21.Between ca. 925 B.C. and 586 B.C., a succession of Jewish kings ruled the independent kingdoms of Israel and Judah. During the second and first centuries B.C., the independent state of Judea was ruled by the Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the Maccabees. During the rest of that three-thousand-year period, the land was a tiny sliver ruled from a distance by a succession of empires: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Crusaders, the Mamluks, and finally the Ottoman Turks.
22.Yohanan Aharoni, Michael Avi-Yonah, Anson Rainey and Ze’ev Safrai, The Macmillan Bible Atlas, 3rd ed. (New York: Macmillan, 2002); Meir Ben-Dov, Historical Atlas of Jerusalem (New York: Continuum, 2002); Hitti, History of the Arabs; Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples; Bernard Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years (New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1995); Bernard Lewis, “The Palestinians and the PLO, a Historical Approach,” Commentary, January 1975, pp. 32-48; Joan Peters, Prom Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine (New York: Harper and Row, 1984) p. 139; James B. Pritchard, ed., The Times Atlas of the Bible (New York: Crescent Books/Random House, 1996).
23.Peel Report (see chap. 11, n. 19).
24.United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947, http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/un/res181 .htm.
25.United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967, http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/un/un242.htm.
26.See, e.g., Khaled Abu Toameh, “Abbas Vows to Bring 'Saboteurs' to Trial,” Jerusalem Post, February 27, 2005; Itamar Marcus and Barbara Cook, “Saboteur or Shahid,” Jerusalem Post, March 2, 2005 (Tel Aviv nightclub suicide bombing, February 25, 2005); Khaled Abu Toameh, “Palestinians: Thorns in His Side,” Jerusalem Post, July 15, 2005 (Netanya shopping mall suicide bombing, July 12, 2005); Khaled Abu Toameh, “Abbas Condemns Kissufim Shooting,” Jerusalem Post, July 24,2005 (Kissufim border crossing shooting attack, July 12, 2005); Khaled Abu Toameh, “Tensions Build Between PA and Hamas,” Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2005 (Beersheba suicide bombing, August 28, 2005); David Rudge, “Hadera Victictims Buried,” Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2005 (Hadera market suicide bombing, October 26,2005); “An Absence of Morality,” Jerusalem Post, December 5,2005 (Netanya shopping mall bombing, December 4, 2005); Khaled Abu Toameh, “Abbas Criticizes Rocket Attacks,” Jerusalem Post, December 10, 2005 (continuing rocket and mortar barrages from Gaza); Tom Gross, “Yasser Abbas,” Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2005 (Netanya shopping mall bombing, December 4, 2005).
27.CNN World, "Arafat Condemns Bombing, Calls for Cease-Fire,” http://transcripts.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/02/israel.explosion
28.See, e.g., Khaled Abu Toameh, “Female Terror Bomber Becomes a Palestinian heroine,” Washington Post, August 4, 2005; Marcus and Cook, “Saboteur or Shahid"; Toameh, “Abbas Condemns Kissufim Shooting"; Gross, “Yasser Abbas"; Itamar Marcus and Barbara Cook, “PA on Terror: 'Condemns' on Paper, Praises in Practice,” Palestine Media Watch, December 5, 2005, http://www.pmw.org.i1/Latest%20bulletins%20new.htm#b051205 .
29.Michael Matza, “Gunmen Become Lawmen to Avoid Israeli Want List,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 2005; Khalid Amayreh, “Joining Forces,” al-Abram (Egypt), no. 736, March 31-April 6, 2005; Khaled Abu Toameh, “Abbas Adds Fugitives to Security Forces,” Jerusalem Post, April 10, 2005; “Palestinian Gunmen Join Police Force to Keep Weapons,” Khaleej Times Online (Dubai, UAE), May 10,2005, http://www.khaleejtimes.com/aboutus.asp; Khaled Abu Toameh, “PA-Sponsored Gunmen Abet Anarchy,” Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2005; Khaled Abu Toameh, “PA to Grant Gunman Zubeidi Rank of Sergeant,” Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2005; Khaled Abu Toameh, “PA Criticizes Hamas Refusal to Join,” Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2005; Mortimer B. Zuckerman, “Alone at the Dance,” U.S. News and World Report, August 15, 2005, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/050815/15edit.htm ; Khaled Abu Toameh, “PA Rejects Call to Disarm Militias,” Jerusalem Post, September 22, 2005.
