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Realizing that my enemies could not defeat me with arms, they turned to lies.

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I am Israel

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I was born millennia before I was renamed Palestine by the conquering Romans,

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and before the British decided to turn my eastern lands into Jordan

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My people, the Jews, maintained communities here for three thousand years

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--that is until the Arabs decides to massacre those Jews in 1920 and 1929.

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Hundreds of civillians were murdered, most of them women and children

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Meanwhile their brother Arabic states exiled 1 million Arab Jews

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[size=150]Erasing their history[/size]

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I am Israel-- I have been attacked by five Arab armies in 60 years

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I am a survivor: I have won every war they raged against me

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I told the Arabs who lived on my land that they were welcome to stay

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but their brothers said, "leave temporaly while the Jews are taken care of."

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I have been offering a message of peace since the day I was born

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but my enemies only answered in bombs, bullets and blood -- our own and theirs.

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Realizing the could not defeat me with arms, my enemies turned to lies.

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I am Israel-- time and time my name is smeared

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Though like de Muhammed Al-Dura hoax, each lie is eventually disproven,

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my enemies continue to claim that I am committing "genocide".

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tell me, is giving educational opportunities to Palestinian Arabs "genocide?"

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20 % of the students in Haifa University are Arabs

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If I exiled all the Arabs in 1948, why are 20 % of my citizens Arabs who vote

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Why did I give up the entire Sinai and the Gaza strip,

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uprooting my own people from their home, only for the HOPE of peace

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I am Israel

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In combat ops, I risk the lives of my teenagers to minimize civilian casualties

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I make every attempt to target to only fighters, often putting my soldiers in harm

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In war I put leaflets on areas to be attacked, warning civillians to evacuate

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Has any other army in the history of mankind done this for the enemy?

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I waited 8 years to stop Hamas from its daily rocket attacks

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Some fell on my kindergartens. I'm patient, but my patience is not infinite.

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I am Israel -- I discover new medicines to treat devastating diseases,

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I've developed technology for the creation of Intel, anti-virus and cell phones

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and I lead the world in scientific publications per capita

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I send humanitarian missions to developing countries, including Muslim countries

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I have absorbed hundreds of Muslim refugees who faced genocide in Darfur--

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refugees no Muslim state would take

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I am Israel-- one of the smallest countries in the world

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and probably the most stubborn-- I refuse to give up hope for peace.

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my friends support me not of any lobby, but because they see the truth:

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I am the heart of the Middle East and the hope of the future.

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My prophet said, "Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and I will try

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and try...

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and TRY until this words are true

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because

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