Jesus’s Jewish background is noted in the Quran, from being an Israelite to having the Torah. But, many Muslims use the Quran as a doorstop.
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Jesus’s Jewish background is noted in the Quran, from being an Israelite to having the Torah. But, many Muslims use the Quran as a doorstop.
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Palestinian historical revisionism: Shock and deception - opinion
According to the Palestinians, it was they, not the Zionists, who made the desert bloom. And of course, no human being ever walked on the surface of the moon.
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Part 1
Israeli diplomat and statesman Abba Eben once said of the United Nations, “If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.” While Algeria has not yet declared the earth flat, an equivalent resolution, promoted by the Palestinians, did pass in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in November 2022.
According to the resolution, the UN will mark the Palestinian “Nakba” on May 15, 2023 (today). The Arabic word “Nakba,” which means “catastrophe,” is the term used by the Palestinian Authority to describe the creation of the State of Israel. By adopting the Palestinian term, the UN is, in practice, denying Israel’s right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people.
In its decision to adopt Palestinian propaganda, and equate the establishment of Israel with a “catastrophe”, the UNGA was actively participating in the Palestinian attempt to rewrite history.
Since the resolution reflects a basic ignorance of history and facts, in this report Palestinian Media Watch will present the essential facts that show that Israel was established in the realization of international consensus, and pursuant to repeated decisions adopted by the international community.
PMW will also show how many of the so-called “Palestinian refugees” fled Mandatory Palestine prior to the creation of the State of Israel, and that many of those who did flee, did so at the behest of the Arab armies.
Finally, and pertinently for the days following the war instigated by the Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, PMW will show that while Israel offered to incorporate Gaza into Israel and give all the Arabs living there Israeli citizenship, the offer was rejected by the Arab countries.
Israel’s exclusive legal title to the entire area from Lebanon in the north to the Red Sea in the south, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west
First and foremost, it is important to stress, that despite the propaganda efforts to invent history, no independent “State of Palestine” has ever existed.
While the Palestinians and their supporters in the UN constantly try to negate the historical fact, the truth of the matter is that on four different occasions, the world powers and the international community confirmed, and reconfirmed, the allocation of the entire area from Lebanon in the north to the Red Sea in the south, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Jewish people for the purpose of “reconstituting their national homeland.” No such parallel decisions were made about creating an Arab “Palestine” within that area.
As history shows, from 1517 until 1917, the entire area of Israel, including Judea, Samaria and the Jordan valley was part of the Ottoman Empire. During this period, no independent sovereign state existed in the area. Rather, Palestine, home to Arabs and Jews, was merely part of the district of greater Syria.
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Israeli diplomat and statesman Abba Eben once said of the United Nations, “If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.” While Algeria has not yet declared the earth flat, an equivalent resolution, promoted by the Palestinians, did pass in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in November 2022.
According to the resolution, the UN will mark the Palestinian “Nakba” on May 15, 2023 (today). The Arabic word “Nakba,” which means “catastrophe,” is the term used by the Palestinian Authority to describe the creation of the State of Israel. By adopting the Palestinian term, the UN is, in practice, denying Israel’s right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people.
In its decision to adopt Palestinian propaganda, and equate the establishment of Israel with a “catastrophe”, the UNGA was actively participating in the Palestinian attempt to rewrite history.
Since the resolution reflects a basic ignorance of history and facts, in this report Palestinian Media Watch will present the essential facts that show that Israel was established in the realization of international consensus, and pursuant to repeated decisions adopted by the international community.
PMW will also show how many of the so-called “Palestinian refugees” fled Mandatory Palestine prior to the creation of the State of Israel, and that many of those who did flee, did so at the behest of the Arab armies.
Finally, and pertinently for the days following the war instigated by the Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, PMW will show that while Israel offered to incorporate Gaza into Israel and give all the Arabs living there Israeli citizenship, the offer was rejected by the Arab countries.
Israel’s exclusive legal title to the entire area from Lebanon in the north to the Red Sea in the south, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west
First and foremost, it is important to stress, that despite the propaganda efforts to invent history, no independent “State of Palestine” has ever existed.
While the Palestinians and their supporters in the UN constantly try to negate the historical fact, the truth of the matter is that on four different occasions, the world powers and the international community confirmed, and reconfirmed, the allocation of the entire area from Lebanon in the north to the Red Sea in the south, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Jewish people for the purpose of “reconstituting their national homeland.” No such parallel decisions were made about creating an Arab “Palestine” within that area.