30.United Press International, “Abbas Denies Seeking End to Armed Struggle,” Washington Times, December 15, 2004, http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041215-083516-2665r.htm .
31.Charles Krauthammer, “Arafat’s Heir,” Washington Post, January 2, 2005, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54851-2005Jan6.html.
32.Evelyn Gordon, “Terrorism Works,” Jerusalem Post, July 14, 2005, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid= 1121221100927&p=1006953079865.
33.Wikipedia, S.V. “Sbarro Restaurant Suicide Bombing,” http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Sbarro_restaurant_suicide_bombing.
34.Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre, O Jerusalem! (New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1988), pp. 190-95.
35.Although there were anti-Jewish riots in 1921 and 1922, the beginning of the Arab terror war against Jewish nationalism can be traced to 1929, when Arabs destroyed the centuries-old Jewish community of Hebron, the site of the tomb of the Jewish Patriarchs. Sixty-four Jews were murdered and the remainder were expelled. At the same time there were Arab riots against Jews in Jaffa, Safed, Acre, and other communities. Hundreds more Jews were murdered. There were numerous other outbreaks of violence against Jews throughout the British Mandatory period.
12. SOCIETIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL
1.Arab Human Development Report 2003—Building a Knowledge Society (AHDR 2003) (New York, 2003: United Nations Development Programme), p. 137.
2.AHDR 2003, pp. 35-37, 144.
3.AHDR 2003, p. 51.
4.AHDR2003, pA5l.
5.AHDR 2003, p. 51.
6.AHDR 2003, p. 71.
7.AHDR 2003, p. 78.
8.AHDR 2003, p. 157. All three patents were granted to residents of Morocco.
9.AHDR 2003, p. 71.
10.Brian Whitaker, “Islamic Leaders Unveil Action Plan to Rescue a 'Nation in Crisis',” Guardian, December 9, 2005.
11.Ghani Jafar, “Makkah Tidings,” News International, December 18, 2005.
12.Sharon Lapkin, “Palestinian Honor” FrontPage Magazine, January 28, 2000.
13.Hillel Newman, “The Worst Exploitation,” Boston Globe, June 7, 2004.
14.Hillel Newman, “Recruiting Women for Terror,” Boston Globe, June 14, 2004.
15.Itaman Marcus and Barbara Cook, “PA Course Honors Terrorist Wafa Idris,” Palestinian Media Watch, July 7, 2005.
16.Hillel Newman, “The Worst Exploitation,” Boston Globe, June 7, 2004.
13. IS ISLAM A PEACEFUL RELIGION?
1.Online News Hour with ]im Lehrer, Osama bin Laden videotape, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec01/video_12-13a.html.
2.Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadid vol. 1, no. 24.
3."The Mind of an Islamic Terrorist, Terrorism,” Muhammadanism.org, http://www.muhammadanism.org/Terrorism/Terrorist_Mind.htm.
4.Itamar Marcus and Barbara Cook, “Religious War Against Infidels' Inherent to PA Religious Ideology,” Palestinian Media Watch, .pmw.org.il/Latest%20bulletins%20new.htm.
5.Ibrahim Mudayris, PA TV, May 13, 2005. Palestinian Media Watch, http://www.pmw.org.il/ and World Net Daily, July 15, 2005, “Global Jihad: Palestinian TV Sermon Calls for Genocide; After London Attack, Cleric Urges: 'Annihilate Infidels.' “ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45277.
6."Arab Americans Speak Out,” USA Today, February 6, 1991.
7.Excerpts from Daniel Pipes, “The Danger Within,” http://www.danielpipes .org/article/77.
8.Daniel Pipes, “The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America,” Commentary, November 2001, http://www.danielpipes.org/article/77.
9.Daniel Pipes, “Fighting Militant Islam Without Bias,” http://www.city-j ournal. org/html/11 _4_fighting_militant .html.
