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The So-called Palestinians: The “Other” Residents of the Land of Israel
Written by Marty Roberts on August 3, 2010 – 9:20 am -
What is the REAL palestinian problem? Who are these palestinians, anyway? It is very difficult to find true, un-biased news and information about their culture, history and their war against Israel.
First, there is really NO SUCH THING AS A PALESTINIAN PEOPLE! I know that this is hard to believe and to understand. The use of the term and concept has become so widespread, that the myth has taken on the aura of reality.
There has NEVER EVER been a country called “Palestine”, with an Arab people called “Palestinians” living there. “Palestine” was simply the name given to the Land of Israel during the time when there was no State of Israel. People that lived on that piece of real-estate, Israel in Ancient Times, Israel in Modern Times, “Palestine” in-between, were referred to as “Palestinians”. During most of history, most “Palestinians”, or people living on this particular piece of land, were JEWISH!! Obviously, some Arabs also lived there. When the Jews were exiled from their land by the Babylonians and then, the Romans, there were less Jews there. When Jews came back home, there were more Jewish “Palestinians”.
So what-in-the-world are we talking about when we refer to the current arab residents of the Modern State of Israel as “Palestinians”?
There is no agreement as to what “Palestinian” means. Some people use it to refer to Arabs living throughout Israel. Some use it to refer to Arabs living under PLO control. Some think that it’s Arabs living throughout Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. Some use it to refer to Arabs living in Jordan. Some use it to refer to an organ of the PLO. In fact, historically, Palestinians are people that lived on the land that is today the State of Israel, be they Jewish, Arab, or Christian.
And where does anyone come off thinking that they should have some sort of a state on the Land of Israel? They are NOT a true people, and there NEVER WAS such a state!!!
Why now???
There is no such thing as a Palestinian Arab nation. The PLO’s Zahir Mushein admits,
“The Palestinian people does not exist.”
The Arabs who lived here identified themselves as Jordanians or Syrians. There never was an independent Arab state called Palestine. The Palestinians were Jews.
These Arabs living in Israel are from all over the world….wanderers that have ended up living here, former residents from all over the Middle East, and, certainly, some long-time residents of the area.
Arabs have always been welcome to live as law-abiding, voting, fully-privileged citizens of the State of Israel. They still are. Those that choose not to might find a better home in one of the TWENTY THREE surrounding Arab countries.
There is NO MORE PALESTINE!! Now, there is the modern State of Israel. “Palestinians” have become “Israelis”!!
So What’s with the “Green Line”, “West Bank” and “Gaza Strip”?
Prior to the end of World War I, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. The British, under General Allenby, defeated the Turkish forces in 1917 and occupied Palestine and Syria. The land was administered by the British for the remainder of the war.
The United Kingdom was granted control of Palestine by the Peace Conference of Versailles which established the League of Nations in 1919. In 1920, at the Conference of San Remo held at San Remo, Italy, the League of Nations mandate over Palestine was assigned to Britain.
In June 1922 the League of Nations passed the Palestine Mandate. The Palestine Mandate was an explicit document regarding Britain’s responsibilities and powers of administration in Palestine including: “secur[ing] the establishment of the Jewish national home”, and “safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine”.
At the time the mandate came into effect (1922), the population of Palestine (west of the Jordan River) consisted of approximately 589,200 Muslims, 83,800 Jews and 71,500 Christians.
The area to the west of the Jordan became the center of Zionist aspirations for a Jewish homeland or state, and gradually saw a large influx of Jewish immigrants escaping persecution in Europe.
This immigration drew immediate and violent opposition from local Arabs.
Under the uncompromising leadership of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the local Arabs rebelled against the British and attacked the growing Jewish population many times during the Mandate. These sporadic attacks began with the so-called “Hurani Riots” of 1921. In 1929, the Jewish community of Hebron was massacred and the survivors were driven out with the loss of 60 lives.
