Stop the war on the people of Palestine!

by Ed Felien
published Jan. 5, '09

Since the declaration of the state of Israel, in 1948, Israel has occupied more than three-quarters of Palestine and has destroyed 531 communities. The occupation of Palestine has led to the expulsion and displacement of 85 percent of the Palestinian population. Palestinians call it Nakba, The Catastrophe.
Today, the Israelis have built walls around the remaining Palestinian settlements. 

A Jewish member of the British Parliament said it reminded her of the Warsaw Ghetto.  Archbishop Desmond Tutu called it Apartheid.  Israel
says Hamas refuses to say the State of Israel has a right to exist, yet Israel refuses to recognize the right of Palestinians to their own nation state.  Israel says Hamas wants to drive them into the sea; at the same time Israel is herding the Palestinians into smaller and smaller settlements and driving them into the sea.  The latest massive bombardment, which has claimed more than 800 Palestinian lives, seems like the beginning of the Final Solution, the complete extermination of Palestinians.

Here are some simple facts, comparisons of Israelis and Palestinians, supplied by If Americans Knew http://ifamericansknew.org/.  Judge for yourself if it is fair.