"There is no such thing as a Palestinian Arab nation . . . Palestine is a name the Romans gave to Eretz Yisrael with the express purpose of infuriating the Jews . . . . Why should we use the spiteful name meant to humiliate us?

"The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine, and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name, though they couldn't even pronounce it correctly and turned it into Falastin a fictional entity."
--Golda Meir, quoted by Sarah Honig, Jerusalem Post, 25 November 1995

Peace Process Timeline
1948: State of Israel declared

1948: Arab League statement declaring war on Israel with the purpose of destroying the State of Israel

1948: United Nations Security Council Resolution 62 calling on Israel and Arabs to conclude armistice agreements

1948: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 calling for reparation for Palestinian refugees who are willing to live in peace and for compensation for lost property

1949: Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria incorporating lands allocated to the Palestinian state into Israel, Jordan, and Syria, and leaving the Gaza Strip under Egyptian control

1949: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 303 reaffirming the status of Jerusalem to be under the control of the United Nations

1951: United Nations Security Council Resolution 95 calling on Egypt to open the Suez Canal and stop the belligerent acts

1956: Sinai Campaign

1956: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 997 calling for all forces to withdraw to the armistice lines

1964: Fatah Constitution calling for the destruction of Israel and Zionism

1964: Second Arab summit conference declaring the goal of eliminating the State of Israel

1967: Six-Day War

1967: Khartoum Resolution declaring the Arab's rejection of peace or negotiations with the State of Israel

1967: United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 calling for negotiated peace and Israeli withdrawal from the territory conqured during the Six-Day War

1968: United Nations Security Council Resolution 252 calling on Israel to halt plans to unify Jerusalem

1968: Palestinian National Charter adopted by the Palestinian Liberation Organization as justification for its struggle against Israel and Zionism

1973: Yom Kippur War

1973: United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 calling for a cease-fire and agreements between the parties of the Yom Kippur War leading to a lasting peace

1974: Palestine National Council Resolution declaring it would establish a Palestinian state on any land liberated from the Zionists

1974: Yasser Arafat spoke before the United Nations declaring Zionism to be racism and asserting terrorism was a legitimate means for revolutionary purposes, vowing to liberate Palestine and replace the State of Israel with a secular democratic state

1974: United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 3236 and 3237 declaring the right of the Palestinians to resist Israeli occupation and giving observer status to the Palestinian Liberation Organization

1975: United Nations General Assembly Reolustion 3379 equating Zionism to racism

1978: United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 calling on Israel to desist from military operations in Lebanon

1979: Peace treaty signed between Egypt and the State of Israel based upon the Camp David meetings

1982: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Initiative calling for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank and Jordanian administration over the territories in exchange for recognition of the State of Israel by the Arab states

1982: Fez Peace Initiative called for Israeli withdrawal from land conquered during the Six-Day War and the return of Palestinian refugees.

1983: Signing of the Israeli-Lebanon treaty

1985: Hezbollah organized to fight Israeli invasion of Lebanon

1988: Hamas Charter declaring that all of Palestine belonged to the Muslims and can only be liberated through jihad - using The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, it declared that Zionism was attempting to take over Arab lands one at a time

1988: Palestinian Liberation Organization Decleration of Independence declaring a state in exile without recognition of the State of Israel

1988: Yasser Arafat recognizing United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 and 338

1989: Israeli Peace Proposal planning for negotiations with the Palestinians but not with the Palestinian Liberation Organization

1993: Oslo Declaration of Principles agreeing to mutual recognition between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization

1994: Peace treaty signed between Jordan and the State of Israel

1995: Oslo Interim Agreement making elections possible and setting up the Palestinian Authority

1995: Jerusalem Embassy Act calling for the United States embassy to be moved to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel

1998: Yasser Arafat declared to the United States that provisions of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Charter that called for the destruction of the State of Israel were null and void

1998: Wye River Memorandum committing the Palestinians and Israelis to the second redeployment under the interim Oslo Agreement

1999: Final status negotiations of the Oslo Agreement begin in Ramalla

2000: Camp David Summit between Israeli, Palestinian, and American leaders ending in a stalemate

