In advance of the upcoming diplomatic conference in Annapolis, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced the other day that he expects the Palestinian Authority to finally acknowledge Israel's existence as a Jewish state. A newly arrived visitor from Mars might wonder why this should even be an issue -- after all, Israel *is* a Jewish state. If the more than 55 countries that make up the Organization of the Islamic Conference are entitled to recognition as Muslim states, and if the 22 members of the Arab League are universally accepted as Arab states, why should anyone balk at acknowledging Israel as the world's lone Jewish state?
Yet Olmert's demand was rebuffed. Saeb Erekat, the senior Palestinian Authority negotiator, said on Monday that Palestinians would refuse to recognize Israel's Jewish identity on the grounds that "it is not acceptable for a country to link its national character to a specific religion." According to the Jerusalem Post, Erekat told Radio Palestine: "There is no country in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined."
In fact, there are many countries in which national identity and religion are linked. Argentinian law mandates government support for the Roman Catholic faith. Queen Elizabeth II is the supreme governor of the Church of England. In the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the constitution proclaims Buddhism the nation's "spiritual heritage." The Danish and Norwegian royal families must be members, respectively, of the Church of Denmark and the Church of Norway. "The prevailing religion in Greece," declares Section II of the Greek Constitution, "is that of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ."
In no region of the world do countries so routinely link their national character to a specific religion as in the Muslim Middle East. The flag of Saudi Arabia features the shahada -- the Islamic declaration of faith -- in white Arabic script on a green background; on the Iranian flag, the Islamic phrase "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great") appears 22 times. And then there is Erekat's own Palestinian Authority, whose Basic Law provides in Article 4 that "Islam is the official religion in Palestine" and that "the principles of Islamic sharia shall be the main source of legislation."
Clearly, then, Erekat and the Palestinian Authority do not refuse to accept Israel's legitimacy as a Jewish state out of some principled opposition to linking national and religious identity. Perhaps, our visiting Martian might surmise, their objection is simply tactical: Are the Palestinians withholding formal recognition from Israel in order to extract some corresponding recognition for themselves?
But that explanation also doesn't hold water. Olmert has repeatedly endorsed the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine. "We support the establishment of a modern, democratic Palestinian state," he says. "The existence of two nations, one Jewish and one Palestinian, is the full solution to the national aspirations and problems of each of the peoples." Last week he went so far as to suggest that a plan for Palestinian peace and statehood might be achieved "even before the end of President Bush's term in office."
They seek to live not in peace with the Jewish state, but in place of the Jewish state.
So why won't the leaders of the Palestinian Authority acknowledge the obvious -- that Israel is the Jewish state? The Jewish connection to Palestine is a matter not just of rich historical fact, but of international law. When the League of Nations entrusted Britain with the Mandate for Palestine in 1922, it expressly recognized "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine" and the rightfulness of "reconstituting their national home in that country." By that point, Britain had already transferred 80 percent of historic Palestine to Arab rule -- today's Muslim kingdom of Jordan. All that remained for a Jewish state was the residual 20 percent (and even that was later subdivided). But there, at least, it was clear that the Jewish community was "in Palestine as of right and not on sufferance," as Winston Churchill underscored at the time.
Eighty-five years later, that small sliver of the Middle East is home to nearly half the world's Jews. If that isn't a Jewish state, what is?
Yet all this is beside the point. The refusal of the Palestinian Authority, and for that matter most of the Arab world, to acknowledge Israel as a legitimate Jewish state isn't a denial of reality; it is a sign of their determination to undo that reality. Like Arab leaders going back a century, they seek to live not in peace with the Jewish state, but in place of the Jewish state. Olmert can show up at Annapolis bearing Palestinian sovereignty on a silver platter, with half of Jerusalem thrown in for good measure. He will not walk away with peace. On the contrary: He will intensify the Arab determination to replace the world's one Jewish state with a 23rd Arab state.
