If Americans Knew - What Every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine [View all]

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/maps.html

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In 1947, the United Nations partitioned Historic Palestine, giving 55% to the Jewish population and 45% to the Palestinian population. The indigenous Palestinians rejected the division of the land on which they had lived and farmed for centuries.

At the time of partition, the Jewish population owned less than 6% of Palestine.

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1948 Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip


Israel, West Bank, and Gaza
source: Palestine Center

In 1948 Israel declared its "independence," but chose not to name its borders (Israel may be the only nation in the world with undeclared borders). Following its founding war of 1947-49 Israel came into existence on 78 percent of Palestine, a percentage it has steadily increased in subsequent years, a process that continues today.

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Israeli Settlements on Palestinian and Syrian Land


Israeli Settlements on the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip and in the Syrian Golan Heights (as of 1996).
source: UN

Following the 1967 war, Israel began establishing numerous settlements, or illegal housing developments for Jewish Israelis only on stolen Palestinian land (colonies). There are now thousands of these settlements throughout the West Bank and Gaza, as well as numerous settlements in the Syrian Golan Heights.

Settlements are one of the major blockages to a peaceful and just resolution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians and other Arabs. The "roadmap" to peace calls on Israel to dismantle these settlements and to return the land to the rightful owners. Unfortunately, Israel continues to expand existing settlements and to build new ones.

Israeli settlers, who are known for their Jewish fundamentalism and desire to take the rest of Palestine (and perhaps even parts of other Arab lands) for Israel, usually carry large guns. They travel on specially built “bypass roads,” that now crisscross the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinians are not allowed to use these roads.

(Wonderfully clear UN map showing the invasion of the occupied lands of Palestine, a virtual takeover as Palestinians are pushed into the Gaza Strip of land, Israel's massive family penitentiary, America has got no prison like it. Note the map is 18 years outdated, the number of settlements as skyrocketed since, I will try to find an updated map from a reliable source)


UPDATE: Detailed 2006 map:


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And of course the map that explains most of the "why", in a single glance and which the American media will never, ever show:



Source - worldliteraturetoday.org

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Slow motion genocide, what else can you call it?