On February 8, 2005  Bargouthi wrote: "seventy-five Palestinians, including seventeen innocent children, and fourteen Israelis, including two innocent children, were murdered. Two thousand Palestinians had been arrested and 2,306 checkpoints imposed. 8,700 acres of Palestinian land had been confiscated by the Israeli government and while the Palestinians honored the cease-fire, they were attacked 394 times. The so called disengagement from Gaza was just redeployment for the Israeli government maintained controls and all access to Gaza by land, sea, and air. Bargouthi documented that only 25 of the over 150 settlements would be dismantled, and only 8,475 of over 436,000 settlers [less than 2 percent of settlers] were evacuated and 12,800 new settlers moved into the West Bank — 50 percent more settlers than were evacuated." [2]

Reported by If Americans Knew by March 2008: 

119 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 982 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.

1,031 Israelis and at least 4,528 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000.

6,845 Israelis and 31,815 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000.

During Fiscal Year 2007, the U.S. gave more than $6.8 million per day to Israel and $0.3 million per day to the Palestinians.

Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions and the Palestinians have been targeted by none.

1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 10,756 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel.

0 Israeli homes have been demolished by Palestinians and 18,147 Palestinian homes have been demolished by Israel since 1967

The Israeli unemployment rate is 9%, while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 40%.

Israel currently has 223 Jewish-only settlements and 'outposts' built on confiscated Palestinian land. Palestinians do not have any settlements on Israeli land. [3]