The key to Arab-Israeli peace is not Palestinian statehood. It is to compel the Arab world to abandon its dream of liquidating Israel. As a matter of national self-respect, Olmert should repeat his demand that the Palestinians acknowledge Israel's Jewish identity -- and make it nonnegotiable. If Israel cannot insist even on so fundamental a point of honor, it has already lost more than it knows.
(33) Beverly Margolis-Kurtin, January 8, 2015 8:07 PM
Now that the price of oil
is dropping, what is the on-going excuse Europe has for hating Israel?
(32) Beverly Kurtin, October 2, 2011 4:28 PM
WWIII?
Arabs refuse to recognize Israel's Jewish identity on the grounds that "it is not acceptable for a country to link its national character to a specific religion." According to the Jerusalem Post, Erekat told Radio Palestine: "There is no country in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined." If I had been a fish, I’d have been caught because my mouth dropped open when I read that absurdity. The Arabs (there is no such a thing as a “Palestinian”) are past masters of the BIG LIE even when it is clear to any person that they are lying through their teeth. By his own mouth he hangs himself. Here, in the United States, there are misled people who think that the U.S. is a Christian country and that the first amendment to the Constitution was put in place to protect Christianity. From what or whom do the Christians need protection? I tied both of the absurd notions together because they come from a common root of non-thinking. The world’s largest religion is Christianity followed closely by Islam. From whom do they require protection? Benjamin Franklin once said that a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. In other words, don’t convince people with facts, their minds are made up. Look at every war that is currently being fought around the world and you will find that the Muslims have their dirty paws in the fighting. Islam needs reforming more now than ever before because if it isn’t, the threat of nuclear war will sooner or later become a fact.
(31) Elizabeth, January 20, 2008 6:03 PM
I love it, you are so right. The Arabs want nothing to do with Israel.All of Israel has to know that they can not trust anything the Arabs say, I pray and hope that Israel does not yield any of its land to the palestinians because it will only exacerbate the situation. thanks for defending the land of Abraam ,Jacob and Joseph. I love the nation of Israel.
(30) Reg Saretsky, December 23, 2007 10:08 PM
well , According to HAMAS television
Jews under Islam lived in a "golden Age" of Dhimmn, protected by Moslem Cavaliers.. & currently all Zionists are completely miserable becuase they are attempting to 'govern themselves'..
Hey, who knew?
I also believe Farfur Mouse is real, but that's just me ]:-')
(29) Øystein Hansen, December 11, 2007 8:28 AM
The difference between PLO and Hamas only tactical
Erekat`s reaction to Olmert`s "demand" indicates what little difference there is after all between PLO/PA and Hamas regarding Israel. It seems to be only a matter of strategy down the road to their ultimate common goal of throwing Israel and the Jews into the sea.I feel ashamed living here in Oslo and see how our socialist government giving millions of dollars away to the weapon-dealers and terrorists. Why are Europe, and the entire world, so blind?? I am afraid that terrible times lies ahead of us, but I also believe that the Almighty is standing by Israel and will never let them down.
(28) Rohn, December 1, 2007 4:45 PM
The people of Israel have to stop worrying about what the World thinks. The World is completely addicted to oil and Muslims know they can buy friendship with it. If we are to believe what Jeremiyah and Ezekial said, It won't matter much anyway. The Eternal One knows that the Yahudim (or Jewish people) were given the title deed to the land. In that deed the land was quite a bit larger. You all seem to think your better off with a smaller state.
Not one country in the Middle East has turned their land into a Garden state, not since Babylon. You folks have and you have done it in only 60 years time. Not one country has offered any help to the poor Palestinians, certainly not any Arab or Muslim country. No land, no citizenship, no jobs. Ah, they have offered weapons. Just what every young man needs, a religion of war and a few weapons.
I don't know much about how you elect your leaders, but sadly Olmert didn't put you on this road, he didn't give Gaza away. How many Gaza's are there in the area called the West Bank?
I'm thinking that a two-state solution might just work, if you put the "so called" Palestianians somewhere, say, south of Mecca. It's a place called Texas. I'll quit being funny. I thought that the area called Jordan was created for the people that wanted to call themselves Palestinians. Odd thing is, no one wanted the land and no one wanted to be a Palestinian until the Israelites came and made the place worth calling a home. Glory to G_d.
