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“The Occupation”
…and Other Fairy Tales
Stephen A. Berger, M.D.
Tel Aviv Medical Center
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Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation,
from Latin occupation-, occupatio, from occupare
Date: 14th century
3: the holding and control of an area by a foreign military force
c : the military force occupying a country or the policies carried
out by it
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This map represents 3,000 years of history !
Some people find this very complex and boring
…and would prefer to sum it all up in two statements:
“Israel illegally occupies Palestine.”
“This is the core of the Mideast conflict”
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Middle Eastern fairy tales
There is a country named ‘palestine’
Israel occupies Arab lands
This occupation is illegal
This occupation is brutal
This occupation is the “heart
of” the Mideast Conflict
Fairy Tale number 1: “Palestine”
The term ‘Palestine’ was coined by Roman occupiers
to describe the area on this map. It is just that - an
area. During the entire history of the planet, there
has never been a country named, ‘Palestine.’
A Jewish country named Israel existed
1,000 years before the invention of
‘Palestine’ - and 1,500 years before the
first Moslem was born !
The land area known as ‘Palestine
was repeatedly occupied: by Romans,
Mongols, Crusaders, Ottomans and
Englishmen. Even when Moslems ruled
the area, they never saw fit to create a
country named ‘Palestine.’ Jerusalem
was just another backwater town to them
Following World War One, The
League of Nations gave Britain
a mandate to govern ‘palestine’.
Although the Sinai desert was not
included in the mandate, the British
also managed this area - and in
practical terms, the Sinai never really
‘belonged’ to Egypt.
In 1923, Britain unilaterally
carved out 70% of Palestine
to create a racially-pure
Jew-free state - later named
“Jordan.” There is no historical
basis for Jordan and it continues
to occupy most of ‘Palestine.”
Amazingly, both Britain and Jordan
insist that Israel occupies ‘Palestine.’
This would be the equivalent of a United
States claim that Canada occupies North
America !!
Sinai
* note: Before removal from ‘palestine’ Jordan
was referred to as ‘Transjordan’
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Article 5.
The Mandatory shall be responsible for seeing that no Palestine territory shall be
ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of, the Government of
any foreign Power.
Article 6.
The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are
not prejudiced, shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation
with the Jewish agency. referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews, on the land, including State lands and
waste lands not required for public purposes.
Article 7.
The Administration of Palestine shall be responsible for enacting a nationality law. There shall be included in this
law provisions framed so as to facilitate the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by Jews who take up their
permanent residence in Palestine.
...25 years and one Holocaust later, the
United Nations offered the Jews an even
smaller portion of ‘Palestine’ [in yellow]
The Jews accepted ... and the Arab countries
unanimously rejected the proposal
(General Assembly 181) and opted for war.
Fifty years, 5 wars and scores of thousands
of casualties later, they suddenly inundate
our TV screens with cries of, “WE ACCEPT
181 !!”
In the first of these 5 wars, which
ended in 1948, the Arabs captured
Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria
[The West Bank] and the Gaza strip.
‘West Bank’
Jerusalem
Gaza
Summary to 1948:
Palestinians - not yet invented
Palestine
- not yet invented
Illegal Occupation by Arabs:
Jordan
West Bank
Jerusalem Gaza
Golan Heights
Illegal occupation by Jews: 0
Question:
What is it about the words,
“West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza”
that sounds so familiar ?
Answer:
‘West Bank’
These are the precise areas
which the Arabs now claim to
be ‘Palestine.’
Jerusalem
Gaza
Question:
But .. then why didn’t the
Arabs declare this to be
Palestine after they occupied
the territories in 1948 ?
Answer:
Ah Hah !!
Amazing ... but true:
From 1948 to 1967.....
The Arabs occupied all of the territories which they
claim to be ‘Palestine.
But they never even considered forming Palestine.
The people who fancy themselves ‘palestinians’ lived
in these areas.
But they never made any attempt to form Palestine.
The Palestine Liberation Organization was formed
in 1964.
They held it all in 1964 - so just what are they
trying to liberate ?
There was not a single Jewish ‘settlement’ in these
areas.
So why did the Arabs carry out a 20-year reign of
war and terror?
There was no Jewish ‘occupation’ - not a single inch.
So how can they claim that the ‘occupation is the
heart of the problem’ ??
