Thursday, January 15, 2009

Some facts about Palestine

Gaza (currently been attacked by Israel):
Ethnic groups: Palestinian Arab
Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

West Bank:
Ethnic groups: Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%
Religions: Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

source : CIA world fact book (http://www.cia.gov/)



Religion : Predominantly Sunni Islam, significant Christian minority, others.
Related ethnic groups : Other Arabs and Semitic peoples.

source : wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people)




UN partition plan, 1947 (source www.wikipedia.org)


Currently:-

So, it's just an ordinary war. The Jews took lands belong to Palestinians. The Palestinians are now refugees in their own country. Who on earth can tolerate with this?

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