10.Steven Emerson, Jihad in America, produced for PBS, 1994.
11.Joel Mowbray, “Islamic Hall of Shame,” www.fr0ntpagemaga2ine.com, May 30, 2005.
12.CNN.com, The situation room, February 8, 2006, http://transcripts.cnn .com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/08
/sitroom.03.html.
13.Jill Lawless, “Police Reject Critics of Cleric Case,” Associated Press, February, 8, 2006, http://newszine.jou.ufl.edu/index.php?id=97.
14.David Stout, “American is Sentenced to 30 Years in Terror Case,” New York Times, March 30, 2006.
15."Global Jihad, U.S Muslims Desecrate American Flag,” WorldNetDaily .com, June 8, 2005, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLEJD-44664.
14. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD
1. Homeland Security: Testimony by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Admiral James Loy Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Washington, D.C., February 16, 2005.
2.http://www.townhall. com/columnists/calthomas/ct2 005 022. shtml-27 K.
3.http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040928-123346-3928r.htm-69K.
4.http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?Article_ID=42985-34K.
5."Al-Qaida Nukes Already in the US,” http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45203.
6.Federation for American Immigration Reform, “The Cost of Illegal Immigration, “ http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer.
7.Donna Leinwand, “Foreigners Linked to Terror Tricked INS,” USA Today, May 22, 2002, http://www.usatoday.com/news/septll/2002/05/22/ terrorists-ins.htm.
8.Center for Immigration Studies, Securing the Homeland Through Immigration Law Enforcement, Testimony prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, “Department of Homeland Security Transition: Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” April 10, 2003, statement of Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, http://www.cis.org/articles/2003/msktestimony410 .html.
9.Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary March 11, 2004, http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/cutlertestimony 031104.html.
10.Charles Babington, “Bill Would Allow Warrantless Spying,” Washington Post, March 17, 2006.
11.Lebanese Information Center, Press release, LIC statement on the -Arab-American position on Homeland Security, January 5, 2006, by Dr. Joseph Gebeily, President, http://cedarmailer.com/americancongress/pages/ archive/messagedetails.asp?ID=360.
12.Energy Information Administration (EID), Country Analysis Briefs, Saudi Arabia, August 2005 report, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/saudi.html.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Writing a book is a daunting task that involves hundreds of hours, and much energy and research. I would like to highlight and mention those individuals who were directly instrumental in the writing and publishing of this book.
I begin by thanking my dear friend Mark Leslie, who dedicated hours, days, and months to research and writing from beginning to end. I am forever grateful to have been so fortunate to have a knowledgeable, passionate, and dedicated friend like you. Jerry Gordon, my dear friend, mentor, confident, advisor, and the anchor that keeps me grounded in the storms of attacks and hate from my enemies. Karen Freeman, my dear friend, whose research has been invaluable. Without her help I wouldn’t have made my deadline. Dr. Joseph Gebeily, my friend who is also a survivor of the Lebanese war, was always there to help answer any question I had about the war. Susan Smith and Liz Black for their help in editing the proposal. My agent Lynne Rabinoff, whose effort made this book see the light. She is not only one of the most professional people I have worked with, Lynne is also a beautiful human being inside and out who became my very dear and wonderful friend. Nichole Argyres, my editor at St. Martin’s Press, who kept everyone in line throughout the whole process. Working with her was a pleasure. Charles, who worked by my side and wiped my tears during the day and held me through my bouts of PTSD at night, reassuring me that everything is okay, as I relived my experiences to write this book. I am forever grateful for his love and kindness.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2006 Edition
Introduction to the 2008 Edition
1. Peace Before the Rage
2. My 9/11
3. Life Under Terror
4. Hopeless Existence
5. A Life-changing Experience
6. Rebuilding Our Lives
7. Clash of Civilizations
8. Terrorists Among Us
9. The Toxic Tsunami of Hate Notes
Acknowledgments
10. The Ivy-Covered Fifth Column: Islamic Influence Alive and Well on American Campuses
11. Bull’s-eye of the Middle East
12. Societies Are Not Created Equal
13. Is Islam a Peaceful Religion?
14. Political Correctness Gone Mad
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America Page 32