Happy Passover and a Repeat Post: Maps That Prove Points
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Hag sameach everyone!
We’re all busy and tired right? So, here’s one of my favorite posts, brought forward. The post was originally published on February 15, 2008. I like to keep the hard facts front and center, and yet…I must stay away from the computer in order to help with the last minute Pesach preparations.
I have noted on many occasions the maps which show how allegedly unfair Israel is being to the Arabs in the Administered Territories, known Biblically as Judea and Samaria.
Here is a map of the original British Mandate, which was supposed to become a homeland for the Jewish people.
The British backed out of this commitment. The World Zionist Organization proposed a signficantly scaled down map. However, in the end, the Yishuv (Jewish community prior to statehood, had to settle for the following Partition Plan. It was a hard pill to swallow, and has been dubbed “Auschwitz borders”, but the Jewish community accepted it, grateful for some corner of the earth to call their own. Tthe Arab world rejected this plan and went to war shortly after Israel was re-born. In fact, Ben-Gurion could hear the beginnings of war as he declared Israel’s independence.
Look at the map below, from The Israeli Committe Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).
Seems pretty darn unfair, doesn’t it?
Except, when one looks at the broad overview. See the map below, which demonstrates the real truth of the matter. Consider just how small the nation of Israel is, compared to the vastness of the entire Arab world. Then read some good history books. And as you read, compare these maps. The Jewish people have been willing to compromise and settle for less and less and less. It seems to never satisfy the Arab world, or to bring peace. That is because the conflict is not about land or political rights. Land and political rights are strawman arguments put out there to confuse those who don’t look at the total picture.
I also recommend viewing the following slide show, from Terrorism Awareness Project.
P.S. Just found another really cool map — here.