Last word! If you all want to give your country away, I suppose it is yours to do it with. After all it was your ancestors that gave 85% of world there history. Whatever you do decide, don't divide Jerusalem.
Beverly Kurtin, October 2, 2011 4:34 PM
Don't Mess With Texas
I realize that I am responding to a four year-old comment, but I could not resist. There is now and never has been any such a thing as a Palestinian EXCEPT for the Palestinian Post, the Palestinian Post Office and every other Jewish entity prior to 1948 was called Palestinian. The only reason for wanting to be called Palestinians is to try to convince the world that they are an ancient people who used to run that part of the world. Here in Texas we have a saying: Steer Stool
(27) Rick Salcer, November 28, 2007 4:31 PM
yes and no
Is Israel a Jewish State? No. Is Israel the Jewish State? Yes.
(26) Anonymous, November 28, 2007 1:01 PM
I totally agree
I just turned in a paper on the Crusades. I learned some very interesting things concerning Islam and Muslims. I read, "Islam started in war and grew the same way. Muslim thought divides the world in two spheres, the Abode of Islam and the Abode of War. Any non-Muslim religion has no abode. In traditional Islam, Christian and Jewish states must be destroyed and their lands conquered..." This is how these people originated, this is what is in-bred in them and it is very, very unfortunate for the rest of the world. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
(25) Josie Michaud, November 27, 2007 10:07 AM
Separate but equal?
I am not Jewish or Muslim. But I did learn a lot as a kid about Judaism and Jewish history.I had a few Jewish classmates whose mothers came to the school before Jewish holidays and told us stories and gave us food. So I had very positive experiences early on.
(24) anonymous, November 25, 2007 12:12 AM
The injustice provides clarity
The fact that it is so obviously ridiculous what it is happening with Israel -- that Arabs don't want peace, and the leaders of Israel and those negotiating on Israel's behalf don't get it -- is evidence to me that G-d runs the world. Because if this were happening to ANY other religion or nationality, logic might actually prevail.
(23) Dennis Cast, November 24, 2007 12:38 PM
I agree
There can be no peace because the Arabs don't want it.The so-called peace-process is trading Israeli lives for U.S. Politicions Photo-op on TV.
(22) Anonymous, November 23, 2007 1:53 AM
You missed the point
We are a Jewish state because that is also our nationality; the "Jewish People" I am proud to be a Jew, where at least i knnow that I am on the side of God; also, because of our national history and heritage, encluding the contributions we made to the world, as the start of Christianity, and the contribution Jews to parts of the Koran, which are the most combatable to the Tanach and to all the other fields of human endeavor. As Jews we have the duty to stay strong in His pursuit of a world, where justice shall flow as the Prophet stated; as water, not a mud puddle.
(21) Reb. Doris Feinstein, November 22, 2007 11:25 PM
Am Yisrael Chai
We the Jewish people took an oath to
be Hashem's people and time has shown
throughout the worst darkness of history
against the Jews that we do prevail.
We must turn to Hashem to guide us
to be strong. Take the message of
the Jews determined to cleanse the
Bait Hamidash from the Assyrian Greeks.
History has shown over and over again
that we must have emunah in Hashem and
act on this emunah.
In the tehillah of Yom Chamishi it is
stated that "{if only my nation would
listen in but a moment I would turn my
hand against their enemies. Let us
ban together and show our total emunah
and chesed to each other and stop being
splintered and care about each other.
Hashem will have nachat from us His
children and our enemy will not prevail.
(20) Yechiel Aaron, November 22, 2007 3:02 PM
laws of the land
The key to peace is the understanding that God has given us this land. If someone wants to live here and follow the laws of the land, that is fine. If not, they must be punished with jail -- not rewarded with a made-up name called the palestinian people who get free water and electricity and expect us to give up part of our country because none of their "arab bretheren" will let them in.
(19) Gila, November 22, 2007 5:44 AM
Let's stand together as Jews and fight if we have to.