An increase in Jewish immigration following the rise of Adolf Hitler led to the so-called Great Uprising from 1936 to 1939, when Arab general strikes and riots targeted both the British and the Jews now living in the country.
These attacks had three lasting effects: First, they led to the formation and development of Jewish underground militias, primarily the Haganah, which were to prove decisive in 1948. Second, when it became clear that the two communities could not be reconciled, the idea of partition was born.
Third, the British responded to Arab opposition with the “White Paper” of 1939. This severely restricted Jewish immigration, but the advent of World War II meant that even the reduced immigration quota was not reached.
In 1936-1939 the mandate experienced an upsurge in militant Arab nationalism, that became known as the Great Uprising. The Arabs felt they were being marginalized in their own country, but in addition to non-violent strikes they resorted to terrorism, that left hundreds of Jews dead.
Seeing that the situation was quickly spiraling out of hand, the British announced their desire to terminate their mandate and to withdraw by May 1948. This decision threw Palestine into the middle of civil and ethnic unrest.
The United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations, attempted to solve the dispute between the Palestinian Jews and Arabs. UNSCOP called for the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states in Palestine. This option was adopted and the UN General Assembly largely accepted UNSCOP’s proposals. The division was to take effect on the date of British withdrawal.
The partition plan was rejected out of hand by the Palestinian Arabs, although much of the land reserved for the Jewish state had already been acquired by Jews, had a Jewish majority, or was under state control. Most of the Jews accepted the proposal, in particular the Jewish Agency, which was the Jewish state-in-formation.
Right after the UN partition plan was approved, heavy fighting broke out in Palestine.
On May 14, the British Mandate expired. The State of Israel declared itself as an independent nation, and was quickly recognized by the Soviet Union, the United States, and many other countries.
On the date of British withdrawal the Jewish provisional government declared the formation of the State of Israel, and the provisional government said that it would grant full civil rights to all within its borders, whether Arab, Jew, Bedouin or Druze. The declaration stated:
“We appeal … to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions.”
Thus, upon creating the state – any inhabitants inside the newly formed State of Israel, whether Palestinian Jews or Palestinian Arabs, became Israeli.
Over the next few days, approximately 10,000 Lebanese, 60,000 Syrian, 4,500 Iraqi, 50,500 Egyptian, 60,000-90,000 Transjordanian troops and unknown number of Saudi and Yemenite troops invaded Israel. Together with the few thousand irregular Arab soldiers, they faced an Israeli Zionist army numbering 30,000-35,000.
In 1949, Israel signed separate cease-fire agreements with Egypt on February 24, Lebanon on March 23, Transjordan on April 3, and Syria on July 20. Israel was able to draw its own borders. These borders have been known since as the “Green Line”. The Gaza Strip and West Bank of the Jordan River were occupied by Egypt and Transjordan respectively.
In 1967, Israel triumphed in another war against her Arab enemies, after years of on-going military attacks and terrorism against her citizens. As a result of this war, Jerusalem, formerly divided after the War of Independence was re-united under full Israeli control, and the Gaza Strip and West Bank of the Jordan River were re-captured from Egypt and Jordan.
Subsequently, Egypt renounced all claims to the Gaza Strip and Jordan did so as well regarding the land west of the Jordan River, all land that was formerly a part of the Biblical Kingdom of Israel.
And so we stand today, with the Modern State of Israel, as created by the United Nations, STILL not accepted by the vast majority of the surrounding Arab countries, and with a group of radical, revolutionary terrorists claiming peoplehood, while demanding to be given a large piece of Israel’s land for another, new Arab country in the Middle East.
And most of the world supports them…….
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Tags: British mandate, Israeli independence, palestinian problem, Palestinians
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Let the (Maccabiah) Games Begin!!!.Tony Blair, Why Don’t YOU Stop Playing Games?
Written by Marty Roberts on July 28, 2010 – 9:22 am -Tony Blair, Why Don’t YOU Stop Playing Games (with yourself!)
Also…England Continues to Try to Appease British Muslims…
When Will You Learn That the REAL War is With YOU, Western World, NOT Israel???
