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De Kaarten van het Midden-Oosten voor Modellen
18 Juli 2006 -- Voeg deze post aan del.icio.us toeVoor zij die ongerust gemaakt over het conflict in het Midden-Oosten zijn en weinig achtergrondinformatie op de kwestie hebben, zouden wij een inleiding op de Kaarten van het Midden-Oosten willen geven. Wij hebben een pagina op de Feiten van het Midden-Oosten die de kwestie van behandelt De Kaarten van het Midden-Oosten, maar deze post zal een weinig verschillend zijn.
Nu, worden de beginners gewoonlijk om geen kaart van het volledige Midden-Oosten te zien. Het Midden-Oosten wordt overwogen om van ongeveer 18 landen te bestaan uit, afhankelijk van de interpretatie te geven of te nemen. Nu, om dingen in perspectief te zetten, zijn alle landen, buiten Israël Arabische of Islamitische landen (de Turken en Iraniërs zijn geen Arabieren, en Libanon heeft een grote Christelijke bevolking, die overigens ten gunste van Israël is dat Hezbollah vernietigt). In termen van uitgestrekt gebied, Israel makes up about 0.15% of the Middle East. As can be seen from the map below, you can hardly even find it, unless you know where you’re looking.
As can be seen, a number of Arab countries are smaller, but the size of the Arab countries combined dwarfs Israel.
The second map, more historically important than the one above, is that of the British Mandate of Palestine. Below is a map of the territory that was under British control, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, at the end of the First World War. For those who know the current geography of the Middle East, you’ll notice that “Palestine” comprises of what is today Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan. In 1923, the British split “Palestine” in two parts. The land on the eastside of the Jordan (76% of the original “Palestine”) was renamed Transjordan, later to become Jordan in 1946. The land on the west side of the Jordan (24% of the original “Palestine”) was renamed…drumroll please…”Palestine”. How confusing is that? They renamed 24% of the land with the same name as the whole of it!
So, now that “Palestine” has been reduced to 24% of it’s original size, there’s a lot less land for the Arabs and Jews to fight over. And what happened to the 76% that is now Jordan. Not surprisingly, it’s population is about 70% Palestinian!
The final map is one produced by the State Information Service of the Palestinian Authority in the Yasser Arafat days (2001). This map, shows very well what the intention of the Palestinian leadership is and has been ever since the early 1960’s when the “Palestinian Liberation” movement was founded. It doesn’t take a genious to recognize that Israel is labelled as “Palestine”, a deliberate ploy to “wipe Israel off the map”. No doubt, Hamas, Hezbollah and every other terrorist group share the same vision for the Middle East…and that is not comforting for the residents of Israel.
We hope that the above maps put current Middle East events into some perspective. If you have other maps that you would like to show, please let us know by using our contact form or by using the comment box for this post. For more of Middle East Maps, please see our of Middle East Maps page.
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July 20th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
The Arab countries dwarf Israel. Why can’t the Paletinians settle in Arabia–it’s vast, plenty of room, and they’d be welcomed…wouldn’t they? Israel has a tiny corner of the world, and that is all they ask for.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:31 pm
Probably there is people around there who believe that piece of land was previously occupied by somebodyelse….
Guess who?
August 7th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Jose,
Some of the land was occupied by Arabs, who didn’t call themselves Palestinians - they were part of the Pan-Arab nation. Some considered Palestine to be part of Syria. However, there were always Jews in Palestine throughout the ages, as well as Christians.
Palestine has historically been described as a combination of desert and swamps. It was like that until the Jews came and irrigated the swamps and made the desert come to life. Many of the Arabs were well compensated for their land, unlike the Jews who fled the Arab countries after Israel’s creation. It’s estimated that the current value of the wealth left behind by Jews from Arab lands is $100 Billion. If a demand for compensation was ever made by Palestinians, Jews from Arab lands could demand MUCH more.
To read more about the above visit the Forgotten Refugees Project.