B"H You know, I really think this whole crazy build-up to Annapolis may be Hashem's way of helping us to come together as Jews and also to create deeper links with those who genuinely support Israel as the Jewish homeland that it is.
But let's not stand for any more nonsense of a "two-state" solution on Jewish land. That's not what they truly want anyway (why do you think Arafat walked out when Barak offered him practically everything he was demanding?), it's ultimately an excuse to seek more concessions to make us weaker before those who seek to destroy us move in for the kill. There never has been a Palestinian Arab nation or state here, and anyone who doesn't like that bit of historical reality and prefers to live somewhere where they will have less freedom and rights than here should go and live in one of the many Arab states on offer, perhaps Jordan - which formed 80% of the land originally promised to the Jews for our homeland according to Balfour anyway. Oh I forgot - the Arab refugees who were encouraged to leave by their fellow Arabs in the 1940s (unlike the Jewish refugees forced to leave Arab lands by persecution, many of whom were taken in by Israel) were then refused admittance anywhere else by the Arab League and deliberately left by their fellow Arabs with the status of stateless refugees. And instead of using the mountains of money poured into them for constructive purposes of building a responsible society, it is used to create a culture of hatred and murder towards Jews. So who really is responsible for their plight?
Let's stand up and stop appeasing the bullying demands of those who seek our destruction. There is such nonsense being spouted: what on earth does any right-minded person think we are doing by suing for peace with murderers who are holding Jewish hostages, trying to kill us with rockets deliberately aimed at civilians, try to claim the Temple Mount and other Jewish sites as their own and refuse to recognise our right to exist in the first place?
If we risk war, well frankly they want to destroy us anyway. But like any victim of abuse - and frankly that is the relationship of Israel with the outside world right now - there is no appeasement that will work: the more we give, the weaker we will seem - and actually be - until either we have committed suicide completely or we are ultimately forced to fight - from a much weaker position - for our very survival.
So we have to fight. If need be. But Hashem has promised us that Israel is our land, He is bringing us home to our Land, and He is bringing many Jews (which includes gentiles with a Jewish soul who convert as well as the many balei tshuva) back to the Torah. Remember the Maccabees! At a time of imminent destruction of the whole spiritual heritage of the Jewish people, they stood up and fought, trusting Hashem, and He helped them.
No more appeasement, no more nonsense. There would be peace tomorrow if only the majority Muslim and Arab mindset would change to being able to accept rational facts, historical truth and personal responsibility. Now maybe THAT's where we should focus our attention....
(18) Anonymous, November 22, 2007 3:08 AM
I have read "Is Israel a Jewish State, a "must read' article that every
fair minded, thinking person should take a few minutes to explore.
There are too many who, over a cup of coffee or dinner or whatever,
profess in knowing something about history, especially history about the State of
Israel. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on "What is happening in the
Middle East" and what should be done about the existing situation. It
seems more and more people, through sheer ignorance, are swept away with the
idea that Israel is to blame for the troubles we are seeing in the world today.
The Palestinians are extremely clever in portraying themselves to the
media as the "underdog" / "victims" perfectly, and playing into the hands /
minds of those in the media, who then in turn, explode their views to the world,
and this is where the problems then start, again.
Unfortunately, gossip starts, a lie then spreads, which then becomes
"truth"
to so many. So many gossips are started by those who wish to cause harm
to those that they are aiming to hurt and why not use a better way than to
spread blatant lies? One famous lie "the blood lible" caused the people
in Eastern Europe, to rise against the Jewish people around Easter time.
These were the "Pogroms" that the Jewish people endured for so many years. It
is a known fact that the "Church" started this particular lie, that caused
the death and misery to so many, which then caused the Jews to be more and
more alienated from the rest of society. This in fact became the "truth" to
the millions that believed this horrible lie, and who then in turn retaliated
in
the most vicious way.
These "dangerous gossips" then continued until entire populations, people,
in their effort to be considered "informed" and "learned" through sheer
ignorance and void of historic research, continued to spread unconsciously and in some cases, consciously, from generation to generation, blatant
lies that now have become accepted as the "truth", causing untold harm to the
victims. From these "lies" millions of people, now conditioned, now look
at the Jewish people with "hatred". Why hate someone that you don't even
know?