2000: Sharm El-Sheikh Conference calling for an establishment of an investigation into the Intifadeh and other steps to reduce the violence

2000: Arab League Summit calling for a United Nations investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes and praising the Intifadeh

2000: Israeli, Palestinian, and American leaders meet to work on proposals to bridge the differences between the State of Israel and the Palestinians

2001: Israelis and Palestinians meet at Taba to discuss the Palestinian reugee issue

2001: Jordanian-Egyptian Peace Proposal calling for the ending of the Intifadeh and the resumption of negotiations

2001: United Nations Human Rights Commission resolves to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the occupied territories

2001: Arab League Summit calling for the boycott of the State of Israel

2001: Mitchell Report asserting the reasons for the Intifadeh and steps that should be taken to end the violence

2001: Tenet Plan asserting steps to stop the violence and revive the peace process

2002: Arab Peace Initiative calling for the withdrawal of Israelis to the pre-1967 borders and the right of return of Palestinian refugees to Israel in return for the recognition of Israel and normal relations

2002: United Nations Secutiry Council Resolution 1397 calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state

2002: United Nations Secutiry Council Resolution 1402 calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians

2002: United Nations Secutiry Council Resolution 1403 calling for the implementation of Resolution 1402

2002: United Nations Secutiry Council Resolution 1405 calling for lifting restrictions on humanitarian organizations in Jenin and for an investigation into the alleged Israeli massacre in Jenin

2002: Yasser Arafat signs the interim Palestinian constitution which gurantees basic human rights and legislation based on religious Islamic law

2002: President Bush calls for an establishment of a Palestinian state

2002: Quartet (United Nations, European Union, Russia, United States) was formed to develop a roadmap for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement

2002: President Bush issues his own version of the road-map (Elements of a Performance-Based Road Map to the Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict) for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement

2002: Foreign Relations Reauthorization Act calling upon the American embassy to be moved to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as part of Israel

2003: Palestinians drafted a Constitution

2003: Updating of the United States Road Map

2003: Israeli acceptance of the Road Map with some reservations

2003: Geneva Accord drafted as a replacement for the Oslo Accords

2003: United Nations General Assembly Resolution calling the Israeli partition wall illegal

2003: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1515 adopting the Quartet's roadmap and calling on Israelis and Palestinians to implement their obligations under the roadmap

2004: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon exchanged letters with President Bush putting forth Sharon's disengagement plans

2004: International Court of Justice in the Hague rules that the partition wall is illegal under international law

2004: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1566 adopting an internationally recognized deifinition of terror and calls on its member to fight terrorism

2005: Sasoon Report reporting on illegal settlements in the occupied territories

2005: Israeli High Court ruling that some of the partition wall must follow a different route

2006: Palestinian Prisoners Document calling upon a coalition between the Fatah and Hamas factions

2007: Annapolis Conference

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2005 "Disengagement" Timeline
December 18, 2003 - Prime Minister Arial Sharon announces plans to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank

June 6, 2004 - Israeli Cabinet passes the disengagement plan

August 18, 2004 - Likud National Convention votes against the disengagement

September 14, 2004 - Israeli Cabinet votes to compensate those who are evacuated during the Disengagement Plan

October 26, 2004 - Israeli Knesset votes in favor of disengagement

February 16, 2005 - Israeli Knesset passes legislation to allow the disengagement

February 20, 2005 - Israeli Cabinet votes in favor of revised disengagement plan

March 16, 2005 - Israeli Knesset votes to move forward with the disengagement plan

March 28, 2005 - Israeli Knesset rejects the idea of a referendum on disengagement

June 9, 2005 - Israeli High Court upholds law allowing disengagement

July 3, 2005 - The first families voluntarily leave Gaza

July 13, 2005 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon commands Gaza to be sealed off to all non-residents

August 15, 2005 - Israeli soldiers begin handing out eviction notices to Gaza residents

August 17, 2005 - Israeli Security Forces begin removing Israeli residents of Gaza and parts of the West Bank

August 23, 2005 - Evictions of all Israeli residents is completed

August 28, 2005 - Israel begins transferring the remains of Israelis buried in Gaza to new graves in Israel

