1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E.,
two thousand years before the rise of Islam.

2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a
Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of
the Modern State of Israel.

3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E. the Jews have had
dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous
presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.

4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 C.E. lasted no
more than 22 years.

5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital.

6. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity.
Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to
make it their capital, and Arab leaders never came to visit Jerusalem
as a place of worship.

7. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy
Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.

8. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed was never, ever
there.

9. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward
Jerusalem.

10. Arab and Jewish Refugees: In 1948 the Arab refugees were
encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the
land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli
soldier.

11. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to
Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.

12. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated
to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands
is estimated to be the same.

13. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into
the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territories.
Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the
only refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or
integrated into the land of their own people. Jewish refugees were
completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state
of New Jersey, or Wales in Britain.

14. The land area of Israel is less that one percent of that of the
Arab world.

15. The Arab - Israeli Conflict: The Arabs are represented by eight
separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one
Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost.
Israel defended itself each time and won.

16. The PLO.'s Charter still calls for the destruction of the State
of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank
land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them
with weapons.

17. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the
Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all
Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to
people of all faiths. The Palestinian Authority has destroyed ancient
Jewish sites, including Joseph's tomb and the Jericho synagogue.

18. The U.N. Record on Israel and the Arabs: Of the 175 Security
Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against
Israel. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990,
429 were directed against Israel. The record since 1990 is little
different.

19. The U.N. was silent, while the Jordanians destroyed 58 Synagogues
in Jerusalem. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically
desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives. The
U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like
policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the
Western Wall.

20. Israel is the only member of the U.N. that is not permitted
membership on the security council. Israel has never been permitted
membership in the International Red Cross. Israel is the only country
not a member of a U.N. regional group.