Challenger
Gold Member
Nice bit of schoolboy history interspersed with political spin, I'd stick to arguments involving UN resolutions, you are straying way out of your comfort zone; a Byzantinist you are not..fanger, et al,
Oh, this is so strange.
(COMMENT)The Palestinian's do have a code of ethics, it's called the Hadith's
The "Hadith" dates back to the 7th Century. If the Israelis were to use the Customary Law and political practices of the 7th Century (1400 years ago), in a time when Middle East is ruled by the Eastern Byzantine Empire; a major world military power with a large army and extensive fleet, what would be the outcome for the Palestinians. Constantinople was a major cultural and religious center. Saint Gregory the Great (Gregorius Anicius --- himself a native of Arabissus, Roman Province of Armenia Secunda) is dead and Pope Sabinian assumes the Byzantine Papacy. The Emperor Maurice (who restored Khosrau to his rightful inheritance and throne in Persia) is assassinated and Khosrau II ("The Victorious"), the last of the great kings of Persia, moves to avenge his friend's death and devastates the Byzantine cities of the Middle East. By 622, the new Emperor Heraclius has reconstituted Byzantine military power and in 624 begins his march through Asia Minor and Armenia to reach Azerbaijan, and then turns south and destroys one of the most sacred Zoroastrian Fire Temples in the Persian Empire. Emperor Heraclius, with a vast army behind him, negotiates the return of the "True Cross;" discovered in Jerusalem in the year 326 by Empress Helena (mother of Constantine the Great); while searching for the tomb of Jesus. A portion of the True Cross was taken by Emperor Heraclius, which the Emperor displays in Constantinople. Then, in 629 (3 years before the Prophet Mohammad's death) personally travelled back to the Holy Lands and returns the segment, in its place of reverence within the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Shortly afterwards, the great Byzantine (mostly Christian) cities of Syria and Palestine succumb to the pressures of a newly emerging Arab Military Force driven by Islamic Radicalism. Over the next 400 years, until the last of the Byzantine Strongholds fell, the Arab Islamic march move successfully forward until the end of the Fourth Crusade and the last of the Great Islamic Warriors Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the son of Ayub (the governor of Damascus) retires in poverty.
This was the atmosphere in which the Hadith was forged. And if the Israelis were to drop the Customary Laws of today, and adopt the Islamic beliefs of as demonstrated in this period, using the Islamic Warriors as the example, then what would the outcome be? Certainly, the Islamic Warriors of that period would not have given care or recognized any inherent rights of the people. It was Islam or death.
What is the application of the Hadith that you wish the Israelis to adopt? --- OR --- what in customary law of today is it that you wish the Israelis to decline?
What part of the Israelis ethic is detrimental to the Hostile Arab Palestinian?
Most Respectfully,
R