tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87725063507263947252024-03-14T03:58:26.391+11:00The Hub of Middle East PoliticsAdel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-18585299810294026142015-09-01T10:37:00.000+10:002018-09-27T06:53:10.442+10:00Had the Jews lost the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, would Palestine have been established?
It most likely would have been. The word "Mandate" would simply have been removed from Mandate-Palestine.
There would not have been any Armistice Green lines in 1949 for Egypt and Jordan to fall back to in order to protect the remaining land for the Palestinians. That would have meant that Palestine would have been unbroken. That would have meant that the Jews would have remained a minority Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-53561966105656897852015-08-31T16:18:00.001+10:002018-09-27T06:23:26.631+10:00Why is Antisemitism so prevalent in Arab countries?
This is a common question asked in the Western world, however this seems to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding on what antisemitism actually means.
There is no antisemitism in Arab countries since Arabs are Semites. If you don't believe me look up the definition of the word Semite, and you might be surprised.
I am a Semite because I am of Arab decent. It would be Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-10396281205210357162015-08-10T10:27:00.001+10:002019-11-26T10:15:51.235+11:00Why don't the Palestinian refugees get Syrian citizenship?
It is an interesting question to pose as some may question Syria's moral stance with accepting the current status of these refugees on their land for the last 70 years. But the problem itself lies not with the temporary status of refugees and where they currently live, but rather why they were refugees in the first place. It would be the same as asking why the 1000's of Syrian Refugees today Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-43855742106383557442015-06-18T11:13:00.003+10:002019-11-26T10:17:46.773+11:00UN Resolutions that suggest Israel undergoes Ethnic Cleansing
UN Security Council Resolution 607 (1988)The Council was informed of the decision of Israel to continue deportations of Palestinians in the occupied territories, the Council reaffirmed the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention referring to the protection of civilians in times of war.The resolution called upon Israel to cease the deportations and abide by its obligations arising from the Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-85215690679295014372015-05-27T17:17:00.003+10:002015-05-27T17:17:59.789+10:00Do Jews have "more right" to the land in dispute?
Prior to Israel as we see it today, the region of Jerusalem and its surrounding territory (which adopted many names in its history) has had only one moment where the Hebrews actually ruled the land.
For many centuries, they were either a minority scattered throughout the world or otherwise ruled by another entity in the land in question.
Even since the beginning of their lineage with the Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-34666756725833342902015-05-02T10:32:00.090+10:002022-09-09T13:19:24.216+10:00One-State or Two-State, that is the Question.
The initial proposal of the Partition Plan drafted by the UN in the form of Resolution 181 in 1947 was the first notion of a two-state solution, following the mass migration of Jews that caused clashes between those seeking refuge from the antisemitic movement in Europe and the native Arabs that were being displaced by the thousands because of this migration.
The proposal was based on Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-48022138259304423142015-04-22T15:32:00.001+10:002015-04-22T15:32:54.053+10:00Is the solution for the West against ISIS to be passive?
The solution to the Middle East has never been one that needed bombing.The real problem lies with foreign funding.Too many times in the history of the Middle East have we seen attempts to fight fire with fire only to see the flames increase. Terrorist groups like ISIS are looking for a fight. Don't give them one. They are isolated on the international stage and even the majority of Sunnis don't Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-21753192256509885792015-04-22T11:52:00.000+10:002015-04-22T11:52:16.285+10:00Water restrictions in the Palestinian Territories
Since the erection of the "separation wall" or more commonly known as the apartheid wall, 35,000 meters of irrigation network were ceased, 11,400 Dunams of agricultural land were confiscated, 100,000 ancient olive trees were destroyed. This impacted life, agriculture, freedom of movement, water usage, and income. It has also aloud for Jewish-only settlement expansions in the more fertile areas Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-13807121021462169522015-04-10T13:18:00.002+10:002015-04-10T15:29:49.779+10:00Why is Israel Considered a "Rogue" State?
