The Left and blatant lies about Israel
Bookworm on Nov 18 2009 at 8:00 pm | Filed under: Israel
Something I don’t normally do, but I’m doing it. Here’s Evelyn Gordon’s post, in its entirety, about the gross scam the Left is working regarding Jerusalem:
Helping the Palestinians Falsify History
Evelyn Gordon – 11.18.2009 – 12:39 PM
For sheer gall, Barack Obama’s labeling half of Israel’s capital a “settlement,” as Jonathan has pointed out, may be hard to beat. But a New York Times report of a new book about the Temple Mount is definitely in the running. Seeking to give readers some background, the report offered the following gem: “The lack of archaeological evidence of the ancient temples has led many Palestinians to deny any real Jewish attachment or claim to the plateau.”
We’ll ignore the fact that the Second Temple is actually well-documented in extant writings from the period, and that several sections of the Temple compound’s outer walls, as described in these writings, have been uncovered (the Western Wall being one of them).
Instead, let’s discuss why there is a dearth of findings from the Temples themselves. (1) There happens to be a mosque on the exact site where, according to tradition, the Temples once stood. (2) Israel, contrary to Palestinian propaganda, is not out to “destroy al-Aqsa”; indeed, it scrupulously avoids any action that might endanger the mosque. (3) Israel is so deferential to Muslim sensibilities that, after capturing the Mount in 1967, it handed control of the site back to the Muslim waqf. Which brings us to (4): for all these reasons, Israel has never excavated the only place in the world where remnants of the Temple could possibly be found. Nor were any digs conducted there before 1967: al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock have stood undisturbed for hundreds of years. And yes, it is hard to produce archaeological evidence if you never even conduct a dig.
What is outrageous about this report is not just the way it abets Palestinian falsifications of history, though it certainly does that: since the reader isn’t told that this “lack of evidence” stems from the fact that nobody ever looked, he naturally assumes that archaeologists did, in fact, look and found nothing.
Even more outrageous, however, is the way Israel’s generosity is being used against it: its very restraint in eschewing excavations on the Mount — its concern, again, for Muslim sensibilities, its desire to avoid even the appearance of harm to the mosques — has been twisted into “evidence” that no Jewish connection to the Mount ever existed.
This is a standard Palestinian tactic: Israel’s refusal to let Jews pray on the Mount, also in deference to Muslim sensibilities, is similarly used as “proof” that Jews have no connection to the site. After all, Muslims pray there; Jews don’t; QED. And this tactic has been wildly successful: most of the world is completely convinced that Israel lacks any rights on the Mount.
But if Israel’s generosity is being exploited in this fashion, perhaps Jerusalem needs to rethink its tactics — and start demonstrating the Jewish connection to the Mount in actions rather than words. Excavating under al-Aqsa would be too drastic a first step. But letting Jews pray on a designated section of the Mount devoid of mosques would be an excellent place to begin.
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Wherever Islam goes, holy sites seem to pop up.
It reminds me of a dog marking its territory.
Go Danny Go!
JERUSALEM – A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party today slammed as “racist” President Obama’s longstanding demand for a halt to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.
“President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem,” said Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon. “This … is a racist demand, saying that Jews cannot live in Jerusalem, only Arabs.”
Danon continued: “Our duty is to the nation that chose to deepen the settlement
across Judea and Samaria, and of course Jerusalem. We will fulfill that duty, even at the cost of ignoring Obama and his advisers.”
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=116417
There is no justice in this world. Yet feel in our bones that truth and justice do exist — ergo there must be another world.
Justice is not given to you. Nor are you entitled to it. One must work for justice, whether to inflict or to deserve.
By your own barehands is justice produced. If you see a lack of justice, it is because people have idle hands.
Everything about the Palestinians is a falsification of history, beginning with their supposed victimization.
Don’t forget that the Hagia Sophia, Islam’s proud Mosque, was first built on the orders of Emperor Justinian as a Christian temple.
“Everything about the Palestinians is a falsification”
The name “Falastin” that Arabs today use for “Palestine” is not an Arabic name. It is the Arab pronunciation of the Roman “Palaestina”. Quoting Golda Meir:
The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine, and the Arabs picked it up as their nation’s supposed ancient name, though they couldn’t even pronounce it correctly and turned it into Falastin a fictional entity. [In an article by Sarah Honig, Jerusalem Post, November 25, 1995]
Fauxstinians summarizes it nicely, don’t ya think.
>>It reminds me of a dog marking its territory.>>
Gotta remember _that_ one!!!
Here and I thought Israel was a sovereign nation.
Perhaps Netanyahu should suggest areas of Chicago where building should be prohibited…there are certainly areas that have been government authorized which are unlivable…
The region known as Palaestina, and there are various spellings, was named so by Emperor Hadrian after a couple of Jewish revolts against Roman rule. The region had heretofore been named Judea. Hadrian decided to rename it in honor of the Jew’s ancestral enemes, the Philistines.
Not really rational, but then the Jewish revolts were so costly they must have appeared irrational to Hadrian as well.
Now back to Book’s points…
Obama’s gall meets the audacity of denial.
“The lack of archaeological evidence of the ancient temples has led many Palestinians to deny any real Jewish attachment or claim to the plateau.”
The excavated tunnels under the Western Wall (a 15 year and ongoing project) negates the inaccuracy (LIE) of quoted comment. Under the visible Western Wall is the original. The Phony-stinians had been in hysterical mode at the onset of excavations, claiming (they’re always claiming) that it would destroy the mosques and their myths. They apply the same street tactics as we heard in the 60’s – “By any means necessary”. Short of taking a tour in person, which I highly recommend, you can go to youtube and get a visual tour online and I am sure there are many sites with more information. Note: the better tour is in Hebrew, but it does have some bubble captions in English.
Interesting note:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AG2KU20091117
After the physical removal of settlers in Gush Katif near the Gaza Strip (let’s not forget that the State of Israel helped the settlers move and were given very low interest loans, etc.) Sharon decided that it was impossible to protect them any longer from the daily rocket attacks. If you recall, it was both a physically and emotionally gut wrenching experience for the settlers and the soldiers. Not only did they have to move and relocate, they all had to dig up and rebury the dead elsewhere. Some soldiers are religious, others not and probably most somewhere in between, but they like the settlers are Israelis. A high price was paid before, during and after. Some have friends or served with soldiers in these areas. All in all not a good situation.