As history shows, from 1517 until 1917, the entire area of Israel, including Judea, Samaria and the Jordan valley was part of the Ottoman Empire. During this period, no independent sovereign state existed in the area. Rather, Palestine, home to Arabs and Jews, was merely part of the district of greater Syria.
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As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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Part 2
In 1916, anticipating the end of the WWI, representatives of the British and French empires made an agreement, with the concurrence of the Russian Empire, to divide control over the Middle East between them. The agreement, known as the "Sykes – Picot Agreement" divided the spheres of influence and control in much of the Middle East between the two empires according to the following map:
In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration:
One of the documents that reflect the sentiments of the time was the US “Outline of Tentative report and recommendations prepared by the Intelligence Section, in accordance with instructions, for the President and the plenipotentiaries” dated Jan. 21 1919, prepared for the conference. The document set out a vision to form both parts of Europe and the Middle East. Alongside the creation of many Arab countries, the document recommended creating, de novo, an independent state called “Palestine” which would be a “Jewish state”. No independent state called “Palestine” had ever existed previously:
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In 1916, anticipating the end of the WWI, representatives of the British and French empires made an agreement, with the concurrence of the Russian Empire, to divide control over the Middle East between them. The agreement, known as the "Sykes – Picot Agreement" divided the spheres of influence and control in much of the Middle East between the two empires according to the following map:
In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration:
In 1919, following the end of the First World War, the international community met at the Paris Peace Conference to decide how to divide the territories of the vanquished Ottoman empire.
One of the documents that reflect the sentiments of the time was the US “Outline of Tentative report and recommendations prepared by the Intelligence Section, in accordance with instructions, for the President and the plenipotentiaries” dated Jan. 21 1919, prepared for the conference. The document set out a vision to form both parts of Europe and the Middle East. Alongside the creation of many Arab countries, the document recommended creating, de novo, an independent state called “Palestine” which would be a “Jewish state”. No independent state called “Palestine” had ever existed previously:
Why is the UN holding an event denying Israelâs right to exist? | PMW Analysis
As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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The discussion of the recommendations added:
.[My Diary at the Conference of Paris, With Documents,
By David Hunter Miller, Volume IV, Documents 216-304]
Meeting in again in April 1920, in San Remo, Italy, the principal allies who defeated the Germans and the Ottomans resolved that some areas would become states. As regards “Palestine”, the allies resolved:
At the time, “Palestine” was comprised of both Israel (including Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley) and the territory that is today Jordan.
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As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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Part 4
The San Remo resolution was entrenched in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
The preamble to the Mandate reaffirmed the Balfour Declaration and once again confirmed the historical connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel by stating:
While Article 80 of the newly convened United Nations (which replaced the League of Nations) Charter preserved the rights of the Jewish people granted in the Mandate, in the aftermath of World War II, the UN again addressed the question of the Palestine. Having considered the different recommendations submitted, on November 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the UN adopted resolution 181, known as the "Palestine Partition Plan". This resolution sought to further divide the remaining territory allocated for the Jewish state in Palestine into two new states – a Jewish state and an Arab state – setting the new boundaries of the nascent states, as can be seen in the following illustration:
No reference to the term “The West Bank” appears in the UN Partition Plan. In fact, when delineating the boundaries of the “Arab State”, the resolution specifically refers to “The boundary of the hill country of Samaria and, Judea starts on the Jordan River”.
While the representatives of the Jewish People accepted the Partition Plan, the Arab representatives and the surrounding Arab countries rejected the plan in its entirety and started active preparations to seize the entire area by military force. The response of the Arab representatives and countries made implementation of UNGA Resolution 181 impossible and it was never confirmed by the UN Security Council.
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The San Remo resolution was entrenched in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
The preamble to the Mandate reaffirmed the Balfour Declaration and once again confirmed the historical connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel by stating:
In 1923, pursuant to Article 25 of the Mandate, a decision was made to divide Mandatory Palestine into two entities – "Palestine" that lay to the west of the Jordan river and "Trans-Jordan" which would in time (1946) be recognized as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The provisions of the Mandate for establishing the Jewish National Home, including through the settlement of Jews on the land, continued to apply in the entire area to the west of the Jordan river, which was a mere one third of the full Palestine designated for the Jewish state. The following map illustrates this division:
While Article 80 of the newly convened United Nations (which replaced the League of Nations) Charter preserved the rights of the Jewish people granted in the Mandate, in the aftermath of World War II, the UN again addressed the question of the Palestine. Having considered the different recommendations submitted, on November 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the UN adopted resolution 181, known as the "Palestine Partition Plan". This resolution sought to further divide the remaining territory allocated for the Jewish state in Palestine into two new states – a Jewish state and an Arab state – setting the new boundaries of the nascent states, as can be seen in the following illustration:
No reference to the term “The West Bank” appears in the UN Partition Plan. In fact, when delineating the boundaries of the “Arab State”, the resolution specifically refers to “The boundary of the hill country of Samaria and, Judea starts on the Jordan River”.
