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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-745858
Facts about Israel Every American Needs to Know
(Jerusalem Post) Uri Pilichowski - Israel is a calm and peaceful country. While the media covers the most sensationalist stories, there is little violence in Israel and statistically much more violence in any major American city. While Jews have been accused of being colonial impostors with no connection to the Land of Israel, historical records, archaeology and international consensus all demonstrate that the Jews have a 3,000-year connection to the land, long before Arabs immigrated there 1,300 years ago. Almost 3,000 years ago, King David, the king of the Jewish people, inaugurated the city of Jerusalem as the capital city of the Jewish people. No other people had ever established Jerusalem as their capital. Israelis aren't responsible for Palestinian mistakes and miscalculations. There are great inequalities between Israelis and Palestinians, caused largely by the Palestinians' poor political choices, including terrorism, rejecting peace deals, and intransigence. The narrative of Israeli oppression is a fable. Claims of a life of hardship are contradicted by the plethora of Arab-owned late model luxury cars and mansions spread throughout Judea and Samaria. Jobs in Israel and joint industrial zones are available to Arabs, and the health care and education available to Palestinian Arabs is among the highest rated in the Middle East.