Statistics
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability.
Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.
It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.
Below are charts of eight little-known statistics.
Please click on any statistic for the source and more information.
![Chart showing that the United States gives over 26 times more assistance to Israel than to Palestinian development organizations.]() |
| The U.S. gives $15,139,178 per day to the Israeli government and military and $568,744 per day to Palestinian NGO’s. |
![Chart showing that Israel has been targeted by over 60 UN resolutions, while the Palestinians have been targeted by none.]() |
| Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions and the Palestinians have been targeted by none. |
![Chart showing that 3 to 4 times more Palestinians have been killed than Israelis.]() |
| 989 Israelis and 3,354 Palestinians have been killed since September 29, 2000. |
![Chart showing that Palestinians are injured at least four times more often than Israelis.]() |
| 6,709 Israelis and 27,925 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000. |
![Chart depicting the fact that the Palestinian unemployment is around 4 times the Israeli unemployment rate.]() |
| The Israeli unemployment rate is 10.4%, while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 37-67%. |
![Chart showing that approximated 5 times more Palestinian children have been killed than Israeli children]() |
| 114 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 642 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000. |
![Chart showing that 2202 Palestinian homes have been destroyed, compared to one Israeli home.]() |
| 1 Israeli home has been destroyed by Palestinians and 2,202 Palestinian homes have been completely destroyed (14,436 partially destroyed) since September 29, 2000. |
![Chart showing that Israel has built at least 60 new Jewish-only settlements on Palestinians land.]() |
| 60+ new Jewish-only settlements have been built on confiscated Palestinian land between March 2001 and July 11, 2003. There have been 0 cases of Palestinians confiscating Israeli land and building settlements. | | 