It is because of "fear" of the "unknown" and because that's the way people
are when their minds become conditioned to "hate" and "distrust".
This happened throughout Europe when Jews were demonised for so many
centuries. Why? Because when a story is told over and over enough times,
it will become the 'truth'. Rumours, lies, gossip, are very, very
dangerous, indeed. How many came to the rescue when Jews were
systematically murdered during WW2? Nobody. This is because people were
conditioned to believing that Jews were evil and so deserved what they
got.
See what I mean?
Now, Israel, the only legitimate Jewish State, is fighting for its
existence, while the 22 surrounding Arab Islamic countries, (through the
aid of the world media that, as I said before, has become conditioned to
"hating
the Jews"), are attempting to destroy their "unwelcome" neighbour. These
Arab countries want that ENTIRE region to be under Islamic Rule and the
very thought, knowing that there is a Jewish State next door, is driving them
crazy and they will do everything in their power, even stage so called
"atrocities", to destroy Israel.
The world, especially Europe, should take heed of what is happening in
their back yards, and go back to studying their history books in earnest. They
may be surprised to learn "the truth" and maybe then shift their "idle"
misinformed conversations, arguments, debates, to what is actually,
historically, factual.
(17) Yudi, November 21, 2007 2:29 PM
Stop seeking approval
The very fact that we ask, and care if they recognize us, means that their opinion matters. As if only upon their agreement are we a Jewish State.
Let's have a leader proud and confident enough to get up and say: we are who we are, this land is ours, this is the way we feel is just to behave, etc. without seeking the approval of..... Our enemies?
(16) Dvirah, November 21, 2007 1:54 PM
Reply to Miryam/Istambul
Your suggestions sound reasonable but they have already been tried (refer to the pull-outs from the Lebanese Neutral Zone and Gaza) and have failed. Also, it has been proven (refer to Oslo and subsequent agreements) that the Palestinians cannot be trusted to implement what they agree to, even when they sign an agreement.
(15) Catherine, November 21, 2007 11:10 AM
you mean Israel will become a Torah keeping state?
sounds good to me! Peace at last!!!
(14) GRAHAM R-B, November 21, 2007 6:54 AM
THE ISLAMISTS CANNOT LIVE WITH PEACE
ISRAEL HAS LEARNED TO LIVE AND THRIVE
WITHOUT IT.
What is it that your enemy is most likely to withhold from you? The answer
must be obvious, 'That for which he knows you are willing to die.' Israel
has made it clear that her desire for Peace is so great that she will have
spent over 60 years in its fruitless quest, sacrificing life, limb, real
estate and wasting her valuable time. Second only to Peace is her desire
for the release of her military, citizens and guests who have been abducted
or captured.
After so much has been invested in these quests, I believe it is time for
Israel to declare that she is no longer interested in making peace with
neighbors whose philosophy of Death and destruction is so diametrically
opposed to hers, the veneration of Life and the pursuit of the improvement
of her people's lot and security.
Israel can sadly but truthfully declare furthermore, that she is no longer
interested in exercises in futile negotiation, and discourage her well
meaning friends from continuing to waste their efforts on her behalf in this
project. Israel has learned to LIVE AND THRIVE WITHOUT PEACE while her
neighbors have learned to live and die in squalor and poverty for their
defiantly stated nefarious goals.
Though Israel will never forsake her people taken prisoner she must make it
clear that demands by her enemies for disproportionate numbers of guilty
terrorists in exchange for less than a handful of innocent Israeli's and
others has set the standard by which Israel will mete out treatment of the
guilty she holds prisoner i.e. that what happens to one Israeli at the hands
of her enemy will be what happens to 600 or more terrorists in her jails.
Until all Israeli prisoners are released unharmed no terrorists should be
released alive neither should their corpses nor their body parts be returned
to their relatives.
