Name one other religion that has to do things like this: 1,000-year-old Torah scrolls from Syria had to be smuggled out, one by one, in order to preserve our Jewish heritage from those who would deny and destroy it—like the Palestinians who, with UNESCO’s help, will now be claiming ancient Jewish and Christian heritage sites as their own. Of course UNESCO is going to agree with them. Five bucks says they try to claim the Temple Mount as theirs. Or did they do that already?
Yeah, I’m thinking Colombia sticks with the U.S. and Israel on this one: Hm. What a quandary. Who do you vote with? The people who supply you arms against the “revolutionaries” who would destroy your country, or the people who think Hugo Chavez is a stand-up kind of guy (the Palestinians)? Shyeah, it’s not much of a choice.
From apostasy to rape in 60 seconds: The world outcry forced Iran not to charge a Christian pastor who converted from Islam with apostosy. Instead, they’re charging him with rape. Because this is Iran, where they make things up as they go along. So they’re apparently sending the case to Iran’s Supreme Leader. (You know, if I ever get my wish to become dictator of the world, I’m totally going to have a name that is far, far cooler than something stupid like “Supreme Leader.” Really. That’s like, right out of a Scooby Doo cartoon or something. Laa-aaame.)
When even a Ha’aretz columnist is criticizing your Israel position, well, your position sucks: Really. A columnist in Ha’aretz explains to idiots like Leon Panetta why Israel has already taken enough risks for peace, and gotten nothing but rockets and unilateralism at the UN in return.
Taking Nusseibeh apart, lie by lie: Read it in full. And remember, Nussiebeh is considered a “moderate.” He wants the end of Israel, but he apparently is a moderate because he wants it through laws, not guns. Shyeah.
As to disclaiming a Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, Meryl, yes, they’ve already done that. The Palestinian position (from Abbas on down) is that the contemporary people who call themselves Jews have no direct connection to the land or, of course, the Temple Mount. This attitude pervades Palestinian society, there is no dissent from it, and the claim that the Palestinians are eager for peace with Israel and just waiting for that Israeli concession which will allow them to do so is unsupported by any real evidence. This doesn’t stop the left from believing it, of course.
As to the Torahs, there have been instances of Arab mobs destroying Torahs, not printed versions but the actual Torahs. Some people reading this may not know that Torahs are hand copied onto parchment and represent months of laborious effort. When a printed copy of the Koran is supposed to have been flushed down a toilet there is a wo;rdwide outcry. The destruction of a valuable and cherished Torah draws little comment, much less outrage.