September 11, 2005 - Israel officially withdraws from Gaza

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Terror Victims
Faces of the Victims
Report: 12-year-old Palestinian boy's martyrdom 'staged' : French media complicit in perpetuating 'myth' of Mohammed al-Dura
Palestine 101: A Short Take on a Long History
The History and Meaning Of "Palestine" and "Palestinians"

A Rose By Any Other Name
by Rachel-Esther bat Avraham v' Sarah

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. A suicide bomber by any other name would be just as deadly. For many years now, the “Palestinian martyrs” have been blowing themselves up in order to kill and maim innocent people in Israel. For just as many years, the press, governments, and general populace have been referring to these people as “suicide bombers”. I am here today to say that this term is a misnomer. A person who commits suicide does so for the express purpose of taking one’s own life. A person who commits homicide does so for the express purpose of killing another human. The Arabs who purposefully blow themselves up do so for the express purpose of killing another human. If this is true, then should we not be calling these individuals “homicide bombers”? If a person in a Western country walked into a mall and blew themselves up would we not say that this person committed homicide? Why should it be any different when referring to Arabs who perform the same act?

© Jennifer Abbott 2003-2007

In Memory of Israel's Victims  of Arab Terrorists

Terrorism Deaths 1920-1992 | 1993-1999 | 2000-2008

Victims of Hezbollah Terrorists (2006 War with Lebanon)

July 12, 2006 - 8 IDF soldiers killed
July 13, 2006 - 2 killed, 29 injured
July 14, 2006 - 6 killed (including 4 IDF sailors)
July 16, 2006 - 8 killed
July 17, 2006 - 2 IDF soldier killed, 5 IDF soldiers injured
July 18, 2006 - 1 killed
July 19, 2006 - 4 killed (including 2 IDF soldiers); 5 IDF soldiers injured
July 20, 2006 - 5 IDF soldiers killed; 6 IDF soldiers injured
July 23, 2006 - 2 killed
July 24, 2006 - 4 IDF soldiers killed
July 25, 2006 - 2 killed
July 26, 2006 - 9 IDF soldiers killed; 27 IDF soldiers injured
August 1, 2006 - 3 IDF soldiers killed; 25 IDF soldiers injured
August 2, 2006 - 2 killed (including 1 IDF soldier)
August 3, 2006 - 12 (including 4 IDF soldiers) killed; Dozens (including 1 IDF soldier) injured
August 4, 2006 - 6 killed (including 3 IDF soldiers)
August 5, 2006 - 5 killed (including 2 IDF soldiers)
August 6, 2006 - 10 killed; 12 injured
August 7, 2006 - 5 IDF soldiers killed
August 8, 2006 - 4 IDF soldiers killed; 2 IDF soldiers injured
August 9, 2006 - 30 IDF soldiers killed; 61 IDF soldiers injured
August 10, 2006 - 5 killed (including 2 IDF soldiers)
August 11, 2006 - 1 IDF soldier killed
August 12, 2006 - 29 IDF soldiers killed; 13 IDF soldiers injured
August 13, 2006 - 10 killed (including 9 IDF soldiers); 25 IDF soldiers injured
August 19, 2006 - 1 IDF soldier killed; 2 IDF soldiers injured

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Right of Return and Reparations
The "Palestinians" do not demand a "right of return" to Israel for some, but for all "Palestinians". One argument for the right of return is that Israel caused the refugee problem in 1948. In 1947, the United Nations proposed a two-state solution. The Arab leadership rejected this idea and began an armed terroristic struggle against the Jews which led to many Arabs leaving their homes/properties. In 1948, five Arab armies attacked Israel and led to the death of thousands of Arabs and Jews. Israel did not force the Arabs to leave their homes/properties en masse. The Arabs left for a number of reasons, including: fear of being injured or killed by the Arab terrorists and believing the Arab leaders who told them to leave so they may return when the Arab armies win the war they began. In 1949, the Arabs rejected Israel's offer to permit families separated by the war to be reunited and permit 100,000 refugees to return. The Arab nations have refused to absorb the refugees into their own countries, creating a generational refugee problem. The Six Day War in 1967, which was started by the Arab countries, caused more refugees.

