the facts regarding palestine
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THE FACTS REGARDING PALESTINE. Ayub (AS) Dawud (AS) Lut (AS) Musa (AS) Ismail (AS). Yaqub (AS) Yahya (AS) Zakariyya (AS) Esa (AS) Muhammed (SAW). SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE. SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE. Al Aqsa (1 st qiblah in Islam) Dome of the Rock Birth place of Maryam (AS) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE
Ayub (AS)Dawud (AS)Lut (AS)Musa (AS)Ismail (AS)
Yaqub (AS)Yahya (AS)Zakariyya (AS)Esa (AS)Muhammed (SAW)
SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE
Al Aqsa (1st qiblah in Islam) Dome of the Rock Birth place of Maryam (AS) Many Ambiya lived in Palestine Burial place of many Ambiya … many more reasons
TERMINOLOGY Anti – Semite: Against all the State of
Israel or Jews or Zionists Zionist: Believe that all Jews should live
in their homeland “Israel”
Jewish people can be anti-zionist e.g. Ronnie Kasrils (SA) is an anti-zionist
MORE TERMINOLOGY Nationality: South African Religion: Muslim
The above are different e.g. Gandhi was an Indian HinduNelson Mandela is a South African
Christian
HOW IT ALL STARTED 1897: Discussion took place
regarding having a “Jewish state”; but where?
Argentina?Uganda?
DECISIONS… DECISIONS…
1904:“A land without people for a people
without land”
Palestine Jewish people
The beginning of apartheid…
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1914 – 1918 WW1Lord Arthur Balfour (zionist) went to
the President of United Kingdom saying that he wanted land in Palestine.
Balfour Declaration Promising land to zionists in Palestine
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
Britain had mandate of Palestine in 1920
1920 – 1930: Jews began pouring into Palestine (100 000)
1930 – 1940: 272 000 more came
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1921 – HAGANAH 1931 – IRGUN
Groups received training to fight the Palestinians
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1939: Britain said the Jews need to be
limited into Palestine
Palestine should be given their independence
…but nobody listened!!
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1939 – 1945: WW2HolocaustThe exact number of people who
passed away are not significant HOWEVER it is important to remember that innocent lives were lost
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1947:Britain decided to leave Palestine and
hand over the affairs to the UN.The UN stated that “the indigenous
people should decide their own fate”.
The USA had become the new super-power and had sided with the zionists.
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
The zionists had gone to Harry Truman (outgoing president of USA) and handed him $2 million
He told them to go to the UN to give them the benefit/ favour
UN made a partition plan which was rejected by the zionists
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
29 November 1947600 000 Jews 1/3 1.3 million Palestinians 2/3
It was decided by the UN:54% of the land (best land) given to the
Jewish peopleJewish people didn’t accept this as they felt
they were receiving TOO LITTLE!!!
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
15 May 1948 Britain had left Palestine In 3 months prior to this, 540
Palestinian villages were destroyed
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
750 000 Palestinians fled to surrounding countries as refugees
Today, approx 6 million Palestinians are waiting to return to their homes
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID 9 April 1948 Deir Yassin (Palestinian village) was
surrounded by Israelis.
Women were stripped naked, humiliated and killed as well as innocent children.
11 minutes later Harry Truman announced to the world that he recognizes the state of Israel
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
14 May 1948 – State of Israel was created
The zionists celebrate this day as being “INDEPENDENCE DAY”
Independence from who ????
15 May (1948) – NAKBAH DAY
The day in which the Palestinians hold the keys to their homes in their hands with the burning hope to return to their homes one day… (Inshallah)
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID By this time, the zionists had captured
78% of Palestine The Arab war took place but they were
hopeless Jordan helped – captured west bank of
Jordan river (West Bank) Egypt helped and captured Gaza Strip The remaining 22% is what the
Palestinians have for themselves
GAZA STRIP 77km long 1,5 million 6km wide Palestinians
It has been called the ‘largest open air prison in the world’ and is one of the most densely populated places in the world.
Currently, Apartheid Israel is smaller than the Kruger Park
THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID
1949 – Just 1 year laterIsrael became part of the UN as they
are a ‘peace loving’ nation
APARTHEID ISRAEL
1967 – Apartheid Israel attacked the Egyptian army as they ‘suspected’ that they were going to bomb them.
Egypt was blamed for attack. Moshe Dayan – Defence Minister of
Apartheid Israel during the 6 day war (he had 1 eye)
6 DAY WAR
After the 6 day war, the UN passed a resolution 242242
The UN called on Apartheid Israel to withdraw from the 22% it had taken during the war
Occupied Palestine after
6 day war
East JerusalemWest BankGaza Strip
PLO 1964 – Palestinian
Liberation Organisation
Yasser Arafat (Y.A.) was elected as being the “Nelson Mandela” of the Middle East
BLACK SEPTEMBER Occurred in 1970 Jordanians attacked PLO Muslims attacked Muslims PLO went to Beirut (small border)
BUTCHER OF BEIRUT
1982: Apartheid Israel bombed Beirut 10 weeks and 18100 people were killed
Leader of the army: Ariel Sharon Sabra & Shatila areas were surrounded by
Israelis – floodlights were put on The falangees (against PLO) were told to
look for terrorists
BUTCHER OF BEIRUT They killed 2000 people (women & children)
in 2 days.
In Tel Aviv, the few people who found out about this marched in protest
A few years later, Ariel Sharon became the Prime Minister of Apartheid-Israel
SUPPORT ??? There was a world outcry to stop the
atrocities – fell on deaf ears PLO had moved to Tunisia and began
having fun (un-Islamic way of living) Their funds began drying up
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE…
South Africans need to be at the forefront as we were once in the same situation !!!
INTIFADA
1987 – First intifada
Yitzhak RabinPut heavy boulders on the legs
of children (10 -12yrs)Returned the bodies to their parents
Elected as President a few years later
INTIFADA While the intifada was continuing, Yasser
Arafat was in Tunisia. He was irrelevant to Palestine He was told to give up the struggle, take
the 22% and recognize the state of Apartheid Israel
Yasser Arafat was playing hard-to-get Meeting took place in Madrid
OSLO ACCORDS Bill Clinton
Yasser YitzhakArafat Rabin
Palestinians get 22%Yasser Arafat will be President
HOWEVER…
OSLO ACCORDS 7 small towns in West Bank and a small % were given to the Palestinians
1. Borders of Palestine2. Right of Return3. Status of East Jerusalem
All were not discussed
NEW PLAN
New name: “Palestinian Authority” Head quarters – Ramallah New rules – don’t go against Israel Israel had contracted Y.A. to arrest
Hamas to stop protesting Israel had a monopoly going
IT’S A SHAME !!! Cement was donated to Palestine Y.A. sold it to Apartheid Israel to
built the Apartheid Wall
AS IT STANDS…
Green line – divides Apartheid Israel from West Bank
Geneva convention states that you cannot put new people in a land you have not captured…
But nobody listens…
WHAT CAN WE DO ? Du’aa – the secret weapon of the
believer Spread the word – the TRUTH Social networking cites: Facebook,
Twitter… Engage in discussions Never loose hope, Inshallah
Palestine will be free