to destroy Masjid al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock for the last 50 years by digging underground tunnels beneath the sites to weaken its foundation causing it to collapse?

30) Nelson Mandela called the Israeli government an apartheid regime, just like South Africa used to be

Answer 2

This is B.S. There is no Israeli "occupation." It's their own land. And "Palestinians" bring their suffering upon themselves, for learning hate and murder as their only skill in life, just as others learn a legitimate trade.

They're treated as second class citizens, because they ARE second class citizens by their own choosing, their own bad attitude and proclivity toward violence and murder.

And what did they do before the 39 years? Let the land deteriorate for thousand of years, like nerds. The Jews come along, work hard and build a thriving cultural center, and they're full of envy and hate, of course.

No, our eithics haven't gone, we understand fact from fiction.

Great point by Christopher below: They danced in the street in merrment and jubilation at the murder of our citizens in the World Trade Center attack, who were burned or fell from the towers.

I think that Israel is far too kind for them, and should stop being so politically correct.

Answer 3

The thing is you never know what will happen next, what are we supposed to do, go into these suffering countries guns blazing and being all 'high and mighty'. Some people in this world don't want to be helped. I know there are innocent people out there that do not ask for it! We have tried to mend problems in the past and see where it has got us- no where!

Answer 4

If you're so concerned, why not help them move somewhere within the vast and wealthy lands of Araby, where they can live with people of the same language, culture and religion?

Answer 5

t is not occupation. That is Israel's land and Palestinians should not be there. And if there is any suffering the palestinians bring it upon themselves. Israel is only defending themselves.

Answer 6

As you saw from a comment, people know about it - they are just too ignorant to understand what is really happening.

Israel is and always will be a mythical land grant. Therein lies the problem.

Answer 7

Did you know that Palestine has just as much blood on its hands as Israel? You must forgive the world for not having much sympathy for people who murder to get their message across. Both are guilty, both deserve their fate.

Answer 8

Zulu, our plate is pretty full with what is going on in Iraq,with almost 3000 Americans dead,and Oct. looks like the highest death toll yet.

Answer 9

The whole world is watching! Every time Isreal attempts to restore autonomy, they start by attacking Isreal!

Answer 10

Dancing in the streets didn't really do much to endear me to their cause.

Answer 11

Guess if I was Palestinian I would care.