THE FACTS REGARDING PALESTINE

SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE

Ayub (AS)Dawud (AS)Lut (AS)Musa (AS)Ismail (AS)

Yaqub (AS)Yahya (AS)Zakariyya (AS)Esa (AS)Muhammed (SAW)

SIGNIFICANCE OF PALESTINE

Al Aqsa (1st qiblah in Islam) Dome of the Rock Birth place of Maryam (AS) Many Ambiya lived in Palestine Burial place of many Ambiya … many more reasons

The ever shrinking land of Palestine

TERMINOLOGY Anti – Semite: Against all the State of

Israel or Jews or Zionists Zionist: Believe that all Jews should live

in their homeland “Israel”

Jewish people can be anti-zionist e.g. Ronnie Kasrils (SA) is an anti-zionist

MORE TERMINOLOGY Nationality: South African Religion: Muslim

The above are different e.g. Gandhi was an Indian HinduNelson Mandela is a South African

Christian

WHERE IS OCCUPIED PALESTINE?

HOW IT ALL STARTED 1897: Discussion took place

regarding having a “Jewish state”; but where?

Argentina?Uganda?

DECISIONS… DECISIONS…

1904:“A land without people for a people

without land”

Palestine Jewish people

The beginning of apartheid…

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1914 – 1918 WW1Lord Arthur Balfour (zionist) went to

the President of United Kingdom saying that he wanted land in Palestine.

Balfour Declaration Promising land to zionists in Palestine

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

Britain had mandate of Palestine in 1920

1920 – 1930: Jews began pouring into Palestine (100 000)

1930 – 1940: 272 000 more came

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1921 – HAGANAH 1931 – IRGUN

Groups received training to fight the Palestinians

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1939: Britain said the Jews need to be

limited into Palestine

Palestine should be given their independence

…but nobody listened!!

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1939 – 1945: WW2HolocaustThe exact number of people who

passed away are not significant HOWEVER it is important to remember that innocent lives were lost

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1947:Britain decided to leave Palestine and

hand over the affairs to the UN.The UN stated that “the indigenous

people should decide their own fate”.

The USA had become the new super-power and had sided with the zionists.

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

The zionists had gone to Harry Truman (outgoing president of USA) and handed him $2 million

He told them to go to the UN to give them the benefit/ favour

UN made a partition plan which was rejected by the zionists

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

29 November 1947600 000 Jews 1/3 1.3 million Palestinians 2/3

It was decided by the UN:54% of the land (best land) given to the

Jewish peopleJewish people didn’t accept this as they felt

they were receiving TOO LITTLE!!!

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

15 May 1948 Britain had left Palestine In 3 months prior to this, 540

Palestinian villages were destroyed

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

750 000 Palestinians fled to surrounding countries as refugees

Today, approx 6 million Palestinians are waiting to return to their homes

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID 9 April 1948 Deir Yassin (Palestinian village) was

surrounded by Israelis.

Women were stripped naked, humiliated and killed as well as innocent children.

11 minutes later Harry Truman announced to the world that he recognizes the state of Israel

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

14 May 1948 – State of Israel was created

The zionists celebrate this day as being “INDEPENDENCE DAY”

Independence from who ????

A TRAGIC DAY FOR THE UMMAH

15 May (1948) – NAKBAH DAY

The day in which the Palestinians hold the keys to their homes in their hands with the burning hope to return to their homes one day… (Inshallah)

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID By this time, the zionists had captured

78% of Palestine The Arab war took place but they were

hopeless Jordan helped – captured west bank of

Jordan river (West Bank) Egypt helped and captured Gaza Strip The remaining 22% is what the

Palestinians have for themselves

GAZA STRIP 77km long 1,5 million 6km wide Palestinians

It has been called the ‘largest open air prison in the world’ and is one of the most densely populated places in the world.

Currently, Apartheid Israel is smaller than the Kruger Park

THE TRUTH IN JEST

APARTHEID WALL

THE BEGINNING OF APARTHEID

1949 – Just 1 year laterIsrael became part of the UN as they

are a ‘peace loving’ nation

APARTHEID ISRAEL

1967 – Apartheid Israel attacked the Egyptian army as they ‘suspected’ that they were going to bomb them.

Egypt was blamed for attack. Moshe Dayan – Defence Minister of

Apartheid Israel during the 6 day war (he had 1 eye)

6 DAY WAR

After the 6 day war, the UN passed a resolution 242242

The UN called on Apartheid Israel to withdraw from the 22% it had taken during the war

Occupied Palestine after

6 day war

East JerusalemWest BankGaza Strip

PLO 1964 – Palestinian

Liberation Organisation

Yasser Arafat (Y.A.) was elected as being the “Nelson Mandela” of the Middle East

BLACK SEPTEMBER Occurred in 1970 Jordanians attacked PLO Muslims attacked Muslims PLO went to Beirut (small border)

BUTCHER OF BEIRUT

1982: Apartheid Israel bombed Beirut 10 weeks and 18100 people were killed

Leader of the army: Ariel Sharon Sabra & Shatila areas were surrounded by

Israelis – floodlights were put on The falangees (against PLO) were told to

look for terrorists

BUTCHER OF BEIRUT They killed 2000 people (women & children)

in 2 days.

In Tel Aviv, the few people who found out about this marched in protest

A few years later, Ariel Sharon became the Prime Minister of Apartheid-Israel

SUPPORT ??? There was a world outcry to stop the

atrocities – fell on deaf ears PLO had moved to Tunisia and began

having fun (un-Islamic way of living) Their funds began drying up

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA

June 1976 – youth uprising

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE…

South Africans need to be at the forefront as we were once in the same situation !!!

INTIFADA

1987 – First intifada

Yitzhak RabinPut heavy boulders on the legs

of children (10 -12yrs)Returned the bodies to their parents

Elected as President a few years later

INTIFADA While the intifada was continuing, Yasser

Arafat was in Tunisia. He was irrelevant to Palestine He was told to give up the struggle, take

the 22% and recognize the state of Apartheid Israel

Yasser Arafat was playing hard-to-get Meeting took place in Madrid

OSLO ACCORDS Bill Clinton

Yasser YitzhakArafat Rabin

Palestinians get 22%Yasser Arafat will be President

HOWEVER…

OSLO ACCORDS 7 small towns in West Bank and a small % were given to the Palestinians

1. Borders of Palestine2. Right of Return3. Status of East Jerusalem

All were not discussed

NEW PLAN

New name: “Palestinian Authority” Head quarters – Ramallah New rules – don’t go against Israel Israel had contracted Y.A. to arrest

Hamas to stop protesting Israel had a monopoly going

IT’S A SHAME !!! Cement was donated to Palestine Y.A. sold it to Apartheid Israel to

built the Apartheid Wall

AS IT STANDS…

Green line – divides Apartheid Israel from West Bank

Geneva convention states that you cannot put new people in a land you have not captured…

But nobody listens…

DIGGING UNDER MASJIDUL AQSA

WHAT CAN WE DO ? Du’aa – the secret weapon of the

believer Spread the word – the TRUTH Social networking cites: Facebook,

Twitter… Engage in discussions Never loose hope, Inshallah

Palestine will be free

HERE’S PROOF

THE END … (of Apartheid Israel)

PLEASE PASS ON..