While the representatives of the Jewish People accepted the Partition Plan, the Arab representatives and the surrounding Arab countries rejected the plan in its entirety and started active preparations to seize the entire area by military force. The response of the Arab representatives and countries made implementation of UNGA Resolution 181 impossible and it was never confirmed by the UN Security Council.
Why is the UN holding an event denying Israelâs right to exist? | PMW Analysis
As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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Part 5
On May 14 1948, Israel declared its Independence without specifying its borders. The new State was immediately attacked by a coalition of five Arab states as well as Arab forces in the former Mandate territory, who collectively strived to wipe it out. The Egyptian forces attacked from the south, the Lebanese and Syrian forces attacked from the north and the Jordanian forces, accompanied by Iraqi forces attacked from the east.
The Jordanian forces attacked and occupied Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley, calling them for the first time, "the West Bank". The Jordanian forces and local Arab militias who occupied the area, destroyed the Jewish communities that existed, killing or expelling their residents. The massacre after they had surrendered of many of the 127 men and women who were killed defending Kibbutz Kfar Ezion in the hills of Judea, is one such example.
In 1949, Israel concluded “Armistice” agreements with the neighboring Arab countries. The armistice agreement with Jordan, provided that the demarcation lines drawn would under no circumstances be considered as "borders".
Thus, Article II.2 of the armistice agreement stated:
A Jordanian attempt to annex Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley was rejected by the international community.
Article 24 of the original 1965 Palestine Liberation organization (PLO) Charter provided that “This Organization [The PLO] does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area”.
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On May 14 1948, Israel declared its Independence without specifying its borders. The new State was immediately attacked by a coalition of five Arab states as well as Arab forces in the former Mandate territory, who collectively strived to wipe it out. The Egyptian forces attacked from the south, the Lebanese and Syrian forces attacked from the north and the Jordanian forces, accompanied by Iraqi forces attacked from the east.
The Jordanian forces attacked and occupied Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley, calling them for the first time, "the West Bank". The Jordanian forces and local Arab militias who occupied the area, destroyed the Jewish communities that existed, killing or expelling their residents. The massacre after they had surrendered of many of the 127 men and women who were killed defending Kibbutz Kfar Ezion in the hills of Judea, is one such example.
In 1949, Israel concluded “Armistice” agreements with the neighboring Arab countries. The armistice agreement with Jordan, provided that the demarcation lines drawn would under no circumstances be considered as "borders".
Thus, Article II.2 of the armistice agreement stated:
Article VI.9 of the same agreement provided:
The armistice lines would then become known as the “Green Line”.
A Jordanian attempt to annex Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley was rejected by the international community.
Article 24 of the original 1965 Palestine Liberation organization (PLO) Charter provided that “This Organization [The PLO] does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area”.
Why is the UN holding an event denying Israelâs right to exist? | PMW Analysis
As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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Part 6
In June 1967, Jordan again attacked Israel. Defending itself against the attack, Israel expelled the Jordanian occupiers, and seized control of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.
Several months after the end of the Six day War, on November 22, 1967 the UN adopted resolution 242. This resolution, often erroneously cited as requiring Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 borders, in fact read as follows:
While earlier drafts of the resolution had proposed withdrawal by Israel from “the territories occupied” the word “the” was removed from the final resolution as adopted by the Security Council so as to signify that a full withdrawal by Israel to the armistice lines established in 1949 would not be required.
As the above conclusively demonstrates, no “State of Palestine” ever existed, except for the express purpose of establishing the Jewish homeland. The “Nakba” that the UN will mark, is merely an attempt to retroactively invent the “State of Palestine” and to then claim that Israel was created in place of the non-existent state.
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In June 1967, Jordan again attacked Israel. Defending itself against the attack, Israel expelled the Jordanian occupiers, and seized control of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.
