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Palestinian Loss of Land: 1946 - 2012

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Written by AUPHR AUPHR
Published: 26 September 2012 26 September 2012

For Immediate Release September 26, 2012
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Portland Becomes the Latest City to See the Israel-Palestine Conflict Played Out on City Buses as Portlanders Learn about Israel’s Taking Over Palestinian Land

Portland, OR – Beginning on September 30th, on the exteriors of MAX trains and Tri-Met buses cruising through Portland’s busiest intersections, a series of four maps will powerfully portray an important aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the battle for control of land.

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The Map: The Story of Palestinian Nationhood Thwarted After the League of Nations Recognized It

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Written by Juan Cole Juan Cole
Published: 25 September 2012 25 September 2012

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The March of Folly

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Written by Uri Avnery Uri Avnery
Published: 07 September 2012 07 September 2012

NOTHING COULD be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable. 

It’s scary not only because of their ideological fixations and mental outlook, but also because of the level of their intelligence.

The last month gave us a small sample. By itself it was but a passing episode. But as an illustration of their decision-making abilities, it was frightening enough.

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Israel threatens to demolish Bedouin school

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Written by DIAA HADID, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DIAA HADID, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 04 September 2012 04 September 2012

[This was the school Lee and I saw on our last trip to Palestine.]

Dozens of children returned to school on Sunday, taking part in an annual ritual that has taken on special meaning in this Bedouin tent camp.

The makeshift school buildings, cobbled together from mud and old tires, were built over the objections of Israeli authorities who are now threatening to demolish the structures.

Israel says it won't tear them down until alternate facilities are available.

"We'll go to school until it's demolished," said 10-year-old Islam Hussein as she dashed to the school on a nearby hill, after hastily dressing in clothes her mother gave her. She was faster than her brother, Mohammed, 6. Their mother Sara playfully threw shoes at them as she told them not to be late.

Behind them was their home: a series of huts of tin, plastic and wood, forming a kitchen, sleeping room and animal pens. Nearby was the family's camel herd. Bedouins have lived in similar conditions for centuries, sometimes preferring a nomadic life style to the offer of government-built towns.

About 150,000 Palestinians, or 6 percent of the total number in the West Bank, including those of Khan al-Ahmar, live in the 60 percent of the territory that remains under full Israeli control. This territory is also home to Jewish settlements, where 300,000 Israelis live.

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The ethnic cleansing of Area C: Maps and Audio. Campanion to KBOO's One Land Many Voices

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Written by Peter Miller Peter Miller
Published: 02 September 2012 02 September 2012

For the radio show related to this page see: http://kboo.fm/node/49212 on KBOO 90.7 FM.

The Palestine Land Loss cards are available at http://www.fosna.org/content/mapcards

The Land Loss card quickly illustrates the basic political history of the Palestine-Israel conflict.  The first panel shows the relative land Jewish and Palestinian land ownership just prior to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.  Jews at that time owned about 7% of the land, represented by the white areas on the first panel, and about 30% of the total population of Palestine.  The second panel shows the U.N. partition plan of 1947 which gave the Jewish population about 55% of historic Palestine.  The third panel shows the situation after the creation of the state of Israel, which involved the ethnic cleansing over 700,000 Palestinians from their land and the destruction of hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns.  Israel was created on 78% of historic Palestine with only 22% for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.  This panel also represents the basic outline of a viable two-state solution.  The fourth panel represents the situation we face today: the Palestinian Gaza strip is under a cruel and permanent siege and closure and the Palestinian areas in the West Bank becoming isolated islands in a sea of Israeli control as Israel continues to annex and expand its control over Area C.

Loss of Palestinian Land

This United Nations OCHA map of Area C shows in better detail the Israeli controlled Area C which Israel is on the verge of annexing. It represents over 65% of the West Bank.

Area C - OCHA Map

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