Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

death was not a deterrent but a holy aim.

The Palestine Liberation Organization was formed in 1964 with the intention of establishing a Palestinian state over the entirety of Israel and to do so by an armed conflict. It has transformed and split throughout the years, and it is no longer the dominant player; instead, we have new actors like Hamas and Hezbollah, paid for by the emergence of

The claim of ethnic cleansing is particularly ridiculous given the fact that not all Arabs left or got pushed out. In fact, some 150,000 Arabs heeded Ben-Gurion’s invitation for democracy and equality written in the Declaration of Independence, stayed put in their homes, and became Israeli citizens, enjoying full rights in the new state, for themse

The word Zionism comes from one of the seventy biblical words used to describe Jerusalem—Zion. In fact, Jerusalem is the city’s first name; Zion is her second.

Though you won’t get this from your shiny BDS leaflets, the boycott movement preceded the State of Israel. In fact, the movement has nothing to do with any recent land disputes in the West Bank or anywhere else.

Since there was nothing of worth in the region,

“The sooner the Jews farm it all the better: Their colonies are bright spots in a desert.”

Instead of using the billions of dollars provided by the international community through the years to build schools or hospitals or a better life for their people, Hamas uses the money to build fancy tunnels in order to carry out attacks on Israel. To buy ammunition and drones. They use civilians as human shields, and set up military command bases

The Jewish population needed a lifeboat. Cue the Zionist movement. The Zionist movement emerged against the backdrop of a general intellectual awakening that was sweeping over Europe. The Age of Enlightenment in the 1700s and the Spring of Nations in the mid-1800s saw democratic and liberal revolutions and unrest in almost every country. Citizens e