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Palestinian
5th April 2012
Omar Ibn El Khatab did it once, Another Omer will do it again.
REAL TRUTH
4th October 2011
MR FACT FINDER IS NOTHING BUT A TRUE ANTISEMITE, THAT LAND ALWAYS BELONGED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE, WICH ACCEPTED THE UN PARTISION AND BUILD ONE OF THE MOST TECHNOLOGICAL COUTRY, THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN MIDLE EAST. GO TO SCHOOL YOU LAYER.
Manny
30th January 2011
Israel has only two borders -- with Egypt and Jordan. Everything else is ceasefire lines, specifically the 1949 Armistice Lines. A site about geography should clarify this.
arabb
9th November 2010
There is no democracy in Israel as a state is illegitimate and illegal and not recognized
Evidence of this if anyone wanted to write a comment in the Israeli websites
Does not allow him or be there are many obstacles to prevent him from writing a comment The reasons for Arab-Israeli conflict is the occupation of Palestine in 1948.
Palestine Arab Islamic state like the rest of the Arab and Islamic states surrounding
Them. Means that there are Jews and Zionists in Palestine a big mistake, because this entity
Zionist is not consistent with the surrounding area (such as language, customs, traditions and religion)
The only solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is the expulsion of Jews from Palestine
All of Palestine. The Jewish people will not rest and will not feel comfortable and stability
But if it gets out of Palestine and the Middle East completely. If people continue to
Jews in Palestine and the Middle East, the death and destruction will continue.
Palestine Arab Islamic state and will remain
djgv2000
24th October 2010
Israel responds to terrorist attacks from Palestinians, it's only defending itself. Why don't we account for all Israeli innocent people that had been cowardly killed by Palestinian terrorist suicides. Israel land belongs to Israelis, they have the right to form a nation and live peacefully. God bless Israel! Shalom to my dearest Israeli brothers!
to hussein and mugamis
16th October 2010
you probably meant how many palestinians were taken hostage by hamas and were forced to be human shields, so when israel is defending itself from the teorrorists called hamas, they unfortunately hurt those poor palestinians
Hussein+Mugamis
22nd May 2010
May ask if any one can give me statistics about How many palestinians Israel killed last year in Gaza strip and west bank? In specific: How many kids? How many old women? How many trees Israel killed too?
thx
Kelsi Crome
1st April 2010
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i love all races
7th October 2009
this was a good place for info =D
Jayson Rex
15th May 2009
It is very, very difficult for most people to accept reality as it is, especially when Israel is involved, not to mention the Jews. It is basically a 2000 year old "problem" that will NOT be solved any time soon.

When one sees the tremendous progress Israel achieved these last 60 years, including technology development unequaled by any other country (that started or not from zero), except very few, it makes many people anvious and, as a consequence, profoundly hateful.

Israel's presence in a sea of Muslim failed states, all dictatorships that can only make a living out of selling oil to the West, makes Islamists (that are naturally hate inspired) go out of their minds.

As far as Palestinian Arabs are concerned, if they truly want a state of their own, it is high the time they prove that they can survive the old fashioned way - working and producing. Depending on charity from Western countries is NOT an argument for creating an independent state - and never was.
aric (USA)
7th July 2007
@justin,
yeah, the Israeli poverty rate is somewhere around 20%.
the thing with "poverty rates" is that "all is not equal from state to state" (lol).
"Poverty," is defined by individual country's. "Rich" nations, generally will
show higher poverty rates as "poor" countries will generally show lower
poverty rates (or not show them at all).
it gets complex!
RE: Israel: they take into account Israelis and Palestinians.
you can see that this makes an impact on unemployment and such.
Israel still has a very high GDP/per capita.
high literacy rate... something that would be at odds with a high poverty rate and so on...

check this site out.. i think it has been updated more recently:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
Justin (Ohio)
21st September 2006
I read in Al-Ahram that Israel has a poverty rate of approximately 25 percent. Is this true? Where can I find poverty rates on NationMaster?
joseph
23rd December 2005
The country was named Israel the last time it was an independent nation. That was before the Romans conquered it. When the Romans kicked out the Jews, they let Philistines settle there and renamed the territory Palestine. Palestine was the territory of one country or another for 2,000 years. Most recently, part of it became the independent modern state of Israel, while the rest was Jordan and part of Egypt. Israel got the West Bank from Jordan and Gaza from Egypt. So when exactly was there and independent state of Palestine?

Regardless of the history, at least now there is a big movement for peace.
Me
4th November 2005
Why would some idiot post the second message. Obviously this guy is a total moron. It was the home to Israelis LONG before it was home to anyone else...just read the old testament.
Joe
16th October 2005
Israel, as of last week, has won eight Nobels, matching Norway for spot #14. But it's still not listed. Why?
Brian
16th July 2005
Let's just say that if it is broken down to show a GDP for the Jewish population, it will be *much* higher! :D

And by the way, you are politicly incorrect to not include the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of the country of Israel. Those pieces of land do belong to Israel - they are not "unowned". Since they have to be classified under one country or another, and there is certainly no longer a country named Palestine, they are indeed part of Israel. :)
Jim A.
4th June 2005
I see that the percapita Israeli GDP is about US$19,000. Can anyone break this GDP stat into Jews (80% of population) and non Jews? And, give the reference? Thanks
stephen marks
27th May 2005
There is a new post-graduate research institute to be built on Israel/Jordanian border in association with Stanford university Palo alto any details as to exact site and progress
Becky
28th March 2005
Israel provided millions in tsunami relief. I know Indonesia received a lot of material aid on El Al Cargo flights. Upon receiving news of the deadly disaster in Southeast Asia, Israel's Foreign Ministry set aside $100,000 in aid for each of the countries hit by the tsunami and four top doctors were dispatched to Sri Lanka at the Ministry's request.
B'nai B'rith International Disaster Relief Fund has received over $820,000 from donors for tsunami relief.
But you're right, I can't find that total amount anywhere!
Steven Colosi
21st January 2005
Jews and Arabs are both Anti-Semitic. A Jew killing an Arab is like a Negro killing another Negro. Why can't they just get along?
William M Brown
15th January 2005
I did not find Israel among your listing of countries which provided funds for tsunami aid. Do you have any information about that? If so, i'd like to know about that.
Thank you.
Milton
2nd December 2004
Look, don't try and argue semantics, just because you change the name of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Besides, I looked up what Anti-Semitiem in the dictionary and it said, " 1. Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism. 2. Discrimination against Jews."
   
1st December 2004
Don't look under ask Jeeves to find web sites on Anti-Semitism because they are all completely delusional and right-winged based. The true Semitic people are Hebrews, Arabs, Assyrians, and Phoenicians. The term Anti-Semitism itself is bogus as it refers to hostility or prejudice toward Jews or Judaism.
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