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This page, stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031940, contains an article or report excerpt written by journalist Burak Bekdil. The text analyzes death tolls in Middle Eastern conflicts, citing research by Gunnar Heinsohn and Daniel Pipes to argue that the vast majority of Muslim deaths in the region are caused by other Muslims rather than the Arab-Israeli conflict. It concludes with a famous quote by former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Burak Bekdil | Author/Journalist |
Ankara-based freelance journalist who wrote the article/excerpt.
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| Gunnar Heinsohn | Researcher |
From the University of Bremen, co-author of the 2007 research cited.
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| Daniel Pipes | Director |
Director of the Middle East Forum, co-author of the 2007 research cited.
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| Hafez al-Assad | Former President of Syria |
Referred to as 'the elder al-Assad', responsible for 1982 Hama deaths.
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| Osama bin Laden | Terrorist Leader |
Referenced regarding carnage estimates in Iraq.
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| Saddam Hussein | Former President of Iraq |
Referred to as 'Saddam', linked to deaths in Iraq.
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| Golda Meir | Former Prime Minister of Israel |
Quoted regarding peace in the Middle East.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| World Health Organization |
Provided estimates on casualties in Iraq.
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| University of Bremen |
Affiliation of researcher Gunnar Heinsohn.
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| Middle East Forum |
Affiliation of Daniel Pipes.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (5 events)
2008-2009
Operation Cast Lead.
Gaza/Israel
Locations (7)
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Site of 1982 massacre.
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Location of conflict and casualties.
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Party in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Location of ongoing massacres and historical conflict.
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Mentioned in list of conflict zones.
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Mentioned regarding Iran-Iraq war and Islamic revolution.
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Base of the author Burak Bekdil.
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Relationships (1)
In a 2007 research, Gunnar Heinsohn... and Daniel Pipes... found out...
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Palestinians; and 20,000 Islamists killed in 1982 by the elder al-
Assad in Hama. The World Health Organization’s estimate of Osama
bin Laden’s carnage in Iraq was already 150,000 a few years earlier.
In a 2007 research, Gunnar Heinsohn from the University of Bremen
and Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, found out that
some 11 million Muslims have been violently killed since 1948, of
which 35,000, (0.3 percent) died during the six years of Arab war
against Israel, or one out of every 315 fatalities. In contrast, over 90
percent who perished were killed by fellow Muslims. According to
Messrs. Heinsohn and Pipes, the grisly inventory finds the total
number of deaths in conflicts all over the world since 1950
numbering around 85 million. Of that, the Muslim Arab deaths in the
Arab-Israeli conflict were at 46,000 including 11,000 during Israel’s
war of independence. That makes 0.05 percent of all deaths in all
conflicts, or 0.4 percent of all Arab deaths in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In another calculation ignoring “small” massacres like the one that
goes on in Syria and other deaths during the Arab Spring, only
Saddam’s Iraq, Jordan, the elder al-Assad’s Syria, Iran-Iraq war, the
bin Laden campaign in Iraq, the Iranian Islamic revolution and the
Turkish-Kurdish conflict caused 1.65 million Muslim deaths by
Muslims compared to less than 50,000 deaths in the Arab-Israeli
conflict since 1950, including fatalities during and after Operation
Cast Lead which came after the Heinsohn-Pipes study. For those who
don’t have a calculator ready at their desks, allow me to tell: 50,000
is three percent of 1.65 million. Golda Meir, the fourth prime
minister of Israel, or rather the “Mother of Israel,” had a perfectly
realistic point when she said that peace in the Middle East would
only be possible “when Arabs love their children more than they hate
us.”
Assad in Hama. The World Health Organization’s estimate of Osama
bin Laden’s carnage in Iraq was already 150,000 a few years earlier.
In a 2007 research, Gunnar Heinsohn from the University of Bremen
and Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, found out that
some 11 million Muslims have been violently killed since 1948, of
which 35,000, (0.3 percent) died during the six years of Arab war
against Israel, or one out of every 315 fatalities. In contrast, over 90
percent who perished were killed by fellow Muslims. According to
Messrs. Heinsohn and Pipes, the grisly inventory finds the total
number of deaths in conflicts all over the world since 1950
numbering around 85 million. Of that, the Muslim Arab deaths in the
Arab-Israeli conflict were at 46,000 including 11,000 during Israel’s
war of independence. That makes 0.05 percent of all deaths in all
conflicts, or 0.4 percent of all Arab deaths in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In another calculation ignoring “small” massacres like the one that
goes on in Syria and other deaths during the Arab Spring, only
Saddam’s Iraq, Jordan, the elder al-Assad’s Syria, Iran-Iraq war, the
bin Laden campaign in Iraq, the Iranian Islamic revolution and the
Turkish-Kurdish conflict caused 1.65 million Muslim deaths by
Muslims compared to less than 50,000 deaths in the Arab-Israeli
conflict since 1950, including fatalities during and after Operation
Cast Lead which came after the Heinsohn-Pipes study. For those who
don’t have a calculator ready at their desks, allow me to tell: 50,000
is three percent of 1.65 million. Golda Meir, the fourth prime
minister of Israel, or rather the “Mother of Israel,” had a perfectly
realistic point when she said that peace in the Middle East would
only be possible “when Arabs love their children more than they hate
us.”
Burak Bekdil is an Ankara-based freelance journalist.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031940
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