There are a number of issues concerning Israel's commitment to adhere to international law. The jurisdiction of these concerns fall beyond Israel's own foreign policy and what it interprets as justified. Since the surrounding Palestinian Territories are not actually part of Israel's sovereignty, the international community has the authority to determine whether or not Israel is defying Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-63252805264203550982015-03-24T13:42:00.003+11:002023-11-28T09:13:45.555+11:00Similarities between Zionism and the South African Apartheid
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is arguably the most debated political discussion in the world.
During the South African Apartheid, the conflict was just as internationally covered.
Ironically the National Party of South Africa gained power in the same year the Zionist nationalist movement had created their own state in 1948.
Both imposed laws based on an ethnic identity, which in turn Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-13561038997035942462015-03-15T11:29:00.000+11:002015-03-20T11:30:48.216+11:00Does Iran have Nuclear Weapons?
The main person pushing this idea is Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli political leaders have been warning for more than 20 years that Iran is at a "breakout capability" for developing nuclear weapons.
It has developed into a boy-who-cried-wolf type scenario.
In 2012 Netanyahu stood before the UN General Assembly and promised that Iran were "within months" of developing a Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-43988187863079538782015-02-20T15:01:00.001+11:002015-02-20T15:08:37.103+11:00How strong is the support for Jewish settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory?
– written by Hany Abed
There are essentially two core components of this apparent unilateral support as shown in the graphical:
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East
There is a divine Right of Return to the Land of Israel (including Judea and Samaria as known by the Zionist movement), as the first step to bring about redemption of the world.
The first is straight forward toAdel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-12181686757802211902015-01-11T10:35:00.000+11:002015-02-20T14:51:28.964+11:00What incentives does Israel offer Jewish settlers to live in the Occupied Palestinian Territories rather than Israel?
Jewish settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territories are quite different to those who live in Israel Proper, or even the Jewish diaspora.
Those who live in Tel Aviv are known to be more involved in their own personal civil challenges on a day to day basis. They love their shopping and are more concerned about the increase in housing prices than the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Regarding the Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-49839403007607921932014-09-01T17:27:00.000+10:002015-06-17T11:19:18.018+10:00List of Israeli Massacres
A list of massacres caused by the Zionist forces leading up to and during the establishment of the state of Israel:
The King David Massacre 1946
Explosion at the King David Hotel by the Jewish Agency & Irgun resulted in the deaths of 92 civilians including Britons, Arabs and Jews; wounding 58.
Baldat al-Shaikh Massacre 1947
First Battalion of Palmakh and the Carmelie brigade launched a Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-48907992052341893512014-08-27T14:39:00.001+10:002015-03-20T11:31:23.094+11:00Will "Islamic State" (formerly ISIS) be able to achieve the majority of support from Sunni Muslims globally?
The "Islamic State" as the group is now called, is a political reaction not a religious movement. Yes, they all belong to the same sect of Islam, but their war isn't holy. They are a group formed to fight against the Asad regime in Syria and the American-installed puppet regime in Iraq (which is why the group was originally called "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria").
We as Sunni Muslims Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-22318161773767829132013-08-19T02:52:00.002+10:002014-03-05T14:50:33.675+11:00Is condemning the loss of innocent lives taking a side?
Misconceptions float around so easily when an Egyptian speaks up against the military's excessive use of force against civilians gathered for a vigil in support of the first democratically elected President of Egypt. The immediate reaction for taking such a stance results in accusations of being affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood and to Mohammed Morsy. Ironically this misconception only Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-74716297631651808442013-07-11T17:52:00.002+10:002013-07-22T00:10:55.601+10:00Justifying Military Actions Against the Muslim Brotherhood
There are many Egyptians today that claim any killing of a member of the Muslim Brotherhood is justified because they are religious extremists. Nothing can be further from the truth. Although there are many complaints about how the Muslim Brotherhood governed the nation, the entire course of their one-year political history cannot provide any conclusion as to whether or not they were the bestAdel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-43558074672632132522012-12-16T22:04:00.002+11:002012-12-18T10:26:10.677+11:0015 reasons why a 'YES' vote on Egypt's Draft Constitution makes more sense
Dostor (Arabic)
Constitution (English)
Based on the above links to the constitution in Arabic and English, the following reasons are why a 'YES' vote makes more sense.