All this and MORE…
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The 17th Maccabiah Games Open Today in Israel
One of the top-ranking world sports events…
Featuring over 7,000 (Jewish) athletes from 55 countries around the world…
Israel’s Female Tennis Stars
Shahar Peer……………………………………Anna Smashnova
2006 will bring the WTA Women’s Tennis Tour back to Israel!!!
Israel’s stars will shine…
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Time for a little bit of a reality check…
Your terror problems are NOT due to problems in Israel…
NOTHING will be solved by another Arab terrorist state on Israeli soil…
The enemies of freedom and democracy will only become STRONGER as a result of concessions and appeasement…
When are you going to wake up, Tony Blair???
When are you going to wake up, world???
Is Soviet President Putin Snickering Over His Newly Pilfered Super Bowl Ring???
Stay tuned…
Tags: blair, british muslims, israel, israel sport, Maccabiah, marty roberts, podcast, radio, Terror
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The Western World is Losing the Battle Against Islamic Extremism
Written by Marty Roberts on July 27, 2010 – 9:29 am -Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Extreme Islam
…When will we realize that we are even ENGAGED in a battle?…
Their numbers are growing…Their militancy is increasing…They clearly state their intentions…World domination…Is anybody amongst us listening?…How about doing something?…Also…A successful terror attack in Eilat…Focus on the palestinian family…Not exactly what we Westerners are used to, is it?…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…
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Tags: bible, islamic extremism britain, israel life, israel news commentary, Judaism, marty roberts, Religion
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G-d Speaks to Israel Today…A “Coincidental” Discovery in Ireland
Written by Marty Roberts on July 21, 2010 – 9:02 am -
Kind David wrote the book more than 2000 years ago…It was Buried in Ireland more than 1000 years ago…It was found Tuesday, during Israel’s time of distress, during the Three Weeks leading up to Tisah B’Av…It was found during the Israel-Hizbullah-Iran-Syria war…It was opened to one, and ONLY one page…Psalm 83…Listen to what it says…What does it all mean?…All this and MORE…
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Tags: Aliyah, bible, israel life, israel news commentary, Judaism, marty roberts, Religion
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Outrage in England Over Straw’s Comments on the Muslim Veil
Written by Marty Roberts on July 21, 2010 – 8:31 am -Podcast: Play in new window | Download
…Marty joins the Muslims in their condemnation of the former British Foreign Secretary’s bigoted remarks…
Marty explains the concept of modesty as it pertains to religious groups, for those that do not quite “get it”…For someone like Jack Straw, once a bigot…always a bigot…Also…Dentists in Brazil turn to Hitler to market their clinics…No, really!…And…Jewish star Henry Winkler, AKA “The Fonz” is returning to the stage in England…And he’s OLD!…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”….
Tags: Aliyah, bible, israel life, israel news commentary, Judaism, marty roberts, muslim veil, Religion
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US State Department Report Condemns Israel for “Restricting Religious Freedom”
Written by Marty Roberts on July 18, 2010 – 8:36 am -What???…Marty Says, “I DEFINITELY want some of the stuff that they are smoking over there!”…
Are they REALLY grouping Israel and SAUDI ARABIA (!) in the same class?…
And…Will They FINALLY Let Israel Into the International Red Cross?..
They will if the symbol change is approved -and American pressure continues…
Plus…American missing in Egypt, American hurricane refugees found (studying) in Israel and the Arab/Muslim rioting intensifies in Europe
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Condoleeza Rice-Leader of the
US State Department’s Band of Looney Tunes
Israel is cited for religious restrictions on Christians and Muslims?
Are you kidding?
Have you ever been here?
Refugees of Hurricane Katrina are
Studying FOR FREE in Israel!
Now THERE’S some inhumane persecution for you…
But DO NOT travel to Egypt while you are here, especially if you happen to be Jewish…
In Egypt, it’s bad enough to be American…
Symbols
Will Israel Be Allowed to Join the International Red Cross?
