Posted on 12/11/2004 12:45:53 AM PST by miltonim
Palestinian Denial of Jewish Ties to Jerusalem
Within the Arab world, there has been an ongoing effort to dismiss any Jewish connection to Jerusalem. Leading figures from Palestinian academia, religious, and political establishments have been particularly outspoken on this subject.
Speaking on Palestinian Authority (PA) TV on November 21, Palestinian historian ‘Issam Sisalem, one of the two “home historians” on PA TV, compared Jews to “parasitical worms” who make “false claims” and “Biblical lies.” Regarding Jerusalem, he explained that it has always belonged to Arabs, adding, “Everything on our land is holy to us and we will defend it and never be deceived, nor will we argue about biblical lies that penetrated the minds of some orientalists. Jerusalem has been the capital of our capitals since the dawn of history, and will remain so. We won't share it … The Torah disparages all of the prophets. It presents David as an adulterer and Solomon too. They say that the temple was here. What temple and what shtemple?! What archeological remains?”
The theme that there is no Jewish connection to Jerusalem is also common in sermons and statements by Palestinian religious figures. For example, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the highest ranking Palestinian religious figure gave an interview to the German Die Welt on January 17, 2001, stating, “There is not [even] the smallest indication of the existence of a Jewish temple on this place in the past. In the whole city, there is not even a single stone indicating Jewish history… The Jews do not even know exactly where their temple stood.” When the interviewer asked why he could not respect the Jewish connection to the place, he added, “It is the art of the Jews to deceive the world... There is not a single stone in the Wailing-Wall relating to Jewish History. The Jews cannot legitimately claim this wall, neither religiously nor historically.”
More recently speaking to Egyptian Dream TV on May 9th he added, “The Al-Buraq Wall (i.e. the Western Wall) is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque. It is part of a wall, the wall (surrounding) the mosque. Just like any house with a wall, this wall belongs to the house. The Al-Buraq Wall, is part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque… The Jews pray in front of the Wall, on the outer side of it… but the Wall belongs to the Muslims.”
The Palestinian denial of the Jewish affiliation to Jerusalem is also common among political leaders. Yasser Arafat frequently claimed that the Jews made up a religious connection to both Jerusalem and the Wailing Wall. One example includes an interview he gave to the London Arabic daily Al-Hayat on October 5, 2002. He explained, “They found not a single stone proving that the Temple of Solomon was there, because historically the Temple was not in Palestine [at all].”
Abu Mazen, Arafat’s successor who is now chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee and is running for Palestinian leadership, supports Arafat’s theories on Jerusalem. Speaking to the Israeli-Arab weekly, Kul Al Arab on August 25, 2000, he stated, “Anyone who wants to forget the past cannot come and claim that the [Jewish] temple is situated beneath the Haram. They demand that we forget what happened 50 years ago to the refugees – and I speak as a living, breathing refugee – while at the same time they claim that 2000 years ago they had a temple. I challenge the claim that this is so.”
Representing Palestinian academia, a researcher and editor-in-chief of the Al Quds Al-Sharif Encyclopedia, Dr. Hassan Ali Khater spoke about the Wailing Wall at the now defunct Zayed Centre on January 27, 2002: “Israelis are falsifying history by inscribing Jewish inscriptions on rocks [and] then calling international experts to re-discover [them] as Jewish monuments."
Another report by the Zayed Centre, titled ‘Al-Buraq Wall not Wailing Wall,’ stated, “This study is [to] refute the false Zionist allegations in regard to Palestine… and shows the falsehood of the Zionist religious claims and anthropological fabrications. The study … underlines that Al Aqsa Mosque was built more than a thousand years before Solomon, giving evidence that refutes the Zionist allegations that the Mosque was constructed on the ruins of Solomon's Temple… all of which demonstrate that the Zionist alleged rights to the [Wailing] Wall are simply baseless.”
The issue of Jerusalem can be expected to remain at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The city’s history is recorded in religious, archaeological, and scientific research. No solution to the complex issue of Jerusalem will be found by evading such research.
They're in for a shock come judgment day. Very sad.
What else can expect from these psychos? Lying is a competitive sport for them.
They're delusional,ignorant of factual history,and insane!
Let's see, people calling themselves after a country that doesn't exist. Delusional.
Well, I guess that settles it then. /sarc
It would be great if all the countries worked together to actually solve this situation. With a bit of initiative and compromise everyone could have their own homeland and live in peace but sadly it wil not happen anytime soon.
Maybe in my lifetime though, I certainly hope so!
Thats funny considering the fact that Israel's King David BUILT Jerusalem around 1200 B.C (when there was no single Muhamed on earth), and his son King Salomon built the first Temple on the temple mount.
The Arabs today, leaded by Iranian orders, destroying Jewish historical objects from the Temple mount to eraise the Jewish connection to the Temple mount and to Jerusalem.
In my opinion Iran should be "take cared", and the cursed El Aktza musquet should be destroyed and the Jews should once again control the Temple mount.
The Arabs with Iran are playing a very dangerous game, and they will pay for playing it, and for playing other dangerous games with us.
As the bible says:
"Hakam Lehorgeha, Hashkem Lehorgo"
Translation from Hebrew:
"The one who is going to kill you, shall be killed before he succeed" (not only a physical killing by the way).
>nor will we argue about biblical lies that penetrated the
>minds of some orientalists.
The Bible is the Word of God because is says what happens, thousands of years before it happens:
http://www.yfiles.com/y3nf.html
>There is not [even] the smallest indication of the
>existence of a Jewish temple on this place in the past. In
>the whole city, there is not even a single stone indicating
>Jewish history
From http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24760
The damage to the Islamic sites comes on top of the destruction of unique relics and artifacts from Jewish Temple, Byzantine, Crusader and medieval times, that the Muslim builders smashed and dumped, in defiance of protests from scholars around the world and warnings from engineers.
Christians have some claim as well.
"Christians have some claim as well."
Interesting what we are told about Jerusalem. Described as the most favorite place on this earth to our Heavenly Father and the place in which Christ will return to clean house.
There's an interesting bible verse in Revelation Chapter 20 about the beloved city (Jerusalem) surrounded by the armies of Satan like grains of sand (Muslims) and fire rains down from heaven to consume the armies of Satan, etc.
LMAO! A Jewish King will reign over the world from Jerusalem one day soon. We might debate his name, but his heritage is not in question AFAIC.
"Palestinian acedemia" on "Egyptian Dream TV" about sums it up.
At the very least, it will be a perpetual cold war. But more likely there will continue to be much blood shed.
It would require heroic efforts of evangelism to win the hearts and minds of these radical islamotrash. It's not going to happen.
These people are destined to be exterminated.
The sooner the better.
The Arab climants to "Palestine" variously hold that they descend from Jebusites or Philistines, but historically there is no one who has continuously laid claim to Jerusalem and its environs save the sons of Israel. The Arabs just haven't held any ongoing presence in the area (read Samuel Clemens' Innocents Abroad description of the desolate state of Jerusalem in the late 19th century).
The name Palestine is a provincial designation originally given to the region (Palestina) by the Romans based on the long gone Philistines as a slap to the rebellious Judeans after the Bar Kochba revolt. Under the British Mandate, the name was applied to provincial inhabitants - Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs.
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