Explaining the Arab-Israeli conflict through numbers 

by Dennis Prager 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com 
July 27, 2004

For the many readers who have requested a brief synopsis 
of the moral arguments in the Arab-Israeli conflict, I offer 
the following list of numerical data. 

Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: over 700 

Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran: 0

Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem when it was under 
Arab rule (1948 to 1967): 1

Number of Arab refugees who fled the land that became Israel: 
approximately 600,000

Number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab countries: 
approximately 600,000

Number of U.N. agencies that deal only with Palestinian refugees: 1

Number of U.N. agencies that deal with all the 
other refugees in the world: 1

Number of Jewish states that have existed on the land 
called Palestine: 3

Number of Arab or Muslim states that have existed on the land 
called Palestine: 0

Number of terrorist attacks by Israelis or Jews since 1967: 1

Number of terrorist attacks by Arabs or Muslims since 1967: 
thousands

Percentage of Jews who have praised the Jewish terrorist: 
approximately .1

Percentage of Palestinians who have praised Islamic terrorists: 
approximately 90

Number of Jewish countries: 1

Number of Jewish democracies: 1

Number of Arab countries: 19

Number of Arab democracies: 0

Number of Arab women killed annually by fathers and brothers 
in "honor killings": thousands

Number of Jewish women killed annually by fathers and brothers 
in "honor killings": 0

Number of Christian or Jewish prayer services allowed in 
Saudi Arabia: 0

Number of Muslim prayer services allowed in Israel: unlimited

Number of Arabs Israel allows to live in Arab settlements 
in Israel: 1,250,000

Number of Jews Palestinian Authority allows to live in 
Jewish settlements in Palestinian Authority: 0

Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions 
condemning an Arab country for human rights violations: 0

Percentage of U.N. Commission on Human Rights resolutions 
condemning Israel for human rights violations: 26

Number of U.N. Security Council resolutions on the Middle East 
between 1948 and 1991: 175 

Number of these resolutions against Israel: 97

Number of these resolutions against an Arab state: 4

Number of Arab countries that have been members of the 
U.N. Security Council: 16

Number of times Israel has been a member of the 
U.N. Security Council: 0

Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions 
condemning Israel: 322

Number of U.N. General Assembly resolutions 
condemning an Arab country: 0

Percentage of U.N. votes in which Arab countries voted with 
the United States in 2002: 16.6

Percentage of U.N. votes in which Israel voted with 
the United States in 2002: 92.6

Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who defend Zionism 
and Israel: approximately 1. 

Percentage of Middle East Studies professors who believe in 
diversity on college campuses: 100

Percentage of people who argue that the Jewish state has no right 
to exist who also believe some other country has no right to 
exist: 0

Percentage of people who argue that of all the countries in 
the world, only the Jewish state has no right to exist and 
yet deny they are anti-Jewish: approximately 100

Number of Muslims in the world: more than 1 billion

Number of Muslim demonstrations against Islamic terror: 
approximately 2 
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JWR contributor Dennis Prager hosts a national daily radio show 
based in Los Angeles.