It is All Hanging on a Cross and a Star
Tags: intifada, israel, katrina, radio, red cross, religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, state department report
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Some Simple Solutions for The World: Hamas, Iran, the U.S. and Europe
Written by Marty Roberts on July 13, 2010 – 9:17 am -It seems so apparent…Why doesn’t the world see it?…
The world is worried about an imminent humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas…Hamas, who was elected by the Palestinians to run the Palestinian Authority, refuses to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist…They continue to wage a daily terror war against the Jewish State…This has lead to a cutoff of some of the international funding for the terrorist organization…
What to do?…Seems obvious to Marty…
And then there’s Iran…Making the time pass with more and more yapping, in order to get the last bit of work done on their nuclear weapons…Blah, blah, blah…Let’s talk some more…
All this and MORE…
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Hmmm…Should We Buy Bread or a New AK-47 Rifle?
Looks like we have the makings of a real humanitarian crisis here…
How do we even find the time to BUY bread and medicines?
We’re just TOO busy training for terror attacks and shopping for weapons and explosives…
Not to mention the cash-flow problem…
HELP!!!!
Their “Leader” – Ismail Haniyeh
He is asking for his people to pick their terror attack locations carefully…
Oh, and he continues to announce his intention to eliminate Israel from the Middle East…
He says that the financial crisis will be good for his people…
No, really…
James Wolfensohn
Even the former World Bank president doesn’t have a clue what to do…
That’s why he quit his job as the Quartet’s envoy to the Palestinian Authority…
How about, “Just stop the terror!”?
Is THIS What All of the Talking is About?
Maybe if we just talk long enough, Iran will decide that they DON’T want to nuke Israel and the Western World…
Naaah…Dont’ think so…
So why don’t we stop talking?
Tags: hamas, haniyeh, israel news, simple solutions, wolfensohn
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The Summer of 2006 is the Summer of Aliyah Immigration to Israel
Written by Marty Roberts on July 13, 2010 – 8:54 am -…Especially from North America, France and Great Britain….
Record numbers of “Israelis by Choice” are arriving in Israel this year…Thousands from North America, France and Great Britain…
Nefesh B’Nefesh is making it easier and easier for Jews to come home…
Easy enough for the former ambassador to Israel from the US, Dan Kurtzer, to join his brother, Ben, home in the Holyland!…(Not yet, but Ben, who just arrived with his family, is working on it)…
Plus…Why aliyah now, today, in 2006?…Who says so?
All this and MORE…
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They’re Coming Home!
And in record numbers this Summer of 2006…
If Not Now…When?
You CAN do it, too!
Tags: Aliyah, immigration israel, israel news, kurtzer, nefesh b'nefesh, summer
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If You Have a Yearning for Kosher Water Buffalo – Israel is The Place
Written by Marty Roberts on July 11, 2010 – 9:02 am -Soon to be on the list of kosher meat will be the Short-Horned Water Buffalo of Israel…
Marty shares some interesting aspects of Jewish dietary law (kashrut) in general…Including…Why aren’t giraffes kosher?…
Also…Non-kosher animals gone wild…Rampaging camels and bomb-sniffing pigs on the highways and byways of Israel…
Plus…The Rabbinate nixes your favorite whiskeys…
And…Former Mossad chief Ephraim HaLevy says Europe and the world are going Muslim…Quickly…
All this and MORE…
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Water Buffalo
Kind of makes your mouth water, doesn’t it…
My favorite…Buffalo burgers…
Soon to be kosher…
Danger, Danger…
Camel Crossing
Just what we needed…
Non-kosher traffic jams…
It took 4 police units to encourage this guy off the road after he threatened a highway supervisor and caused major traffic snarls…
Soon to Be NOT Kosher
(among other liquid joys that you know and love)
“No more Jameson for you!”…
Truly a blow if you like Irish whiskey…
And the same goes for Bushmills, too…
Not to mention about another 500 or so alcoholic drinks being nixed by the Rabbinate as non-kosher…
Ephraim HaLevy
Former Chief of the Mossad
He predicts a rapid Islamification of Europe, Russia and the World…
Muslim majorities in major European locations…
Coming SOON to a a city near you…
Tags: ephraim halevy, israel news, jewish dietary law, kashrut, kosher water buffalo
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UK Jews on High Alert-North American Jews on the Way Home to Israel!!!
