By Arjan el-Fassed (Electronic Intifada 02/2001) - "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East" rather than a democracy for Jews, a colonialist and a religiously exclusive state. Even Jews (of denominations other than Orthodox and/or of Sephardi origin) are discriminated against in Israel.
- "Israel made the desert bloom", but no mention of the sources of water such as the headwaters of the Jordan river, Sea of Galilee and the lakes above it that were being used to irrigate Arab lands, which now, as a result of water shortage, were turning into desert. See page 131 of Cockburn Dangerous Liaison, 1991. (Of course not to mention the erasing of 418 Palestinian villages and uprooting of 726,000 and enslaving the rest, as part of blooming the desert.) Also noted is Israel's systematic uprooting of tens of thousands of Palestinian trees, 50,000 since the beginning of the Oslo "Peace Process" alone (See article by Gideon Levy 'A tree grows in Palestine' and 'Olive trees becoming casualties in Mideast' by Michael Browning and Larry Kaplow, (American-Statesman 11/28/2000), and 'Do you remember the tree that you planted?' by Gideon Levy (Ha'aretz 02/11/2001)
- "Israel our [US] valued ally", but avoiding such sensitive issues as Pollard, USS Liberty, Israeli espionage, Israel Lobby's neck-hold on such US-ME policies as blocking Billions of Dollars of airplane deals to Saudi Arabia and competing with U.S. defense industries.
- "The Palestinians still refuse to truly recognize Israel", as if an elephant, Israel, really cares if an ant, the Palestinians, recognizes its existence. Just in the same manner that the US would not really care if, say Micronisia, recognizes its existence.
- "The Peace Process" is a "land-for-peace" Deal , but never mind the astronomical growth of 50 percent of settler population on the occupied Palestinian West Bank just since Oslo, or the thousands of Palestinian homes demolished on Palestinian lands since Oslo to build settler-exclusive highways and others.
- In 1948 The Palestinians were asked by Arab governments to leave in order to comback after an anticipated victory. Israeli historian Benny Morris dispelled this myth a decade ago. But the reason for the departure of the Palestinians is irrelevant here, since according to the Internationl Declaration of Human Rights they have a right to return. (See Benny Morris' The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1989, and Edward Said's The Question of Palestine, 1979)
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