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Issues
of Our Days
Explaining
the Arab-Israeli Conflict Through Numbers
By Dennis Prager
Number
of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: over 700.
Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran: 0
Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem when it was under Arab
rule (1948 to 1967): 1
Number
of Arab refugees who fled the land that became Israel: approximately
600,000
Number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab countries: approximately
600,000
Number
of U.N. agencies that deal only with Palestinian refugees: 1
Number of U.N. agencies that deal with all the other refugees in
the world: 1
Number
of Jewish states that have existed on the land called Palestine:
3
Number of Arab or Muslim states that have existed on the land called
Palestine: 0
Number
of terrorist attacks by Israelis or Jews since 1967: 1
Number of terrorist attacks by Arabs or Muslims since 1967: thousands
Number of Muslim demonstrations against Islamic terror: approximately
2
Percentage
of Jews who have praised the Jewish terrorist: approximately
1/10th of 1
Percentage of Palestinians who have praised Islamic terrorists:
approximately 90
Number
of Jewish countries: 1
Number of Jewish democracies: 1
Number
of Arab countries: 19
Number of Arab democracies: 0
Number
of Arab women killed annually by fathers and brothers in "honor
killings": thousands
Number of Jewish women killed annually by fathers and brothers in
"honor killings": 0
Number
of Christian or Jewish prayer services allowed in Saudi Arabia:
0
Number of Muslim prayer services allowed in Israel: unlimited
Number
of Arabs Israel allows to live in Arab settlements in Israel: 1,250,000
Number of Jews Palestinian Authority allows to live in Jewish settlements
in Palestinian Authority: 0
Percentage
of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions condemning an Arab
country for human rights violations: 0
Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions condemning
Israel for human rights violations: 26
Number
of U.N. Security Council resolutions on the Middle East between
1948 and 1991: 175
Number of these resolutions against Israel: 97
Number of these resolutions against an Arab state: 4
Number of Arab countries that have been members of the U.N. Security
Council: 16
Number of times Israel has been a member of the U.N. Security Council:
0
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions condemning Israel: 322
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions condemning an Arab country:
0
Percentage
of U.N. votes in which Arab countries voted with the United States
in 2002: 16.6
Percentage of U.N. votes in which Israel voted with the United States
in 2002: 92.6
Percentage
of Middle East Studies professors who defend Zionism and Israel:
approximately 1.
Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who believe in diversity
on college campuses: 100
Percentage
of people who argue that the Jewish state has no right to exist
who also believe some other country has no right to exist: 0
Percentage of people who argue that of all the countries in the
world, only the Jewish state has no right to exist and yet deny
they are anti-Jewish: approximately 100
Number
of Muslims in the world: more than 1 billion
Number of Jews in the world: 17 million
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