The ABC of the Middle Eastern Conflict
Information useful for writing effective letters

Massacres

Many are the lies spread by the Arab media and enthusiastically repeated by western media about so called massacres that Israel would have perpetrated. One of the major false accusations of massacre was that of Jenin, in April 2002. Here is a sample of a letter sent to a newspaper:

Dear Sir,

Even an unfriendly-to-Israel UN Committee had no choice but to declare clearly (though not too loudly) that Israel has NOT committed any massacre of any sort in Jenin in April 2002, in strong contrast to what the Palestinians claimed based on their straightforward LIES and on their 10 to 60-times exaggerations. Many Western media sources endlessly parroted these blood libels without any honest checking.

On the other hand, the Palestinians did commit several massacres: the intentional killing of as many Israeli civilians as they could, children, women, elderly and absolute non-combatants, in religious dinners, in schoolyards, where ever. In the one month of  March  2002 alone 120 Israeli civilians were deliberately killed, twice the number of the victims of 11th of September, relative to the size of the population of Israel.

How come, that all this is not crystal clear to the public in the world, in the West and in the media?

Who is exaggerating wildely or keeps silent so selectively?  WHO is covering up the Arabs massacring non-muslims in Sudan, civilians in Israel, and in several places elsewhere?

WHO are those who even adversely misrepresent murderous terror acts, manipulating sympathy to terrorists through the tears of the murderer's mother?

Regards,

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Manipulation of the truth by Media

As we all know "news" is a very special commodity. In order to get news, something has to change, to occur, preferably something spectacular. That is why reporters are always looking for action and if by chance the action is minor, it is not hard for a good reporter to make a good story from it anyway. From here to manipulating the news is only a small step.

The following picture shows how "spontaneous" the "popular uprising" is and how reporters always "happen to be there". 

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Money and Terror

Anyone trying to understand the long-term success of Yasser Arafat and his thugocracy running the Palestinian Arab terror organizations, has to understand the money trail.

On the Palestine Facts website, we find page titled "What is known about the PLO's finances?" http://palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_plo_finances.php ] The facts show that the PLO, and the Palestinian Authority that evolved from it, have reaped the rewards of terrorism in the form of literally billions of dollars in assets plus a cash flow estimated to be 1.5 to 2 billion dollars per year. This enormous financial empire provides ample resources for  Arafat's continuing control of the Palestinian terror/security forces and hence his unshakable grip on power. The money and the absolute control it has bought for Arafat have also spawned corruption on a vast scale.

While the world is distracted by "massacres in Jenin" and "Israeli human rights violations", cash continues to flow to fund the corrupt Arafat terror regime. Not surprisingly, little of this money reaches the lower levels of Palestinian society, while at the same time Arafat's henchmen have built lavish mansions (complete with swimming pools in the desert), send their children to private schools in Europe, and have huge slush funds in untouchable private bank accounts. Much of this is documented on the public record, but the flow of funds continues unabated.

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