and this vile charge is supported and spread mainly by inveterate anti-semitic haters who will stubbornly ignore all facts and reasoning in opposition to their crazy claims.

Simple fact:

"The absurdity of the charge is also clear from the demography of the disputed territories. While detractors make outrageous claims about Israel committing genocide or ethnic cleansing, the Palestinian population has continued to explode. In Gaza, for example, the population increased from 731,000 in July 1994 to 1,324,991 in 2004, an increase of 81 percent. The growth rate was 3.8 percent, one of the highest in the world. According to the UN, the total Palestinian population in all the disputed territories (they include Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem) was 1,006,000 in 1950, 1,094,000 in 1970, and explodedgrew to 2,152,000 in 1990. Anthony Cordesman notes the increase “was the result of improvements in income and health services” made by Israel. The Palestinian population has continued to grow exponentially and was estimated in 2004 at more than 3.6 million."

Source: The UN, and Anthony Cordesman, “"From Peace to War: Land for Peace or Settlements for War,” (DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 15, 2003), pp. 12-13; CIA World Factbook, 2004.(http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)

If that evil Jewish state of Israel is trying to "ethnically cleanse" the Palestinians, they're sure doing a very poor job of it!! Perhaps they should take lessons from people like the Saudis, who have indeed cleansed each and every Jew from their country???