The P.A. rewrites history … again
Cave of the Patriarchs
Palestinian Authority (P.A.) officials to UNESCO are applying to have the Cave of the Patriarchs – the burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah – named as a Palestinian Heritage Site. Last year UNESCO declared that the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb were in fact “Palestinian,” stating “any unilateral action by the Israeli authorities is to be considered a violation of international law, the UNESCO Conventions, and the United Nations and Security Council resolutions.”
The P.A.’s move to gain recognition of the Cave of the Patriarch as a Palestinian “heritage” site is likely fueled by their desire to prevent Jews from visiting and worshipping at the holy site.
The Palestinian mayor of Hebron, Khaled Osaily, declared that the ancient Jewish holy site is “a mosque!” He then retorted, “You don’t have to be an architect to see it! Will you allow me to pray in a synagogue or a church?”
To answer his question of whether I would “allow” a Muslim or Christian to join the prayer service at my synagogue, the answer is yes, of course. Just go to the Western Wall and you will see all types of Jews and non-Jews praying to God, each one with their unique understanding of God.
From the mayor’s statements we see that the P.A. is seeking to deprive Jews of any attachment to their ancestral and religious sites through turning these ancient Jewish sites into Palestinian Heritage Sites at UNESCO. By doing so, the P.A. is attempting to rewrite a history in which the Jewish people’s ancient past in the Holy Land is erased.
This phenomenon is not new. Today there is a mosque at nearly every historical Jewish site in Israel. The Temple Mount, Samuel the Prophet’s Gravesite, and Rachel’s Tomb have all been turned into mosques with the intent of eradicating over 3,000 years of Jewish history in Israel. The P.A.’s attempt to turn Judaism’s holiest sites into their heritage sites, as well as UNESCO’s history of aiding these attempts, must be stopped.
Read More » Comments (12) »Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 at 5:19 PM | Amichai Farkas
Photo Friday visits the Gates of Jerusalem!
The Zion Gate in 1860
Today we’ll not only go to Israel — we’ll go back in time! This picture of the Zion Gate, one of the eleven gates in the walls around the Old City of Jerusalem, was taken in 1860. These walls were built in 1540 by Suleiman the Magnificent, then the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Check out more amazing historical shots of Jerusalem – as well as a pictures of what the Zion Gate looks like today.
Comments (5) »Friday, September 16th, 2011 at 1:01 PM | David Kuner
Israeli historian attacked by Islamists in U.K.
Here’s a harrowing story from last month about the state of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment in the U.K.: 
“It’s very sad but I felt physically threatened in the heart of London”, [Israeli historian] Benny Morris told me in a telephone conversation.
Several days ago, on his way to speak at the London School of Economics, the Israeli historian encountered the tragic reality of “Londonistan”, as the journalist Melanie Phillips labelled the British Islamization.
On the way to his talk, Morris was almost lynched by a mob of leftists and jihadists. He was walking with his wife towards the LSE, when he was accosted by a group of keffiyah-ed Muslims who, recognising him, started hurling abuse, shouting and screaming in his face that he was a “fascist”, “murderer”, “racist” and that UK shouldn’t have let him speak.
Later in the article, Morris comments:
“I felt like a Jew in Berlin in the 20’s … Freedom of expression has been severely limited in Europe about the conflict in the Middle East. Israel is an absolute taboo in Europe, as well as criticism of Islam and of the Arab world. European leaders never say ‘Islamic terrorism’, but ‘International terrorism’.”
No one covers the disturbing rise of anti-Semitism in the U.K. better than the above-mentioned Melanie Philips — if you haven’t bookmarked her blog already, do it today. And check out Front Page, where there’s more on this sad and shocking story.
Comments (21) »Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 2:41 PM | David Kuner
Another headline that sums it all up
Reuters: Netanyahu defies U.S. over Jerusalem settlement
Since when is Jerusalem a “settlement”?
It seems a good time to remind us all of the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act, which was passed by Congress on October 23, 1995, in which Congress found:
- Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own capital.
- Since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State of Israel.
- The city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s President, Parliament, and Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and social and cultural institutions.
- The city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism, and is also considered a holy city by the members of other religious faiths.
- From 1948-1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access to holy sites in the area controlled by Jordan.
- In 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict known as the Six Day War.
- Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel, and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access to holy sites within the city.
Of course, the Act stipulated that the American Embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by 1999. It hasn’t happened.
Comments (2) »Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 5:45 AM | Stand For Israel
An unintentionally Zionist statement on the court?
Los Angeles Lakers Forward Ron Artest has a history of doing, er, creative things with his hair (check out some photos here), but the other night his hair made a–likely unintentional–Zionist statement: Artest dyed his (short, black) hair blonde and then shaved and dyed the Hebrew word for “defense” — “haganah” — onto the front of his head, along with it in Japanese and Hindi. (See a photo here.)
Artest’s hair-expression was apparently to help the team focus on one aspect of their game against the Orlando Magic on Sunday, but it didn’t seem to work:
However, after an ugly showing that night, it was one-and-done for the crazy coiffure.
Artest and the Lakers allowed Vince Carter to drop 25 points in the Magic’s 96-94 win and it was obvious the message didn’t getting across. So just one day later, Artest shaved it all off.
Perhaps Artest’s Jewish teammate, Jordan Farmar, was able to tell him about what “haganah” means to Israelis (beyond its simple meaning): Formed in 1920, “Ha Haganah” — “The Defense” — was a Jewish paramilitary organization formed to defend Jews and Jewish communities once the Jewish leadership came to the unfortunate conclusion that the British authorities were not going to provide them with adequate defenses against ongoing Arab riots and other attacks.
Originally a loose organization of different local defense groups, it eventually became a para-professional militia that–together with a handful of other Jewish defense organizations–formed the IDF, whose Hebrew name is Tzva l’Haganah L’Yisrael — Defense Army for Israel.
Comments (0) »Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 9:14 AM | Stand For Israel
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