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What about things like the Wailing Wall?

The Wailing Wall is a Jewish site, and Jews, occasionally, are a little more touchy about holy sites. But not much and not often. If palestinians were to destroy the wailing wall, it would be frowned upon strongly by the Jews, but it wouldn't constitute some kind of refutation of the whole religion. The Wailing Wall isn't prominent in the Old Testament anyway. As jews, they know this better than any: that God has punished them by allowing the destruction of holy sites (such as the Temple) before. They know that it could happen.

Muslims, OTOH, believe that allah will protect their holiest sites against incursion. Period. The End. No Discussion. I seriously doubt that Jews would start homicide bombing muslims if they were to tear down the wailing wall.

I just don't get this logic you guys are using. If we destroy Mecca then Islam would cease to exist? All the Muslims would just stop believing? That's just ludicrous sounding to me. What if Israel was nuked and turned into a giant sheet of glass? Would Christians and Jews all give up the faith? I don't think so. Those involved in destroying Israel would face serious repercussions and the country would be cleaned up and rebuilt, along with the holy cities. Muslims wouldn't just all turn their backs on their faith either if Mecca was destroyed. They'd raise lots of hell and before long they'd rebuild and make do. Nothing would really change in the long run.