for questions about claims based in Palestine, or limited to Palestine.
Questions tagged [palestine]
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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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Are these quotes by Malcom X, Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict correct?
I've seen this image on Facebook, often these image macros are just made up, or misattributed quotes, what about in this case?
Image content:
#Free Palestine
The Zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no…
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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 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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Are some of Hamas current and former leaders billionaires?
On June 2, 2021, the Israeli Channel 13 aired a segment entitled Parties, lavish houses, and fancy cars: lifestyles of the children of Hamas leaders, in which the following claims were presented:
Mousa Abu Marzook's net worth is placed at 3 billion…
Zev Spitz
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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 Haj Amin al-Husseini tell Hitler to exterminate the Jews?
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu recently made the following claim:
“Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said: ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come…
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Does Hamas prevent construction material from reaching Palestinians?
Recently, with the situation in Gaza worsening again and many buildings being destroyed, the lack of construction material to aid in rebuilding has been brought up again.
The IDF claims, on their official site (published 2018, according to the page…
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Did BBC change an article title about Israelis shooting dead a Palestinian in a hospital?
In 12 November 2015, Israeli agents disguised as Arabs escorting a woman in labor, raided a hospital in Hebron, West Bank, seized a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and shot dead his cousin. The dead cousin was apparently unarmed but tried to…
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Does this video show a sniper shooting a Palestinian?
In this troubling [not suitable for all audiences] video, you see a young man being shot.
There were many claims on Reddit that it was fake, and then claims that it was real.
Is there a way to know for sure if this is real or not?
I personally…
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Were there 600 millionaires in Gaza in 2014?
In 2014, The Algemeiner reported:
Pan-Arab London based paper, Asharq al Awsat, which is considered a reliable media outlet, recently ran a story saying there are 600 millionaires in Gaza.
The same claim was cited in a 2012 report by Gatestone…
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Who fired the rocket that hit al-Shifa Hospital and playground in Gaza on July 28, 2014?
There are conflicting claims of who was responsible for a rocket attack on an outpatient clinic at the al-Shifa hospital and a nearby playground in Gaza on July 28, 2014
The Israeli Defence Force claimed it was Palestinian terrorists.
Sky News says…
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Did a Hamas official claim that 50 of 62 fatalities in Gaza on 14 May 2018 were Hamas-affiliated?
We have in, e.g. this CNN article the following quote of Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil:
"In the last round [of demonstrations] 62 people were martyred; 50 of them are from Hamas and 12 from the people," al-Bardaweel replied, adding, "I am…
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Did Palestinians from the PA with family reunification based IDs engage in terror activities, pre-2003?
While answering this Q, I ran into the following claim by Israeli government, cited by a Haaretz article "Gov't seeks to extend order that can curb Arab family reunification"
... on the grounds of "increasing involvement by Palestinians from the…
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Is information about Israel/Palestine in this infographic accurate?
I found this infographic shared on Twitter:
https://www.visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/identity-crisis-the-israeli-id-system#&gid=1&pid=1
The infographic depicts the different status of the population of Israel/Palestine.
However, no so much…
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