The true Fifth Column in Israel: An Israeli Arab member of the Knesset (yeah, that apartheid Israel, they have Arab members of Israel’s version of Congress) says that Israel has no legal jurisdiction over the Temple Mount.
The digs, replied Majadele, have been supervised by the IAA since their beginning, adding he has been working on “creating an understanding and cooperation between the Waqf and the IAA, which I hope will continue for a long time.”
But does the State of Israel have any legal pull on Temple Mount, asked Eldad. “In my opinion,” answered Majadele, “absolutely not.”
Eldad went on to wonder if Majadele’s reply was a testament to the government’s opinion on the matter. “I can only speak my mind… I am a Muslim first and a minister second.
“Al-Aqsa (Mosque) is a holy site for Muslims and we are keeping the status-quo… but with all due respect, laws exist to honor man and his religion, not to enslave them. Al-Aqsa cannot be under Israel’s legali jurisdiction.”
Isn’t it amazing how Muslims can flat-out make statements like the boldface above, and it passes virtually unnoticed, whereas Saab Erekat actually thinks it’s okay for him to say that the Palestinians will not only never recognize the Jewish State, but that there is “no country in the in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined.”
Really? Because, um: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, etc., etc., etc. And has he taken a look at his own laws lately?
And I say the Temple Mount cannot be under Muslim jurisdiction. And he ends, of course, with a threat:
Should the law contradict his religious beliefs, added Majadele, his choice is clear: “I’m a man of law and I will respect the State law, but if I have to choose between them and my faith, I will know where my choice lies.”
These are the things that are totally ignored by negotiators, journalists, essayists, morons like Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu, the UN, etc., etc., etc. They are, of course, the things that Israel is always accused of, and chastized for. But when a Palestinian, or an Israeli Arab does it, well, that’s okay. They’re allowed.
What time is it? That’s right. Israeli Double Standard Time. That would be during every day that ends with a Y.
When was the last time you heard an Israeli Jewish government official, UN ambassador, etc., or even a Jewish “man-in-the-street” stand up and say that Israel’s claim to jurisdiction of the Temple Mount is based first and foremost on the authority of the Tanach? I won’t criticize Majadele for saying what he did, he’s acting on his beliefs, but I do criticize all Jews who refuse to fight for Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria based on their Biblical beliefs. Israel is in a spiritual battle with Islam, but refuses to battle on spiritual terms, and that is why Israel is losing. It’s almost as if Israel is ashamed of the G-d of Israel, or perhaps it is a lack of belief?
Actually, I think it has deeper roots. I think centuries of being beaten down in other people’s countries, never being accepted, constantly being attacked and murdered for the “crime” of being Jewish, has given too many Jews a perpetual refusal to stand up for themselves and their rights. We don’t put ourselves forward, even in Israel, because we have been beaten down so many times.
At least, that’s my theory. Centuries of learned behavior can’t be overturned in a few short decades.
Your theory may be correct, but knowing the reason merely excuses not standing up to the problem, it doesn’t address it. The fact is that Islam’s claim to the Temple Mount is based on belief in their faith, whereas Israel’s claim is based on secular arguments. Israel is in the midst of a spiritual battle for the Temple Mount but is using secular weapons to wage it. It won’t work, as we are seeing right now.