by Dror Eydar
The Dome of the Rock was built on the site of the Jewish Temple, and for that reason only, because Islam wanted to replace the Jews as the chosen people.
Let's not make any
mistake about it: Arab Knesset members' actions this past week weren't
freedom of expression, they were pyromania, adding fuel to the fire that
is engulfing the Arab street. The ones who lose as a result of the
violent struggle will, once again, be the Arabs. Their economy will
suffer, their business relations will suffer, and it will take longer
for them to integrate into Israeli society. It could be that this is
what fumbling pyromaniacs like MKs Ahmad Tibi and Jamal Zahalka -- who
are seeking not to commune with God on the Temple Mount, but to puff up
the lie that "Al-Aqsa is in danger" that the Islamic Movement, the
Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and the rest of Israel's haters are
spreading -- want to happen. The result will be more and more
casualties, mainly Arabs.
But it's important to
Tibi, the darling of the Israeli media, to demonstrate that he owns this
place and that the Jews are the "invaders," as he puts it. On the
contrary: The Dome of the Rock was built on the site of the Jewish
Temple, and for that reason only, because Islam wanted to replace the
Jews as the chosen people. Fifteen hundred years before the advent of
Islam, when Tibi's ancestors were pagans who buried their daughters
alive, the Jewish Temple stood on top of the hill and from there came
the gospel for Christianity and, later, Islam. After the Muslims
conquered the Land of Israel in the seventh century C.E., they
appropriated our history and theology and decreed that we had been
eradicated and were no more. Surprise: We're still here. So who's the
invader, Mr. Tibi?
Still, after Jerusalem
was liberated from the Jordanian occupier in the Six-Day War, Israel did
something that some describe as an eternal tragedy: placing (in effect
abandoning) the holiest place to the Jewish people under the full
control of another religion for which it is only the third-most
important place, depending on the historical period. The situation only
devolved for the Jews: The Muslims expanded the prayer area on the
Temple Mount, destroyed antiquities, and built more mosques (while
turning an embarrassing blind eye to the various Israeli governments).
So where do they get the audacity to lie about a change to the status
quo? How many people will pay for that pile of lies with their lives?
Tibi and the faction of
instigators refuse to recognize the true landlord of the Temple Mount:
God. Even people who aren't religious understand that the value of the
Temple Mount lies in its holiness, which is why it's such a volatile
issue. We all see the chief inciter, Sheikh Raad Salah of the Islamic
Movement, a known anti-Semite and a blatant liar, and can't understand
why he's still free. On Thursday, Salah said that "Al-Aqsa is above the
sovereignty of the Israeli institution." As he sees it, Islam is above
Israeli sovereignty, so all methods of fanning the flames are
legitimate. Why is the Islamic Movement in Israel still legal? What
differentiates it from Hamas and the Islamic State?
And what about the
"secular" Arab MKs? Joint Arab List head Ayman Ouda was asked by
journalist Razi Barkai "what his red lines were." Ouda replied, "I don't
draw red lines for the Palestinian Arab people."
In light of this
disgraceful situation, the Pavlovian responses from leftist MKs are more
amusing than a cause for despair: "The solution is a diplomatic
arrangement," "We need to disengage from the Palestinians," and "Seek an
end to the conflict." Geniuses.
Dror Eydar
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=13937
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