THIS CHANGE IN ISRAEL'S POLICY WOULD UNDERCUT THE VICTORY HER ADVERSARIES
CAN CURRENTLY CLAIM AND WILL GAIN THEIR RESPECT FOR ISRAEL, NOW VIEWED AS
SNIVELING AND WEAK. AS FOR 'WORLD OPINION' THERE WOULD BE A LOSS SUCH AS
THERE WAS WHEN ISRAEL DESTROYED IRAQ'S NUCLEAR POSSIBILITY.
(13) Max Rambow, November 20, 2007 8:28 AM
Needed a Jewish state with Jewish leaders.
The arabs have no intention of living in peace with Israel. What is needed is Jewish leaders with a Torah back bone.
(12) Susan Heisler, November 20, 2007 6:43 AM
Joe Rosen our allegiance is to HaShem
Joe Rosen, who are our leaders? If they leading us the way the non - Jewish countries want us to go, then they are not leaders. They are followers. Our allegiance always was and must be to HaShem. The Land belongs to HaShem, not to the so called Jewish State.
(11) Joe Rosen, November 20, 2007 4:06 AM
It really doesn't matter what they call us or who does the calling. The only point is that ANYONE living in this JEWISH STATE that shows no alligiance to THE JEWISH STATE will just have to find someplace else to live. I am nearly 80 years old. I'll help him find his "Other Home".
(10) karen dahl, November 19, 2007 7:33 PM
judea?
anyone for judea?
moses couldn't do it, why did we think we could?
(9) Lar, November 19, 2007 6:36 PM
Same old .....
You can't reason with these crackpots. This article is one of many that states the truth, but that doesn't mater to murderous psychopathic, Islamofascists. Don't try to reason, keep on fighting until they surrender or just blow them all up. Because that is the only solution they have for us.
(8) Gary Katz, November 19, 2007 2:25 PM
Palestinians' position is ironic
How ironic that any Arab would have the temerity to assert that no country should be based on a national religion. After all, the Arabs' deep seated hatred of Israel flows in large part from their resentment that Israel is the only country in that region which is not Muslim. They see Israel as a symbol of their failure to re-conquer all the lands they once held. The fact that Israel was a Jewish nation before the Muslim religion even existed is irrelevant to them.
By the way, I'm curious about how many of those Arab/Muslim countries with their supposed religious tolerance, is it a capital crime for a Muslim to convert to another religion?
(7) Baruch, November 19, 2007 1:39 PM
Right On Jordan (first visitor comment)
Couldn't have said it better. Hopefully some secular Jews will read it as well.
(6) Miryam/Istanbul, November 19, 2007 1:34 PM
I agree with the artical but not with the way to change Arab world opinion
Peace is a very daring word I think nowdays.Sure that the arab world doesnt dream to acknowledge Israel as the jewish State, but as long as Israel will put as the "first" condition to be acknowledged to begin any discussion for a peace agreement, it will always be blocked by the non-acknowledgement by the arabs.I think this is a play played too longtime in history as a vicious circle, blocking all the discussions. To make it turn in the opposite direction, we can begin to discuss the peace agreement. If any agreement satisfying both Palestinians and Israelis and neighbouring countries can be reached, this agreement in the very long term will prove to the coming generations the benefit of it, and they will want very naturally accept the jewish State of Israel, they have no other choice already.But if Israelis' responsibles "fall in the trap" as: putting as the first condition to be recognised for begin any discussion and got refusal and so not have any discussion, this is already what the Arabs want, no recognition so no discussion, so weakenning the Israeli State in the long run with a constantly no peace condition, and one day to wipe out this weakened state.SO WE MUST NOT FALL IN THE TRAP, not be afraid of their bad intentions.Israel is recognised already by the U.N and the world, I think that we dont "need" to put it as a first condition. We see their bad intentions, let it be! As long as the agreement conditions will be as secured and good, why be afraid? Personally, I think that only "in the long run", will the benefits of a peace be seen, as for example the peace with Egypt. Making a Peace agreement will not mean trusting them in anyway, but bringing some different rules very carefully designed.Only after 2 or 3 generations, may be each side will trust the other, but sure not now, but this should not bring the logic as: if we cannot trust them, we cannot do any agreement.