Written by Marty Roberts on July 9, 2010 – 12:00 pm -Also…Hamas Announces Coming Events for Israel…
And They are NOT Too Friendly!!!
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Terror Strikes London, UK
It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it???
Where next???
Don’t act as if you think “Not in MY neighborhood, it won’t!!!”…
You KNOW that it WILL…
Just a matter of time…
Hamas
Allah is WHAT???
While UK Jews are Cowering, Many North American Jews Will Be Smiling
A record number of Jews from North America will be arriving as new immigrants to Israel next week…
Don’t worry, we’ve got room for LOTS MORE of you!!!
Come one, come all…
The rewards are immeasurable…
We’re waiting…
Tags: Aliyah, hamas, israel, london, marty roberts, podcast, radio, Terror, UK
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Dangling Carrots, Sliced Salami..and a LOT of Boloney…
Written by Marty Roberts on July 5, 2010 – 2:40 pm -Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu is Off to Meet US President Obama…
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Obama-Netanyahu Meeting
Bibi can expect to be fed a lot of dangling carrots on sticks, instead of answers about stopping Iran’s nuclear ambitions…
Dangling Carrot
Obama will most likely continue Arafat’s game of slicing Israel’s salami, feeding it, piece by piece to the palestinians, unless Netanyahu does something to stop him…
I guess eating a bunch of baloney for dinner is better for Bibi than sitting in the US prez’s office while Obama dines alone with his family…
Baloney...Dinner of Champions
And, BTW, what is that bright, shiny new Iranian bought Syrian radar installation doing sitting on a mountaintop in Lebanon, peering into all of israel and protecting the skies of Iran from attack?
Also…Is Pope Benedict REALLY dumb enough to schedule his address to the British parliament on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar…Yom Kippur?
Pope Benedict
And…Talk about chutzpah…The GERMAN parliament is telling the Jewish State how to conduct its affairs???…What next?
German Parliament?
Finally…”Gowngate” in Jordan…”Made in Israel” tags cause the devil to break loose at a Jordanian university graduation…
All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…
Tags: arafat, carrots, dangling, gowngate, Iran, israel, Jordan, Lebanon, marty roberts, netanyahu, obama, podcast, radar, salami, sliced
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Barak Obama’s Zero Sum Foreign Policy Game
Written by Marty Roberts on May 13, 2010 – 12:08 pm -Podcast: Play in new window | Download
America’s enemies win, while her closest friends lose…
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Obama's Zero Sum Foreign Policy
Reaching out to America’s enemies has become the keystone of the Obama presidency, most strongly towards the Muslim nations. Apparently, the US President feels that the only way he can improve relations with America’s enemies is by destroying relations with her historic and present closest allies, specifically, Israel and Great Britain. Insult follows insult, both to the leaders and people of Israel and Great Britain. Nevertheless. American Jews, in spite of their president’s hostility towards Israel, continue to support Obama at levels greater than the American population at large…
Obama in England
Barack Obama’s top 10 insults against Britain
Reprinted from The Telegraph Nile Gardiner…Click to read article
Barack Obama’s top ten insults against Israel
Reprinted from The Telegraph Nile Gardiner…Click to read article
Tags: barak obama, foreign, game, great britain, israel, marty roberts, policy, UK, zero sum
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Israeli Deputy consul is Attacked By Pro-palestinian Protestors at the University of Manchester in England..And Not a Word Is Heard
Written by Marty Roberts on May 2, 2010 – 8:20 am -On Wednesday night, the Israeli Deputy Consul to England (who also happens to be female) delivered a lecture to a political science club at the University of Manchester. She was viciously attacked by pro-palestinian protestors as she went to her car after the lecture and forced to flee back inside the lecture hall. Police were summoned, who were subsequently also attacked by the rioters.
