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I had mentioned a while back the dearth of leaflets for distribution
by college students. I've put the together a number of PDF files
you can download, duplicate and distribute. (Or, feel free to
send the PDF files to others, or link to this page.) For those
who want to modify the text, I've added raw text files you can
use. This material is "anti-copyright". Please use
and distribute.
There are as of this date (Wednesday, October 2, 2002) 21 leaflets.
Leaflet 2002:01
Our Memories Are Short. How Real Are Their Promises?
Most people forget that the "Occupied Territories"
were occupied by Israel only as a result of what is known as
"The Six Days War" in June of 1967. Before then, they
were occupied by Egypt and Jordan, and no one complained on behalf
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Leaflet 2002:01
Who's the Underdog? What's Aggression?
We read about "Israeli aggression" every day. Do we
understand what that means? Most students were born into the
reality of Israeli occupation, but that wasn't always so. Perhaps
another approach is also called for. |
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Leaflet 2002:03
For My Two Sons, Max and David (by Irving Layton)
The wandering Jew: the suffering Jew
The despoiled Jew: the beaten Jew
The Jew to burn: the Jew to gas
The Jew to humiliate |
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Leaflet 2002:04
The "Occupied Territories"
A Brief History of Their Origin
Nobody complained or called the West Bank of the Jordan river
"Occupied Territories"
during the 19 years after the Israeli War of Independence in
1948 when:
- Egypt occupied Gaza.
- Jordan occupied (and unilaterally annexed) the "West
Bank".
- In May of 1967 the Arab states prepared for war with Israel.
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Leaflet 2002:05
Why Didn't the Palestinians Accept Partition in 1948?
It offered a lot more territory than the Camp David proposals
of 2000! |
11" paper |
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14" paper |
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Leaflet 2002:06
A Time Line of the Land of Israel
From Abraham to the end of World War I.
Available as a pdf only. |
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Leaflet 2002:07
Regarding "Refugees"
Approximately 720,000 Arabs, frightened by the war, encouraged
by some Israelis and by their own leaders to leave, fled from
what is now Israel between April and December, 1948.
In 1945 there were more than 870,000 Jews living in Arab countries... |
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Leaflet 2002:08
Which Occupation?
... of the Kurds by the Turks, Syrians, Iraqis and Iranians?
... or of Lebanon by the Syrians?
Why are the Arabs so selective in their complaints about occupation? |
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Leaflet 2002:09
Maybe it's time for an alternate partner?
The U. S. always deals only with the elected leader, right? |
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Leaflet 2002:10
An Open Letter to the World
by Ariel Ben Attar, Israel
I understand that you are upset by us, here in Israel. Indeed,
it appears that you are quite upset, even angry. (Outraged?)
Indeed, every few years you seem to become upset by us.
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And since we know that the Arabs-Palestinians dream daily of
that extinction, we will do everything possible to remain alive
in our own land. If that bothers you, dear world, well - think
of how many times in the past you bothered us. In any event,
dear world, if you are bothered by us, here is one Jew in Israel
who could not care less. |
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Leaflet 2002:11
Another Time Line of the Land of Israel
Less graphic, more text; still one sheet |
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Leaflet 2002:12
The Safety of Christian Holy Places
The world community is right to be concerned about the safety
of the Church Of The Nativity
The Palestinians and the Jordanians before them have a track
record of destroying holy places under their control. |
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Leaflet 2002:13
The Status of Non-Arab and Non-Muslim Minorities in the Middle
East
On the Arab League's agenda (in Beirut in March of 2002), three
Arab issues were advanced: The state of Palestine, the question
of Iraqi sanctions and the issue of Islamist Terrorism.
Why did the Arab Summit not deal with...? |
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Leaflet 2002:14
How do you make peace with someone who says you don't exist?
Take a close look at the map of Palestine produced by the Palestine State Information service
Available as a pdf only. |
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Leaflet 2002:15
Suicide bombers...
They're not martyrs, they're murderers.
A few of the more than 450 Israelis killed in terror attacks since the Palestinian leadership rejected the Camp David 2000 and Taba 2001 agreements.
Available as a pdf only. |
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Leaflet 2002:16
A Palestinian demonstrator carries his daughter, wearing a mock belt of explosives at a demonstration in Berlin, Germany on April 13, 2002
As long as Palestinians brainwash their children and preach terrorism through innocent children - against innocent people - peace can not be achieved.
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Leaflet 2002:17
We welcome an international fact-finding mission...
To Grozny?
where for more than two months Russian artillery rained down on the city
Of course not...
to Jenin where one hundred square yards of destruction ensued due to booby-trapped houses during house to house fighting lasting less than a week.
Available as a pdf only. |
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Leaflet 2002:18
What is Zionism?
Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.
Jews of every color and race, from every corner of the world are welcomed to return to rebuild their society in the modern State of Israel. Zionism is not Racism.
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Leaflet 2002:19
Fighting Terror In Jenin
In the Jenin operation and on other occasions...
local Arabs were forced to drive "mine-sweeping taxis".
from "How the British fought Arab terror in Jenin"
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Leaflet 2002:20
Who are the Palestinians?
"It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria"
Ahmed Shuqeiri (later chairman of the PLO) to the U.N. Security Council (in the '50s)
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The Palestinian people did not care about or build a national movement until Israel acquired control of the West Bank and Gaza following the Six-Day War in 1967.
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Leaflet 2002:21
Stand in Solidarity
with Israelis and Palestinians; with Jews, Christians and Muslims Committed to Peace, Justice, and Coexistence and Opposed to Violence, Hatred, and Discrimination.
Resources for those who build on hope
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For more serious reading:
A History Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Mark
Tessler (Indiana University Press).
According to Adam Rubin, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Jewish
History, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion,
Los Angeles, California) "Tessler assumes that both Israeli
Jews and Palestinian Arabs have legitimate rights. He examines
the origins of modern Zionism and Arab nationalism in the nineteenth
century, but devotes most of his attention to period from the
First World War to the Oslo Accords."
Check your local library.
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