Oh dear, @IrishTimes. You've bought Abbas's lie, hook line and sinker. These maps do NOT show the diminishing size of Palestinian territory, despite Abbas's misleading claims.
As @GettyImages' original caption notes, this is a mixture of maps - some real, some only ever plans.
Let's look at the maps one at a time:
The first makes out as if all the land was under "Palestinian" control before 1917. In reality, the land was under Ottoman control. Inhabitants - Jews, Muslims and Christians alike - were called Palestinian.
The second map is of the Peel Commission’s 1937 partition plan. It called for a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international protectorate enveloping Jerusalem.
The plan was accepted by the Jewish leadership, but violently rejected by the Arab leadership.
Some 'compromise.'
The inclusion of this second map is highly misleading as it was only a plan, and never the reality on the ground.
The same goes for map no. 3, which is of the 1947 UN Partition Plan, a plan rejected by the Arabs and accepted by the Jews. It, too, never became reality.
Had the Palestinian Arabs actually *compromised* there could have been a two-state solution that looked like this.
Instead, Arab rioting against Jewish businesses led to attacks against Jewish civilians, and a war soon followed, with Jewish areas coming under siege, cut off from food and water.
Again, some 'compromise.'
Despite the Arabs' best efforts, the Jews were not defeated. As a result of being forced to fight, the frontiers of the State of Israel were significantly larger than those in the 1947 and 1937 plans the Arabs rejected. This crucial detail is not clear from the map series.
In map no. 4, the status quo between 1949 and 1967 is depicted. These were never "borders" as Israel's enemies refused to acknowledge Israel's existence. These were mere ceasefire lines, with the understanding that the Arab countries would eventually move to erase Israel.
It's interesting to note what ISN'T included in this series of maps: Israel managed to preempt the 1967 attack by its enemies and gained control of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza - only to later return them to Arab control.
But this doesn't fit the narrative of 'Israel steadily taking more and more land while the Palestinians are ready to compromise' so these stages simply don't appear.
This isn't the first time these maps have surfaced in the media. Learn more about them in this HonestReporting piece from earlier in the year.
1/ Let’s talk about Zohran Mamdani – Democratic Socialist, BDS supporter, and NYC mayoral hopeful – and how @nytimes is running PR for him while gaslighting Jews with headlines like this. 👇
Small fact NYT skips?
60% of Jews say they’d feel less safe under Mamdani.
2/ The lies start early. NYT says BDS wants to “economically isolate” Israel.
What BDS leaders actually say: they want to end Israel as a Jewish state.
That’s not economic pressure. That’s eliminationism.
Also, are we meant to applaud Mamdani’s ignorance on apartheid?
3/ To back its case, NYT quotes… “Jews for Racial and Economic Justice” (JFREJ).
Cool name.
But after Hamas’s Oct 7 massacre, JFREJ rushed to condemn Israel – not Hamas – for “unimaginable” violence.
That’s their go-to Jewish voice.
1/ Here’s @guardian claiming Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He didn’t.
Let’s talk about the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, which also houses Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest.
A thread on media confusion – and misrepresentation. 🧵
2/ And here’s @latimes linking Ben-Gvir’s visit to the “contentious site” with the deaths of Gazans seeking aid.
For the record:
His visit was on Tisha B’Av – the Jewish day of mourning the destruction of the Temple.
@latimes 3/
Actually no, @IBTimesAU – the mosque is not what’s revered by Jews.
Jews revere the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism – because it’s where the First and Second Temples once stood.
Al-Aqsa was built centuries later on top of those ruins.
Get it right.
1/ This man – now a “moderate voice” on @FRANCE24 – once praised Hitler and said burning Jews “like Hitler did” would make him “extremely happy.”
Fady Hanona is now a refugee in France, appearing on TV to tell Israel to accept a ceasefire.
2/ Hanona wasn’t just some fringe voice.
He worked as a fixer for @nytimes, shaping coverage of Gaza.
After we exposed his hate-filled posts, the NYT cut ties.
But @FRANCE24? They hired him as a producer.
No problem, just add a disclaimer about his “militant rhetoric.”
@nytimes @FRANCE24 3/
Now France 24 says Hanona is a “voice of reason and moderation.”
This, from a man who wrote: “Give me a Palestinian soldier and a German weapon and I will make Europe crawl… Israel will submit.”
1/ Hey @FRANCE24, your “explainer” on Palestine’s Long Road to Recognition is a masterclass in revisionist history.
You skipped key facts, whitewashed terror, and twisted the timeline.
Let’s set the record straight. 🧵
2/ 🟦Israel accepted the 1947 UN partition.
🟦Five Arab armies invaded.
🟦Many Palestinians fled after promises of an easy Arab victory.
None of this made your timeline.
3/ You claim the Second Intifada was sparked by Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount.
What you don’t say:
🟥Arafat planned it in advance.
🟥It involved hundreds of suicide bombings and shootings targeting civilians.
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Jeremy Bowen’s latest “analysis” for @BBCNews is exactly what you’d expect: bias, omissions, and inflammatory framing dressed up as journalism.
Let’s break down how the BBC International Editor pushes his latest smears against Israel. bbc.com/news/articles/…
2/ Bowen writes the ICJ “alleges [Israel] is committing genocide."
Wrong.
South Africa made the accusation. The court hasn’t ruled. There’s a difference between a legal claim and a legal judgment – and Bowen blurs that line.
Carelessness or deliberate?
3/ Bowen vaguely says a ceasefire is “looking more possible.”
Here’s what he doesn’t say:
Israel already accepted a ceasefire deal – making major concessions to bring the hostages home.
Hamas said no.
But facts like that ruin the narrative, don’t they?
- A church in the West Bank “set ablaze by settlers”
- Local church leaders pushed the claim
- Global diplomats echoed it
- @AP, @CBSNews, @Reuters and @AFP ran with it – no questions asked
But the truth about Taybeh tells a different story.
2/ Video obtained by @TPS_News_co_il told a different story.
Jewish teens were seen running toward a small brushfire near grazing land, carrying fire extinguishers and safety gear.