There is nothing in the Constitution that suggests, explicitly or implicitly, that Islamic organisations will directly benefit from the Constitution itself, nor are there any special privileges given to them.
Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-77005515023665736472012-11-15T12:56:00.002+11:002012-11-15T13:19:05.711+11:00Population of Jews and Arabs in Israel, West Bank and Gaza
NationalityLocationPopulation
JewsIsrael6.20 million
JewsWest Bank Settlements0.53 million
ArabsIsrael1.57 million
ArabsWest Bank2.50 million
ArabsGaza1.20 million
ArabsRefugees4.50 million
Total Population
Jews
6.73 million
Arabs
9.77 million
Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-41743498970204392512011-11-25T19:57:00.001+11:002011-11-28T11:33:45.449+11:00Why is Israel not a forebearer of human rights given Jewish history with the Nazis?
After the holocaust the Jews adopted a quote that is now found on some of their structures: "Never again"...
Never Again means first and foremost that Jews will never again go
quietly and submissively to their deaths. Never Again means that Jews
will not bend to the will of oppressors. Never Again is a motto shouted
with the recognition that Jews are not commanded by God to be
downtrodden Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-33116339508298119492011-10-10T19:46:00.000+11:002015-04-05T14:07:32.697+10:00Why did Palestinians elect Hamas if most view them as a militant organisation?
This is a common trait in a state of conflict where people naturally
choose the hard-lined leader in order to protect their people with strength and courage against an external threat, rather than with their PhDs in
diplomacy.
We saw the same scenario with the rise of a General who became Prime
Minister in Ariel Sharon, or Binyamin Netanyahu who was part of the
General forces unit and a Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-32556190899507600072011-09-28T13:02:00.002+10:002022-09-08T23:14:28.761+10:00Diplomacy or Militancy? That is the Question
A UN bid for the state of Palestine has been greatly debated with a significant split in opinions amongst Arabs regarding whether or not there is an advantage to Palestinian statehood.
Amongst many critics is the claim that a statehood based on the 1949 Armistice Agreement or "pre-67 borders" removes any legitimate claims for the Right of Return of 4.5 million Palestinian refugees currently Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-59486615694580021762011-09-04T18:11:00.000+10:002011-09-07T14:36:14.295+10:00The similitude of the Two-State Solution and the Treaty of Hudaibiya
Many Palestinians are too anxious with regards to their right of return that they believe jumping into a bid for the state of Palestine would be a political disaster. Longer term advantages, however, would significantly benefit the Palestinian cause, just as patience was shown during the early years of the Muslim refugees that were displaced from their homes in Mecca and hunted down. There is a Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-24828091923170973992011-07-26T01:25:00.018+10:002022-09-08T23:45:24.827+10:00History of Jews in the Arab world
Currently there are numerous misconceptions surrounding Jewish refugees who were allegedly caused by Arab nations during the years that the state of Israel was established. The notion of collective punishment and discrimination under Arab rule has widely been accepted as a fact based on interpretations from verbal accounts on the historic events surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict. History Adel Helalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10666066501005522895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772506350726394725.post-74086327311482301872011-07-24T01:32:00.007+10:002014-08-19T11:24:05.316+10:00The Israeli deception
In light of a recent campaign by Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Danny Ayalon, to try and justify the settlement expansions in the West Bank by considering the region "disputed" rather than "illegally occupied", there is one important point to note on his failure to mention the Oslo Accords of 1993 and the official agreement to recognize a Palestinian state around the 1967 borders.
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