I heard the report of the attack on Israel Radio minutes after it happened. The next day, I searched all the news outlets for a report on, what I considered to be a very severe and extremely upsetting incident…Nothing…nada…gurnisht…Not a word in the press from anywhere around the world. Only today,4 days later did I find this short report of the attack on the Israeli Consul in England…but only in a rabidly pro-palestinian, anti-Israel arabic website!!
A physical, violent attack on an Israeli government official in England…on a university campus…followed by a violent attack on London policemen…
Wouldn’t you think that this was a rather upsetting event?
But no press coverage…no outrage…Are the British really so afraid of their new third column…the arabs???
If I were a Jew living in England, I just might be packing my bags about now…
Palestinians Attack the Israeli Deputy Consul to Britain
British protesters attack Israel’s deputy envoy
Pro-Palestinian protesters stormed at Zionist regime’s deputy ambassador to Britain Talya Lador-Fresher after her lecture at the University of Manchester on Wednesday
Reprinted from AhluBayt News Agency
The protesters were waiting for Lador-Fresher outside the lecture hall and immediately upon her exit, the protesters lunged at the diplomat, prompting security guards to whisk her back into the hall.Following a consultation on the site, it was decided to escort her out of the premises in a police car.
The deputy ambassador was removed from the hall and into the police vehicle. However, this did not block the protesters, who surrounded the car and climbed on the hood, trying to break the windshield.
Lador-Fresher ultimately was taken away from the scene safe and sound.
Lador-Fresher’s lecture at the university was delayed by a few weeks out of concerns for her safety after information was received that violent protests were being organized.
Tags: deputy consul, israeli, protestors, talya lador-fresher, univesrity manchester
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Israeli Tourism Ad is Banned in Britain for Showing Jerusalem as Part of Israel
Written by Marty Roberts on April 16, 2010 – 12:41 pm -An ad by the Israeli Government Tourism Office was banned in England because it showed a picture of the Western Wall and the Jewish Temple Mount and implied that these sites are a part of Israel…imagine that…
The Advertising Standards Association claims that these holiest of Jewish sites in Israel are a part of the “disputed West Bank” and, hence, it is not true to say that they are in Israel…
It’s hard for me to comment any further on this idiocy, other that to:
1. Let you view the ad, below
2. Let you read the article proclaiming the outrage in the British press, below, and
3. Let you read the comments by the Honest Reporting organization
4. Urge you to join the Facebook group condemning this ridiculousness
‘Nuff said…
British Ad Organization Banned This Ad..They Say Jerusalem is not Part of Israel
Israeli tourism advert uses picture of Occupied Territories
Israel’s tourist office has been criticized by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for using images of the Palestinian-run West Bank as part of a package tour for a holiday in Israel.
Reprinted from Telegraph.co.ukThe advert for the Israeli Government Tourist Office (IGTO) boasted that one could “travel the entire length of Israel in six hours” and urged tourists to sign up for the trip.
But the images shown in the poster included the Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock – the oldest Islamic building in the world, built in the 7th century – both of which are in East Jerusalem, part of the disputed Occupied Territories of the West Bank.
Viewers complained that the advert misleadingly implied that the areas pictured was part of the “state of Israel”.
The future of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues dividing the Palestinian leadership and Israel, which occupied and later annexed the east of the city following the Six Day War in 1967.
Israel’s approval of the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in East Jerusalem last month during a visit by Joe Biden, the US vice-president, prompted the worst diplomatic spat between the US and Israel in a generation.
The controversial move also angered Palestinians, who consider settlements a major hurdle in attempts to reach a peace accord, and who want occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their promised state.
The ASA said the advert breached truthfulness guidelines and ordered it not to be used again, adding: “We told the IGTO not to imply that places in the Occupied Territories were part of the State of Israel.”