(5) Chuck Black, November 19, 2007 11:00 AM
Is Israel a Jewish State? Is Italy Catholic?
Israel is as naturally a Jewish State as Saudi Arabia is an Arabic State. When this large sect of people who wish to remain ignorant and aimless as many Islamic followers of Allah insist on being; as long as they refuse to enter the modern age of learning and self improvement, when they can begin to be productive instead of destructive, when they can help themselves or accept a hand from those who know how it's done and then follow by the examples laid out for them, when they will stop acting like spoiled, disagreeable children, when they become disciplined enough to understand that going to school means learning something besides narrow-minded religious Madrassa type curriculum that teaches nothing but hatred for "the Infidels"..when these people can learn something about love and respect for their fellow human beings, when they can become members of the family of man and woman, when they can embrace right over wrong, when they can learn by example of their Jewish brothers and sisters, these poor in mind and in spirit neer-do-wells who only want Israel to disappear might have a chance to enjoy life and peace. It is really a pretty simple formula to follow. But ignorance and hatred of the modern world will continue to relegate these poor people to their present miserable status.Forever Angry and forever hopeless. Israel is their only hope. It is plain to see they lack the will or capability to produce a better life for themselves by what they continue to do...Follow a philosophy of hatred and envy of something that could lift them out of their misery.
Written by a Protestant American who can see the truth. C. Black.
(4) Anonymous, November 19, 2007 10:22 AM
I can not at all understand our Government
How can one negotiate with the man who wants (and has this one desire) to kill you. How can you think, when you smile at him and make him presents over presents, he will change his mind???
No, he rejoyces in seeing that you get weaker and weaker. Will it help to lay yourself on the ground at his feet and beg: "Please, please, you may put your foot on my back, but don't kill me.
That only makes the "killer-to-be" stronger and feeling proud and great,
also he is not great. -
Please, Mr. Olmert, stand up, get on your feet and don't negotiate to please anyone in the world. Maybe with leaders we now have, we would still be slaves in Egypt, and negotiate wheter we will have to get 4 or five onions to eat per day. It is disgusting, how small you make yourself and us with you. Instead of negotiating our sheer existence, may be you should pray and talk with Hashem, whose land you will be giving away.The German Jews too tried everything to please the Nazis. Some of them nearly lost their identity. Their Jerusalem was Berlin. Did it help? -
(3) Jordan, November 19, 2007 7:29 AM
chillul hashem
On the day that Israeli Jews, as a majority at least, behave like the chosen people we are meant to be, and stop acting like the nations of the world, then we will see anti-semitism and anti-zionism to a certain extent cease to have any effect, as the world around the Arabs can no longer spread malicious defamation about us, and neither can the nations support that in their rhetoric, because it will seem ludicrous. It's a struggle to get an average Jew to say the Shema, what hope do we have!? The only salvation is Hashem, and luckily he has promised us that in the end, regardless of the path we take to get there, we will all be in Eretz Yisrael (not the "State of Israel" - and what a state it is!) that we have now, and we will all be able to perform torah u'mitzvos in peace and happiness, vimru Amen!
(2) Doron, November 19, 2007 5:36 AM
small Country.
Yes,we have a Jewish State,but many No-jewish people also,and this will change,dont worry.(it is our State.)
(1) Beverly Kurtin, November 18, 2007 9:50 PM
The sky is green!
The Arabs want two things and two things only: 1. A land free of all Jews and, 2. the "right" of return for the manufactured refugees.
No Arab government will ever permit Israel to be Israel as a Jewish nation and anyone who thinks they will, have I got a deal for you in the Sahara Forest.
The Arabs do not want peace, they do not even want piece. They want the whole land upon which Israel now exists.
The only path to peace is for every country in the world to eschew their own Jew hate and put pressure on the Arab countries to back off.
Ice skating will be a recreational center of the theological place of eternal punishment before the Arabs back down without all nations of the world uniting and ordering the Arabs to grow up.