Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 1994

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Monday, September 18, 2023

Good news! The Palestinian Authority and UN agree that Israel doesn't occupy Palestinian controlled areas!

Eugene Kontorovich found this while researching the latest UNESCO fiasco:At least in Jericho, and presumably Area A at the very least, the Palestinian Authority government admits that "occupation" ended in 1994!I didn't see this document online but I found a similar formulation in a United Nations Development Programme document about tax policy in the territories, saying, 6.1...

Since 1948, in any given situation, there seem to always be exactly 420,000 Palestinians

Here's an interesting coincidence.The UN in 1994:An estimate made by Abu Lughod indicated that the average number of indigenous Palestinians was about 420,000 in the West Bank and about 80,000 in the Gaza Strip by the end of 1948. News wires, March 2004:Schools and virtually every shop were closed in this city {Gaza City], where 420,000 people live. Internal...

Comparing 1921 Zionists with 1994 Palestinians

On Sunday, I saw a tweeter quoting a 2019 Hanan Ashrawi tweet:This is a ridiculous theory, so I responded:Somehow, between 1921 and 1948, under full British control, Zionists managed to build a prosperous economy and effective governance. Palestinians have had since 1994 with more autonomy than Jews had. And yet they blame Israel for their failures. As...

HRW's Ken Roth wants to minimize Iran's culpability in Argentina bombings

Ronen Bergman reports in the New York Times: Two terrorist attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Buenos Aires in the 1990s that killed scores of people were carried out by a secret Hezbollah unit whose operatives, contrary to widespread claims, were not abetted knowingly by Argentine citizens or aided by Iran on the ground, according to an investigation by the Mossad,...

Defending Israel's claim to Judea and Samaria in the House of Lords, 1994

Peter Thomas, known as Baron Thomas of Gwydir, was a British Conservative politician. He was the first Welshman to become Chairman of the Conservative Party, serving from 1970 to 1972, and the first Conservative to serve as Secretary of State for Wales, holding that office from 1970 to 1974This is the transcript of an address he made at the House of Lords on March 28, 1994:My...

If Palestinians consider Jerusalem their capital, they should WANT the US consulate in Ramallah!

As President Biden prepares for his upcoming trip to Israel, the question of his promise to reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem to serve the Palestinian population is coming up again.Last year, Israeli officials suggested that while opening it up in Jerusalem is an affront to the Israeli claim to Jerusalem, they have no problem if the US opens it up in the de facto capital...