And so [at a time that the
Arabs held all of what they
call ‘Palestine’ .. and at a
time that there was no occupation]
they started yet another war of
annihilation against the Jews
In June 1967, we Israelis once
again fought and won a defensive
war ... a war of survival - this time
re-gaining control of Jerusalem and
‘the West Bank’ [illegally occupied by
Jordan]; Gaza [illegally occupied by
Egypt]; and the Golan Heights [illegally
occupied by Syria since 1923.]
Note that these territories
had been taken illegally and
occupied by Jordan, Egypt and
Syria - and had originally been
held by Britain and intended for
Jewish settlement.
Golan
‘West Bank’
Jerusalem
Gaza
Fairy Tale number 2 : There is an “occupation”
As we’ve seen, the areas under dispute were returned to
Israeli control after a period of illegal occupation by Jordan,
Egypt and Syria. There is and never has been an “Israeli
occupation” - only Disputed Territories.
Fairy Tale number 3: The “occupation” is illegal.
One might expect the diplomatic world to spend its time
with more pressing issues than the legal standing of a
‘non-occupation.’
The ‘law’ generally invoked to denounce Israel’s
presence in these disputed territories is United Nations
Resolution 242.
The Security Council,
242 clearly requires... “Withdrawal of Israeli forces from
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1.Affirms that the fulfillment of Charter principles requires the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the
Middle East which should include the application of both the following principles:
The word “The” appears thirty-seven (!) times
Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;
- accounting for 13.1% of the document.
Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their
right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;
2.Affirms further the necessity For guaranteeing freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area;
For achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem;
For guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area, through measures
including the establishment of demilitarized zones;
3.Requests the Secretary General to designate a Special Representative to proceed to the Middle East to
establish and maintain contacts with the States concerned in order to promote agreement and assist efforts to achieve a
peaceful and accepted settlement in accordance with the provisions and principles in this resolution;
4.Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the progress of the efforts of the Special
Representative as soon as possible.
Another key word in 242 is, “States” - appearing
five times in the document !
When 242 was written in 1967, there were no such things
as ‘Palestine,’ a ‘Palestinian homeland’ ... or even
‘Palestinians’ ! The “States” referred to in this document
are Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. In other words, 242
is totally irrelevant to the palestinian conflict. A
nonexistent ‘State’ named ‘Palestine’ has absolutely no
claim on the areas discussed in 242!
A key word that you won’t find in 242 is,
“Jerusalem.”
Anyone who demands that Jerusalem
must be “returned in accordance with 242”
is obviously lying !
About the ‘occupied territories”
All of the parties and territories discussed
in 242 are outlined in this map.
Note there is no reference to ‘palestine’ because there has never been such a place.
In 1979, Israel gave the Sinai to Egypt thus fulfilling the territorial demands of
242. The Sinai is larger than all of Israel,
and comprised over 90% of all disputed
territory.
Additional territory was later given to
Jordan; and Jordan / Egypt renounced all
claim to Jerusalem / Gaza, respectively.
Israel has completely fulfilled her
obligations under 242. There is no reason
to give more land away to countries which
threaten her existence [Syria] or to
terrorist organizations which are totally
irrelevant to the conflict [palestinians].
Golan
‘West Bank’
Jerusalem
Gaza
Fairy Tale number 5: The “occupation” is brutal
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Fairy Tale number 6: The “occupation” is the heart of the Mideast conflict
This is AMAZING nonsense !
Aside from the fact that the Arabs started most of their wars before the ‘occupation’ ...
Aside from the fact that the Arabs never created ‘Palestine’ - when they already had everything ...
Aside from the fact that most Arabs openly support the complete elimination of Israel....
All of the following happened BEFORE THE OCCUPATION EXISTED
Arab anti-Semitism institutionalized (Syria in 1840).
Continual 150-year string of pogroms against Jews in all Arab countries.
Arab pogroms conducted under Ottoman rule throughout the Middle East.
Arabs massacre Jews under the British Mandate in 1929, 1933, 1936 and 1948.
Arab leaders cooperate and even participate actively in the Holocaust.
Unending Arab terrorist raids against Jewish civilians during 1948 to 1967.
Expulsion of 540,000 Jews from Arab countries before 1967.
etc............
Question:
So what is the “heart of the problem” ?
This little speck is … “The Occupation”
Answer:
Arabs oppose
the presence
of a Jewish State
in the Middle East !