What happens when Jews try to pray at their holy sites in Jerusalem on their holidays? Why, the tolerant Palestinian Muslims try to kill them. And the head of the Palestinian Authority, the ostensible Israeli peace partner, talks about not letting Jews “Judaize” Jerusalem.
The Jews’ role in Jerusalem? Well, that’s been played down by the two child religions since, well, since they grabbed a foothold in the area. Oh, you have people like Jimmy Carter referring to Israel as “the Holy Land,” paying lip service to the fact that his religion grew out of Judaism, but when push comes to shove, he jumps on the Palestinian bandwagon regarding the “Judaization” of Jerusalem. The 3,000-year history of Jews in Jerusalem? Meaningless, because the Jews left. Or at least, the Palestinians took it over. Or something. Jordan annexed it in 1949? Hey, nobody actually objected to the Jordanian destruction of Jewish synagogues, holy sites, and cemeteries. The eastern part of Jerusalem has been proclaimed “Arab east Jersulem” by all and sundry, in spite of the fact that the Jewish Quarter lies smack inside of “Arab” east Jerusalem. And now, the wire services are helping the Palestinians call for the Islamization of Jerusalem by denying the Jewish history of the city.
The Palestinian statement also took aim at controversy over Jerusalem, and condemned what it called a plan by Jews to “perform religious rituals” in a compound containing the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.
“The Palestinian cabinet calls on all international, Arab and Muslim elements to take responsibility for the developments in Israel and force it to put off its attempts to take over Jerusalem and Judaize it,” the statement read.
Reuters can barely bring itself to mention that Jerusalem houses Judaism’s Holy of Holies, or that it is the site of the First and Second Temples, or that it is the physical heart of Judaism, always was, and always will be. This is how Reuters describes Jews’ connection to Jerusalem:
Palestinians have warned that the tensions flaring over access to a holy compound housing the al-Aqsa mosque, an area also revered by Jews as the site of an ancient temple, could, on the background of stalled peace talks, ignite a third uprising.
And this:
Violence in Jerusalem flared on Sunday after Israel briefly shut gates leading to the compound around al-Aqsa, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, citing concerns for possible violence as hundreds of Jews held holiday prayers at the adjacent Western Wall.
The riots in Jerusalem over the last few days happened because Jews were exercising their right to pray at the Western Wall, and Palestinians decided that was cause to try to kill Jews. The Palestinians use the pretext of religious freedom by saying that they are prevented from praying at Al-Aqsa. But what they don’t mention are facts like these:
Earlier Monday, Jerusalem police explained their decision to allow only worshipers over the age of 50 into the Temple Mount, revealing that wheelbarrows filled with rocks had been discovered throughout the Aksa Mosque compound on Sunday.
Palestinians had filled the wheelbarrows with stones and bricks in preparation for riots in the Old City, police assessed.
The discovery of the wheelbarrows, in addition to intelligence information and the call on Palestinians to “come and defend” Al-Aksa, led the police to restrict entrance to the Temple Mount.
When you read about wheelbarrows full of stones, please don’t make the mistake of thinking these are gravel-sized rocks. They are brick-sized rocks, big enough to kill, and remember that the Arabs launch them from above, down on the Jews worshipping below. The missiles are potentially lethal.
And remember, if you will, why the Muslims are rioting: Because Jews dared to pray on their holy sites in Jerusalem. The Muslim narrative denies all Jewish ties to Jerusalem.
“No one has rights to the Al-Aqsa Mosque other than the Muslims. The mosque compound is Muslim, Palestinian and Arab, and Israel has no rights to the mosque or East Jerusalem,” he said
Archeological evidence notwithstanding, you’d think the morons would at least acknowledge that Islam is an offshoot of Judaism. But of course, that would be too much for Ra’ad Salah’s tiny little brain to handle.
I think Israel has the right leader, at the right time, for what is happening today. And then, of course, there’s the backing of a Certain Someone who is a bit more powerful than even the world media. I have three words for the Muslims: Am Yisrael chai.
Deal with it.
Update: Linked by Yahoo! News, 31 comments pending in the queue, and only 12 of them are anti-Jewish or anti-Israel. Must be a slow Jew-hate day.
Update two: I’m approving most of the comments, but I should like to point out to the stupidest of my commenters that when Yahoo! News links to something with the heading “Blogs about this story,” that means you’re on a blog. Not a newspaper. Not a magazine. I am not a journalist, nor do I play one on TV, so those of you whining that I’m not objective, let me ask you something my brother used to ask as a child: Are you dumb, stupid, or all three?
Update three: This is my favorite comment so far. You rock, Yectla. And are hereby designated an Apprentice of Juvenile Scorn.
