War with Words

Gary Fitleberg

There is a war with words. Words can be worse than sticks and stones.

Arab propaganda ministers are the masters of the word war. Labels legitimize terrorism.

Attacks against civilian targets in Israel should be called terrorism, The New York Times‚ public editor said.

Writing Sunday in his regular column in the paper‚s Week in Review section, Daniel Okrent said that his definition is simple: Beheading construction workers in Iraq and bombing a market in Jerusalem are terrorism pure and simple.

Okrent added: Given the word's history as a virtual battle flag over the past several years, it would be tendentious for The Times to require constant use of it, as some of the paper‚s critics are insisting. But there‚s something uncomfortably fearful, and inevitably self-defeating, about struggling so hard to avoid it.

Here are a few other lies, myths, and propaganda with words that need a much more accurate, honest and detailed explanation for members of the media. Let's now set the historical record straight with the truth.

PALESTINE & PALESTINIANS

One of the greatest lies, myths, propaganda favored by members of the media.

There was never ever any independent Arab „Palestine‰ or „Palestinians‰ in existence biblically, historically, legally, morally and rightfully. When the Crusaders conquered the „Holy Land‰ they renamed in Philistia, which became „Palestine‰ in order to insult the rightful owners, the Children of Israel, also called and known as Hebrews, Israelites, Jews (after the tribe of Judah and area of Judea) as well as Palestinians and these are the only legitimate true blue Palestinians who have any rightful claim to Palestine.

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES & WEST BANK

One of the greatest lies, myths, propaganda favored by members of the media.

The ancient biblical and modern „disputed territories of Gaza, Judea & Samaria rightfully belong to Israel (descendants of Jacob) biblically, historically, legally, morally, politically and rightfully.

The Arabs had an opportunity for an Arab Palestine when the Arabs were offered by the British land originally designated for a Jewish homeland in what was then Transjordan, today Jordan. The British gave the land as a gift and political concession with the British Mandate, or Palestine Mandate, reneging on the Balfour Declaration and setting aside the creation of a Jewish homeland of all of British „occupied‰ Palestine.

These territories were only lost to the Arabs during their aggressive attack and war to annihilate the lonly beacon of democracy and freedom amongst 22 Arab/Islamist corrupt dictatorships, human rights violators, ruthless repressive regimes, state supporters of terrorism and tyrannies as the ONLY JEWISH nation state of ISRAEL created embarrassment to its neighbors in the very bad neighborhood known as the medieval Middle East.

These territories were only „occupied‰ by the Arabs from Egypt and Jordan for nineteen years from 1948 through 1967 until the launched yet another aggressive attack and war to annihilate Israel and the Jewish people from the map and „push them into the sea‰ because they failed to do so 1n 1948.

Legally, according to international law, when a nation attacks another nation and loses land it becomes the aggrieved party‚s land not the attacker‚s land.

There is no question that the land has been „occupied‰ by the British and then by Arabs.

The „West Bank‰ is a recent phenomenom and which the Arabs did create in 1948 when it annexed the disputed territories of Judea & Samaria which it „occupied‰ illegally for nineteen years from 1948 though 1967. The „West Bank‰ with its headquarters in Ramallah is where all the billions of dollars in „humanitarian aid‰ money was deposited first before being diverted to Arafat‚s personal pocket and for funding and supporting terrorism by the „moderate‰ murderers and terrorists of the Fatah controlled and dominated Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization (PA/PLO) and its various and sundry so-called security forces (subsidiaries of terrorism) such as Force 17 and Tanzim and its affiliated „extremist sister organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. There is no West Bank mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

Judea & Samaria are mentioned in the Bible and the original homeland and territory of the Children of Israel. The tribe of Judah liven in this region and territories. Ever hear of the good Samaraitans? They were not Arabs. The name Jew comes from the tribe of Judah and area of Judea.

SUICIDE BOMBERS & BOMBING

One of the greatest lies, myths, propaganda favored by members of the media.

These should be called what they are. Homicide bombers and homicide bombings. Attackers and attacks are clearly not intended to commit only an act of suicide by killing only one‚s self. The attackers and attacks are clearly intended to commit as much mass murder and mayhem as inhumanly possible.

SETTLERS & SETTLEMENTS

One of the greatest lies, myths, propaganda favored by members of the media.

This term makes it seem as though these „settlers‰ and „settlements‰ are temporary. In fact, from an ancient biblical point of view, these so-called „settlers and settlements are nothing less or more than the Children of Israel returning to their G-d given gift of Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) also known as the „Holy Land‰ or „Promised Land‰ mentioned in the Bible (Five Books of Moses or Torah) as the Deed of Trust to the land. The so-called „Old Testament clearly predates the New Testamant or Quran.

The actual „settlers and „settlements are the Arabs, who hijacked the name „Palestinians who came from Arab nations such as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria during the 1920‚s to escape economic hardships and political persections from their own original homelands for a better and opportunity in Jewish Palestine. In fact , the Arabs who falsely and fictiously claim that the land belongs to them and that they have lived there for generations upon generations, or who „still have the keys‰ (any Arab can make a key at the locksmith) to their homes are also „squatters‰ living in the land as guests or illegal aliens.

TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM

As President George W. Bush rightfully declared in his infinite wisdom, „A terrorist is a terrorist.‰ We shall not truthfully continue to call them gunman insurgents, or militants in any accurate or honest media accounting, fiction writing, „news reporting or story telling.

Let's call a spade a spade. Let‚s call terrorism and terrorists by telling the truth from now on.

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Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs. His articles have appeared internationally in numerous publications including La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua equivalent to the L.A. Times), Pakistan Today, The Kashmir Telegraph, The Iranian and many more.

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