Nadene Goldfoot
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Arabs simply will not recognize that there is known history about Israel's most important city and capital, Jerusalem. In denying this important history, he shows he is simply a denier, like Ahmadinejad is about the Holocaust. The reason is far more reaching than Abbas's personal outlook on the Middle East, however. It has to do with the Islamic grand scheme of things.
He was quoted as saying on Tuesday, "Jerusalem is a Muslim and Christian city, and there will be neither peace nor security until the Israeli occupation, settlements and settlers leave the city." Note that Israel is not an occupier and cities and towns are not settlements which are things we had in the West of the USA in the 1800's. The population living in these cities are not "settlers." These are political words used to give a mental picture which is wrong.
He carried on with, "Jerusalem's identity is Arab, and the city's and Christian holy sites must be protected from Israeli threats." Nobody has worked harder than Israel in protecting all religious places. This didn't happen at all under Jordan's domain before 1967. Jerusalem was built by King David, the Jewish king in 1,000 BCE , and it's identity has always been a Jewish one. Jews have prayed for 2,000 years every day that we should not forget Jerusalem. It's been part of our history for over 3,000 years now. It is the heart and soul of Judaism and is where the 2 Temples were built for G-d. What Abbas rants causes nausea for me.
Abbas ended with the threat that "there will be no peace or stability before our beloved city and eternal capital is liberated from occupation and settlement." It's not and never has been Islam's eternal capital. Mecca and Medina are the 1st and 2nd holy cities for Islam and they lie in Saudi Arabia. Only the story about Mohammed going up to heaven on his horse is set in Jerusalem, so they say. Jerusalem is mentioned 0 times in the Koran but at least 600 times in our Tanach (Old Testament). The city of Jerusalem is never mentioned by name in the Islamic Koran. Islamists think it is referred to with just the words like city or town without a name attached. If anyone finds it in there, you should inform Daniel Pipes who was offering a million dollars to anyone who could.
Abbas was definitely not trying to make points with Israel's Knesset. Everything he says is an affront to Jewish senses. Somebody is living in the twilight zone if they think that Jews are going to pick up and leave Jerusalem. Only the Jews have talked about having peace with these outlandish neighbors which must contain some reasonable people who wish for the same thing, but peace certainly hasn't even started with the table-talk. There are 1.4 million Arabs, the majority being Muslim, no doubt, who are already citizens of Israel and I pray who have higher goals in life than fighting with Israelis.
Our thoughts and hope are reflected in Ha-Tikvah, Israel's National Anthem with these few lines: "The hope of two thousand years---to be a free people in our own land---In the land of Zion and Jerusalem." My prayer this lovely Friday, Erev Shabbat is "So let it be."
Resource: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ronn-torossian/as-un-head-travels-to-iran-abbas-pledges-no-jews-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=f77897a2cd-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag
http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/jerfacts.htm
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/02/claiming-jerusalem-is-in-the-koran
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Arabs simply will not recognize that there is known history about Israel's most important city and capital, Jerusalem. In denying this important history, he shows he is simply a denier, like Ahmadinejad is about the Holocaust. The reason is far more reaching than Abbas's personal outlook on the Middle East, however. It has to do with the Islamic grand scheme of things.
He was quoted as saying on Tuesday, "Jerusalem is a Muslim and Christian city, and there will be neither peace nor security until the Israeli occupation, settlements and settlers leave the city." Note that Israel is not an occupier and cities and towns are not settlements which are things we had in the West of the USA in the 1800's. The population living in these cities are not "settlers." These are political words used to give a mental picture which is wrong.
He carried on with, "Jerusalem's identity is Arab, and the city's and Christian holy sites must be protected from Israeli threats." Nobody has worked harder than Israel in protecting all religious places. This didn't happen at all under Jordan's domain before 1967. Jerusalem was built by King David, the Jewish king in 1,000 BCE , and it's identity has always been a Jewish one. Jews have prayed for 2,000 years every day that we should not forget Jerusalem. It's been part of our history for over 3,000 years now. It is the heart and soul of Judaism and is where the 2 Temples were built for G-d. What Abbas rants causes nausea for me.
Abbas ended with the threat that "there will be no peace or stability before our beloved city and eternal capital is liberated from occupation and settlement." It's not and never has been Islam's eternal capital. Mecca and Medina are the 1st and 2nd holy cities for Islam and they lie in Saudi Arabia. Only the story about Mohammed going up to heaven on his horse is set in Jerusalem, so they say. Jerusalem is mentioned 0 times in the Koran but at least 600 times in our Tanach (Old Testament). The city of Jerusalem is never mentioned by name in the Islamic Koran. Islamists think it is referred to with just the words like city or town without a name attached. If anyone finds it in there, you should inform Daniel Pipes who was offering a million dollars to anyone who could.
Abbas was definitely not trying to make points with Israel's Knesset. Everything he says is an affront to Jewish senses. Somebody is living in the twilight zone if they think that Jews are going to pick up and leave Jerusalem. Only the Jews have talked about having peace with these outlandish neighbors which must contain some reasonable people who wish for the same thing, but peace certainly hasn't even started with the table-talk. There are 1.4 million Arabs, the majority being Muslim, no doubt, who are already citizens of Israel and I pray who have higher goals in life than fighting with Israelis.
Our thoughts and hope are reflected in Ha-Tikvah, Israel's National Anthem with these few lines: "The hope of two thousand years---to be a free people in our own land---In the land of Zion and Jerusalem." My prayer this lovely Friday, Erev Shabbat is "So let it be."
Resource: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ronn-torossian/as-un-head-travels-to-iran-abbas-pledges-no-jews-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=f77897a2cd-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag
http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/jerfacts.htm
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/02/claiming-jerusalem-is-in-the-koran
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