In stark contrast to Israel's acceptance of the return of refugees after the 1948 war and the Arab countries refusal to absorb the refugees, Jewish refugees have been treated very differently. The number of Jews who fled Arab countries post-1948 was double the number of Arabs leaving "Palestine". Many of the Jews who fled left with little more than the clothes they were wearing when they were forced to flee. Of the 820,000 Jewish refugees between 1948 and 1972, 586,0001 resettled in Israel. They were not offered compensation from the Arab governments who confiscated Jewish possessions/properties. The Arab governments have repeatedly refused to pay compensation for the Jews who were displaced. At the same time, these same Arab governments continue to demand reparation and "right of return" for the "Palestinian" refugees. The United Nations continues to reference the "Palestinian" refugees but there has never been one mention of the Jewish refugees.
¹ Myth and Facts Online: The Refugees

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Debunking the "Palestinian" Myth

"Palestine is Jordan and Jordan is Palestine; there is one people and one land, with one history and one and the same fate." --Prince Hassan, brother of King Hussein, Addressing the Jordanian National Assmebly, February 2, 1970

"Palestine" has never existed as an independent entity. There is no people known as "Palestinians", there is no culture or language of the "Palestinians". The "Palestinians" are Arabs. This idea has not only been expressed by non-Arabs but also by many Arabs themselves - including PLO member Zahir Muhsein, Israeli Arab Knesset Member Abdul Malik Dahamshe, Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi, Arab MK Abdul Darawshe, Ahmed Shuqeiri, and Prince Hassan.

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Human Rights Watch
Women's rights are being erroded since the take-over of the "Palestinian" Parliament by the terror-group Hamas. Mariam Farhat ("Mother of Martyrs") plans to campaign for a law requiring all "Palestinian" women to wear the hijab (head-covering). 1

Mahmoud Abbas continues to make payments to "Palestinian Martyrs" families. The families will recieve at least $250 a month which equals out to approximately $100 million. Almost thirty percent of the total "Palestinian" governments money comes from international aid. Why is is permissible for this money to be used to pay the families of terrorists?1

"Palestinian" children are being indoctrinated into becoming "martyrs". They are taught hatred for Israel and Jews in the school systems and inundated with videos and "news" about the glory of becoming a martyr.2,3,4 School books teach children how to assist the "freedom fighters" in their cause to free "Palestine" from Israel.5
1 Campagin to Divest from "Palestine"
2Child Martyrdom Returns to PA Television
3Kids "Playing War"
4 PA TV Teaches Mothers to Encourage Kids to Become "Martyrs"
5 Palestinian children in combat support roles Behavior mirrors teachings in PA schoolbooks and popular culture

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Arab Terrorist Groups
Abu Nidal Association (ANO)
Founded: 1974 by Sabri al-Banna
Location: Iraq/Lebanon
Activities: Worldwide terror attacks

Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade
Founded: 2000
Location: Yesha (West Bank), Israel
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel (mostly Yesha)

Al-Qaeda
Founded: 1988
Location: Pakistan/Afghanistan and Worldwide locations
Activities: Worldwide terror attacks

Al-Tawhid w'al Jihad (TWJ)

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
Founded: 1969 by Naif Hawatmeh
Location: Syria/Gaza
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel (mostly Gaza)

Islamic Jihad
Founded: 1970's
Location: Israel/Syria/Lebanon
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
Founded: 1987
Location: Israel (mostly Gaza)/Syria
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel

The Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine (Fatah)
Founded: Early 1960's by Yassir Arafat
Location: Syria/Egypt/Israel
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel

Palestinian Liberation Organization
Founded: 1964
Location: Israel
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel, Hijacking of the Achille Lauro and the murder of Leon Klinghoffer

The Party of God (Hizbullah)
Founded: 1982
Location: Iran/Syria/Lebanon
Activities: Multiple terror attacks in Israel and other parts of the Middle-East

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Founded: 1967 by George Habash
Location: Israel/Syria/Lebanon
Activities: Multiple terror attacks and assassination in Israel

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

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