- Iran - 1 Jew
- Syria - 0 [formerly 1 Jew]
- Jordan - 0 Jews
- Lebanon - 0 Jews [1 Lebanese member assigned as representative of 7 minority groups]
- Egypt - 0 Jews
- Israel - 12 Arabs
That's not fair you say. After all, most of the Jews were driven out of those other countries. And your point is?
Israel is roundly condemned by many pro-Arab organizations for annexing land after defeating its neighbors in a series of wars dating back to the 1940s. Many Arabs chose to leave Israel as a result, but fully 1/5 of the population of Israel is Arab and are represented in the parliament.
Ask yourself, given the experiences in Iran, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt, how many Jews would still be living in what is presently Israel if the Jews had lost any of those wars? How much of Israel would be annexed by the Arab neighbors if the Jews had lost any of those wars? How many Jews would be in the new Arab-controlled parliament if the Jews had lost any of those wars?
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland reiterated Washington's opposition to settlement activity on the West Bank and said the United States asked Israel, through its embassy in Tel Aviv, for "clarification."
"We are obviously concerned," Nuland told reporters.
"We don't think this is helpful to the process, and we don't accept the legitimacy of continued settlement activity," she said. [source]Wonder what the State Department would have said if Israel had lost the wars?