Several months after the end of the Six day War, on November 22, 1967 the UN adopted resolution 242. This resolution, often erroneously cited as requiring Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 borders, in fact read as follows:
Resolution 242 does not require Israel to withdraw from all "the territories occupied” but rather calls for a just and lasting peace which should include both withdrawal by Israel from "territories occupied" and “respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force".
While earlier drafts of the resolution had proposed withdrawal by Israel from “the territories occupied” the word “the” was removed from the final resolution as adopted by the Security Council so as to signify that a full withdrawal by Israel to the armistice lines established in 1949 would not be required.
As the above conclusively demonstrates, no “State of Palestine” ever existed, except for the express purpose of establishing the Jewish homeland. The “Nakba” that the UN will mark, is merely an attempt to retroactively invent the “State of Palestine” and to then claim that Israel was created in place of the non-existent state.
Why is the UN holding an event denying Israelâs right to exist? | PMW Analysis
As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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Part 7
The so-called “Palestine refugees”
The “Palestine refugees” are defined by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as people who fled Mandatory Palestine "during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948".
While the PA and the UN attribute the exodus of the Arabs from Mandatory Palestine to Israel, it is clear that hundreds of thousands of Arabs left during the period of British Mandate, preceding the creation of the State of Israel.
As this PMW video documents with eyewitness testimony, there was a massive migration from Israel initiated by Arabs themselves who fled during the war, in response to the call of the Arab armies and other Arab leaders who were trying to eliminate Israel. The Arab armies and leaders called on their fellow Arabs to leave the area, promising that they would return shortly.
For example, testimonies of refugees, that can be seen in this PMW video compilation, include the following statements:
In their belief that the refugees could be used as human pawns, the Arab countries, refuse to settle the refugees and their descendants, preferring to hold them in limbo for the last 75 years.
While UN documents prove that the Israeli leadership was willing to compromise on the subject of the refugees, the same documents demonstrate the Arab intransigence.
For example, the October 23, 1950 General Progress Report and Supplementary Report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, covering the period from 11 December 1949 to 23 October 1950 records how Israel proposed that the Armistice Lines be accepted as permanent borders and that in return for the incorporation of the Gaza Strip into Israel, “the Government of Israel would be prepared to accept as citizens of Israel the entire Arab population of the area, both inhabitants and refugees…”
In accordance with their unwillingness to accept Israel’s very existence, the Arab countries rejected the Israeli proposal.
As PMW has shown, for the PA, the demand that every one of the “Palestine refugees” - a group that grew from an estimated 711,000 originally to almost 6,000,000 today - be allowed to return to Israel, is just another expression of their goal to destroy Israel.
While the Palestinians bemoan the “Nakba” and place the blame on Israel, , in reality, it is the Arab countries who are responsible for the suffering of the Arab population. First by their rejection of Israel’s existence and trying to destroy Israel by war, second by telling the Arabs of Israel to flee which made them into refugees, and third by not giving the Arab refugees citizenship in their countries. This would have solved the so-called “refugee problem" and alleviated their suffering more than 70 years ago.
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The so-called “Palestine refugees”
The “Palestine refugees” are defined by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as people who fled Mandatory Palestine "during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948".
While the PA and the UN attribute the exodus of the Arabs from Mandatory Palestine to Israel, it is clear that hundreds of thousands of Arabs left during the period of British Mandate, preceding the creation of the State of Israel.
As this PMW video documents with eyewitness testimony, there was a massive migration from Israel initiated by Arabs themselves who fled during the war, in response to the call of the Arab armies and other Arab leaders who were trying to eliminate Israel. The Arab armies and leaders called on their fellow Arabs to leave the area, promising that they would return shortly.
For example, testimonies of refugees, that can be seen in this PMW video compilation, include the following statements:
Having lost the war, and since they and the Arab countries refused to accept Israel’s existence, the refugees were not allowed to return.
In their belief that the refugees could be used as human pawns, the Arab countries, refuse to settle the refugees and their descendants, preferring to hold them in limbo for the last 75 years.
While UN documents prove that the Israeli leadership was willing to compromise on the subject of the refugees, the same documents demonstrate the Arab intransigence.
For example, the October 23, 1950 General Progress Report and Supplementary Report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, covering the period from 11 December 1949 to 23 October 1950 records how Israel proposed that the Armistice Lines be accepted as permanent borders and that in return for the incorporation of the Gaza Strip into Israel, “the Government of Israel would be prepared to accept as citizens of Israel the entire Arab population of the area, both inhabitants and refugees…”
In accordance with their unwillingness to accept Israel’s very existence, the Arab countries rejected the Israeli proposal.
