The following statistics offer a down to
earth overview of the reality of the moral
arguments in the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Number of times
Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:
over 700
Number of times Jerusalem is
mentioned in the Koran: 0
Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem
when it was under Arab rule (1948 to 1967): 1
Number of Arab refugees who fled the land that
became Israel: approximately 600,000
Number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab
countries: approximately 600,000
Number of Jewish states that have existed on the
land called Palestine: 3
Number of Arab or Muslim states that have
existed on the land called Palestine: 0
Number of terrorist attacks by Israelis or Jews
since 1967: 1
Number of terrorist attacks by Arabs or Muslims
since 1967: thousands
Number of Jewish countries: 1
Number of Jewish democracies: 1
Number of Arab countries: 19
Number of Arab democracies: 0
Number of Arab women killed annually by fathers
and brothers in "honour killings": thousands
Number of Jewish women killed annually by
fathers and brothers in "honour killings": 0
Number of Christian or Jewish prayer services
allowed in Saudi Arabia: 0
Number of Muslim prayer services allowed in
Israel: unlimited
Number of Arabs Israel allows to live in Arab
settlements in Israel: 1,250,000
Number of Jews Palestinian Authority allows to
live in Jewish settlements in Palestinian
Authority: 0
Number of Arab countries that have been members
of the U.N. Security Council: 16
Number of times Israel has been a member of the
U.N. Security Council: 0
Number of U.N. Security Council resolutions on
the Middle East between 1948 and 1991: 175
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions
condemning Israel: 322
Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions
condemning an Arab country: 4
Number of U.N. agencies that deal only with
Palestinian refugees: 1
Number of U.N. agencies that deal with all the
other refugees in the world: 1
Percentage of Jews who have praised the Jewish
terrorist: approximately 0.1%
Percentage of Palestinians who have praised
Islamic terrorists: approximately 90%
Percentage of U.N. votes in which Arab countries
voted with the United States in 2002: 16.6
Percentage of U.N. votes in which Israel voted
with the United States in 2002: 92.6%
Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights
resolutions condemning an Arab country for human
rights violations: 0%
Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights
resolutions condemning Israel for human rights
violations: 26%
Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who
defend Zionism and Israel: approximately 1%
Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who
believe in diversity on college campuses: 100%
Statistics taken from
Dennis Prager host of a national daily radio
show based in Los Angeles.
(2)
The global Islamic population is approximately
1,200,000,000, or 20% of the
world population They have received the following
Nobel Prizes for their contribution
to the world.
Literature:
1988 - Najib Mahfooz
Peace:
1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
1994 - Yaser Arafat:
1990 - Elias James Corey
1999 - Ahmed Zewai
Economics:
(none)
Medicine:
1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
1998 - Ferid Mourad
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The global Jewish population is approximately
14,000,000, or about 0.02% of
the world population. They have received the
following Nobel Prizes for their masive