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World Service Poll Against Israel
March 7th, 2007
This isn’t a surprise to us here at Middle East Facts, but the newly released BBC “World Service Poll“, an interview of 28,000 people in 27 different countries, revealed that people believe Israel has the most negative impact of the world, of the twelve countries asked about (and even behind Iran). This, of course, is ludicrous - Israel has made some amazing contributions to the world, in (but not limited to) the fields of medicine, technology, economics, mathematics and environmentalism (click here for much more information). Of course, the reason why these vast contributions aren’t known worldwide, is because of disproportionate focus on Israel’s military power (which is necessary for it’s existence) and of course, the UN’s atrocious voting record against Israel over the last 60 years.
The biggest surprises in this poll were the results from Canada and Australia (in that 2/3 and 4/5 thought of Israel negatively, respectfully), Nigeria and Kenya (that had more positive than negative views of Israel).
All we can learn from this poll is that there is still latent anti-Semitism in the world, especially in Europe, and that people don’t understand Israel and don’t know anything about Israel’s contributions to the world.
The twelve countries who were the focus in the poll were: Britain, Canada, China, France, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Russia, the USA, Venezuela, and the European Union.Individuals were polled in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
Tags:Anti Semitism , BBC , Commentary , iran , israel , United Nations , World news
Israel’s Next War - Against Syria
March 5th, 2007
Everybody knows that Syria is mostly responsible for Hezbollah’s operations in Lebanon. They might not financially support Hezbollah, but without Syria’s cooperation, Iran wouldn’t be able to get weapons and money to Hezbollah. Syria has been mighty quiet lately, which leads us to believe that something could be in the works. It is known that Syria has moved military infrastructure, including fuel depots, closer to the border with Israel.
Now, according to the IDF, somebody within Syria dumped 10 antipersonnel mines into Israel. It is not know who threw the mines into Israel, but Israel is holding Syria responsible, since the event happened within their borders. Not surprisingly, the United Nations is also partly to blame, because the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) is deployed in Syria to oversee the three decade old ceasefire with Israel. Of course, as is the case in Lebanon, the UN agencies tend to monitor Israel and not the Arab countries, for compliance.
Why do we think Israel’s next war is with Syria? “The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday that Syria has spent the past few months moving infrastructure to, and constructing more along, its southern border that could be used to launch a war against Israel. According to defense officials, the Syrian military has moved military infrastructure, including fuel depots, closer to the border with Israel, and the Syrians have built structures in the area that could serve as weapons storage facilities and military bases. The Syrian army is restricted in the number of troops it is allowed to deploy along the border.”
We hope war can be avoided, but we’ve seen time and time again that the Arab world only respects force. Eventually they will attack Israel again, and once again, Israel will be forced to respond with overwhelming force. Let’s hope we’re wrong…
Tags:Arab Muslim World , hezbollah , syria , United Nations , united nations
Hamas Vows to Continue Terror
February 13th, 2007
In case Western governments still think Hamas changed when they became the leaders of the Palestinian government, Hamas has once again vowed to continue their terror and pledge that they will not make peace with Israel. This position came in an article, published in Al-Ayyam on February 12, 2007 and translated by Palestinian Media Watch. Among the comments made by Hamas spokesman Mushir Al-Masri was that Hamas “will not recognize Israel, will not abandon the resistance [ed. a.k.a. terrorist tactics] and will not discard its principles.”
While many people following Hamas’ comments from their inception many years ago realize that this stance hasn’t changed, we hope that others will see that Hamas will never accept a just peace with two states. Could Hamas’ stance be more clear? Unlikely - they’ve spelled it out, and to ignore it would be negligent.
Tags:Arab Muslim World , Commentary , hamas
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