It added: “We noted the ad stated ‘You can travel the entire length of Israel in six hours – imagine what you can experience in 4 days’ and ‘visit now for more itineraries in Israel’ and considered that readers were likely to understand that the places featured in the itinerary were all within the state of Israel.
“We understood, however, that the status of the Occupied Territory of the West Bank was the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that the part of East Jerusalem featured in the image was part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.”
The State of Israel Ministry of Tourism (SIMT) said that the advert provided “basic, accurate information to a prospective UK traveller who wanted to know what to expect in Israel”.
It claimed that it was “entirely accurate to assert that a visitor to Israel could visit Jerusalem as part of a short visit”, adding: “Had the ad omitted a reference to a visit to the city of Jerusalem, it would have been incorrect and potentially misleading.”
It said that Israel “took responsibility to support the religious sites of all denominations, a commitment which also formed part of the obligations of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority signed in 1995″.
Logo of British Advertising Standards Association
Reprinted from Honestreporting.com
From Palestinian denials of Judaism’s historical ties to the Old City and the Temple Mount to the most recent spat surrounding the status of Jerusalem and Israeli building in Jewish neighborhoods, campaigns to disconnect Israel and the Jewish people from Jerusalem and Judaism’s holiest sites are nothing new.However, a ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has taken things to new heights of absurdity. The ASA dealt with a complaint concerning an Israel Government Tourist Office advert that “the photograph featured for Jerusalem was of East Jerusalem” and therefore “the ad misleadingly implied that East Jerusalem was part of the state of Israel.”
The Israeli Tourism Ministry responded, saying that:
the ad provided basic, accurate information to a prospective UK traveller who wanted to know what to expect in Israel. They maintained that it was entirely accurate to assert that a visitor to Israel could visit Jerusalem as part of a short visit. Furthermore, they believed that, had the ad omitted a reference to a visit to the city of Jerusalem, it would have been incorrect and potentially misleading.
The Ministry also reminded the ASA of Israeli commitments to supporting religious sites of all denominations and that Israeli jurisdiction over those sites and tourism there was agreed upon with the Palestinian Authority in 1995. According to the ASA, the Ministry also:
maintained that the present legal status of Jerusalem had nothing to do with the point at issue. They said it was only of relevance if there was an attempt to interpret the straightforward message of the ad in a manner that went beyond what consumers were likely to understand from the ad.
Nonetheless, the ASA upheld the complaint, judging that the ad had breached rules on truthfulness. Referring to the image of Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount, the ASA:
considered that readers were likely to understand that the places featured in the itinerary were all within the state of Israel. We understood, however, that the status of the occupied territory of the West Bank was the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that the part of East Jerusalem featured in the image was part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.
Despite the fact that the final status of Jerusalem has yet to be determined through any negotiations between the involved parties, the ASA has, without the aid of international lawyers or politicians, come to its own decision – Israel is “not to imply that places in the Occupied Territories were part of the State of Israel.”
The bottom line – Israel can no longer feature Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Western Wall, as part of its tourist advertising campaigns in the UK.
Since when was it legitimate for the ASA to rule on the historic connection of Israel to its capital city and holy sites?
Israel’s Tourism Minister responded:
These statements join the list of repeated attempts by anti-Israel organizations to discredit Israel’s standing using absurd claims. The ministry will continue to promote marketing and advertising campaigns that make use of historic and religious sites in order to increase tourism to Israel. Jerusalem and its many religious and historic sites is Israel’s central tourism anchor that draws millions of tourists of all religions every year, regardless of political views.
The Tourism Ministry brands Israel as the Holy Land with Jerusalem at its heart, which beyond being the City of Peace, is the united capital of Israel. It is obvious to any thinking person that the Western Wall is one of Israel’s inalienable assets and as such it will continue to appear in the ministry’s campaigns. Just as nobody would dare interfere in the discretion of British state authorities on the matter of marketing Britain, the attempt to do so to Israel is illegitimate and non-negotiable.
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