In our modern world the main way we get our news and shape our opinions and attitudes about most things happening from day to day is the mainstream media. Some get that news from newspapers, television, Internet websites, or sadly, from social media. The last two sources are only recent ones, and we're now discovering that much of what comes out of the Internet, but especially social media - FB, Twitter, SnapChat, etc. - is riddled with "fake news" that most consumers don't realize is just concocted by someone with an agenda.
For almost 70 years now, one particular topic of newsworthy interest for much of the world has been the re-establishment of Israel in the middle-east. Much of what we've heard from the press has been slanted - especially during the previous administration - in favor of the "plight of the Palestinians" in relationship to the Jews living within their country. The slanted view promotes the claim that Israel is taking the land of the Palestinians; especially from the late Yaser Arafat. (If you're not certain who this man was, or what he claimed, use your search engine instead of asserting I'm being biased towards these people.)
However, there's a little known fact and reality that the mainstream media does not tell their readers much, if at all. That fact and reality is that within the country - and especially in Jerusalem - Arabs and Jews work and live together in mutual trust and harmony. That's right, there is equal freedom and support for each other because of the values and principles which are upheld and applied in Israel.
To prove this point, I urge and encourage my readers to view this brief Prager U video which explains this truth from a Bedouin who explains why he is part of the Israeli Army. You may find yourself surprised and enlightened.
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