Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a parliamentary democracy in the Middle East, on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south. In its Basic Laws Israel defines itself as a Jewish and Democratic State.
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Did smiling, female Israeli soldiers pose with "We kill Children" placards during Gaza War?
This image is widely shared on social media.
Did they really do that?
The photo seems real because there is what appears to be Hebrew letters in the background and the uniforms look right.
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Did Jews "take over" 73% of their land from Palestinians?
I found an article by Matt Giwer saying that the cause of the Israeli-Arab war is that
The Jews, [...] did in fact steal the land from the Palestinians. They actually bought and paid for at most 9% of it. In 1948 they took over 73% of it.
Did…
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Is this map of Israel-occupied territory accurate?
There's an image going around Facebook, showing Israel's occupied territory over the last few decades:
I have seen at least two people (both Christian Zionists) criticize this map as "very biased" because it was created by an anti-semite. My…
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Do Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian kids?
My Arabian friend showed me a video of a child getting shot. He also gave me some links after a quick search:
The Independent: I watched an Israeli soldier shoot dead my two little girls
Just Read blog: Israeli soldiers kill 1337 Palestinians
I…
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Are Hamas' Qassam rockets not very destructive?
Recently there was this answer on Politics.SE, which quotes extensively from Norman Finkelstein's book, Gaza: An Inquest Into its Martyrdom. In particular, there was deep disagreement from this quote from Page 265
What’s yet more telling, it…
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Did the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army say this about human trafficking?
Did General Yair Golan, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army say this?
General Golan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, on Holocaust
Memorial Day, said:
“If there is something that frightens me about the memories of the
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Did Ben Gurion say this about conquering Palestinian land?
I'm watching a video about the Israel/Palestine situation (supposedly from a reputable source), yet the video so far seem filled with inaccuracies and bias. For the record I'm not a member of either side either ethnically or religiously. It seems to…
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Did Snowden reveal that ISIS is a USA-Israel tactic?
This reports claims regarding ISIS which evolved since 2003 assuming erstwhile names like ISI,ISIS and now IS:
The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the…
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Has Israel used banned weapons against the population of Palestine?
According to this graphic from the Facebook group zionistlies,
The Israeli army uses 3 internationally banned weapons in its military aggression against the unarmed civilian population of Palestine.
Israel used Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME).…
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Did UNESCO pass 46 resolutions against Israel and 1 against any other country in one period?
From https://twitter.com/hillelneuer/status/918519435832496128 (in a recent Twitter Moment):
In 2009-2014, UNESCO adopted:
46 resolutions against Israel
1 on Syria
0 on Iran, North Korea, Sudan or any other country in the world
Is this…
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Did a lawyer representing the Charlottesville flamethrower man say to kill little babies?
According the article Black nationalist lawyer accused of anti-Semitic remarks to investigate response to rally:
In addition to the allegations of promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the report includes remarks Shabazz allegedly made at a…
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Did Hitler support zionism?
According to Ken Livingstone (UK Labour politician, former Mayor of London), Hitler supported Zionism:
Evening Standard:
Mr Livingstone told BBC Radio London he had never heard anyone in the party say anything anti-Semitic. Then he went on: “Let’s…
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Is Israel the only "Free and Democratic" country in the Middle East?
I read a lot about the State of Israel being the only Free and Democratic country in the Middle East:
John McCain:
This is really the worst situation by far that any of us have seen as far as U.S.-Israel relations. The only … free and democratic…
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Does Israel have nuclear weapons?
According to Wikipedia's page on Israel and weapons of mass destructioni:
Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear…
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Can Israeli settlers shoot Palestinians with impunity?
According to one prolific contributor to Yahoo Answers:
So-called "Israeli settlers" can shoot Palestinians at will without fear of prosecution so you do want a lot of doctors,and although it rarely does any good an attorney can at least try to…
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