As PMW has shown, for the PA, the demand that every one of the “Palestine refugees” - a group that grew from an estimated 711,000 originally to almost 6,000,000 today - be allowed to return to Israel, is just another expression of their goal to destroy Israel.
While the Palestinians bemoan the “Nakba” and place the blame on Israel, , in reality, it is the Arab countries who are responsible for the suffering of the Arab population. First by their rejection of Israel’s existence and trying to destroy Israel by war, second by telling the Arabs of Israel to flee which made them into refugees, and third by not giving the Arab refugees citizenship in their countries. This would have solved the so-called “refugee problem" and alleviated their suffering more than 70 years ago.
Why is the UN holding an event denying Israelâs right to exist? | PMW Analysis
As part of the Palestinian expression denying Israel's right to exist, they refer to the creation of Israel as a "Nakba" - "Catastrophe". This year, the UN decided to join the effort denying Israel's right and mark the "Nakba".
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The Safa news agency has a news flash:
And the all the landmarks of Jerusalem being Muslim and Arab would certainly surprise not only the Jews who lived there 2000 years ago, but also the Byzantine creator of the 6th century Madaba mosaic map which included depictions of various gates of the city as well as the Tower of David and Christian landmarks.
I found mention of the Jewish quarter in an article from the Times of London, October 26, 1818, that described how badly the Jews of Jerusalem were treated - demolishing the other popular Palestinian lie of how Jews were treated so well in Palestine before Zionism:
The Perthshire Advertiser, 12 Feb 1835, goes into more detail as to how miserably the Jews of Jerusalem were treated.
But even with all these deprivations, everyone knew that Jerusalem is still a Jewish city. The Kent and Essex Mercury (London), August 09, 1825, refers to Jerusalem as the Jews' capital.
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Wow! Before 1967 there was no separate quarters in Jerusalem! This would be big news to Edward Robinson, who wrote in1841:
And the all the landmarks of Jerusalem being Muslim and Arab would certainly surprise not only the Jews who lived there 2000 years ago, but also the Byzantine creator of the 6th century Madaba mosaic map which included depictions of various gates of the city as well as the Tower of David and Christian landmarks.
I found mention of the Jewish quarter in an article from the Times of London, October 26, 1818, that described how badly the Jews of Jerusalem were treated - demolishing the other popular Palestinian lie of how Jews were treated so well in Palestine before Zionism:
The Perthshire Advertiser, 12 Feb 1835, goes into more detail as to how miserably the Jews of Jerusalem were treated.
But even with all these deprivations, everyone knew that Jerusalem is still a Jewish city. The Kent and Essex Mercury (London), August 09, 1825, refers to Jerusalem as the Jews' capital.
Newest Palestinian lie: The Jews created the quarters of Jerusalem's Old City, it is all really Muslim
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All too often, critics have charged the Jewish state with limiting Palestinians’ freedom of worship, specifically at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. However, an honest examination of the facts and relevant international law reveals that the Palestinians are guilty of the very thing they accuse Israel of.
In this piece, we will examine some of the restrictions and threats facing Jewish worship at holy sites and archeological digs in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Later, King David purchased the threshing floor from Araunah the Jebusite (II Samuel 24:24, I Chronicles 21:22-30) in order to construct an altar. His son Solomon established the First Temple, the focal point of Jewish worship, around 950 BCE, with the Holy of Holies and its Ark of the Covenant placed on the Foundation Stone. Although the Temple is now in ruins, the religious status of Judaism’s holiest place never changed. The Jewish sage Maimonides (1138-1204), in his magnum opus Mishneh Torah, concludes that “a person must hold [the site] in awe, as one would regard it when it [the Temple] was standing.”
Nowadays, Jewish tours of the Temple Mount are subject to many constraints. The current state of affairs governing the compound goes back to 1967, when Israel captured eastern Jerusalem from Jordan. Days after the war, defense minister Moshe Dayan met with Islamic leaders in the city. Under informal agreements that are enforced to this day, non-Muslims are only allowed to visit the Temple Mount during certain hours of the day, walk along a narrow police-enforced path, and may not pray there. Furthermore, due to incessant Palestinian violence, Israel is often forced to close the Temple Mount for Jews during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Jewish mystical texts encourage the faithful to pray at the Cave of Machpelah, depicting it as an auspicious place to connect to God’s light and compassion, especially when the world is in need of mercy. However, for 700 years, foreign rulers forbade Jews from entering the site, which was converted into a mosque, and restricted them to praying on the seventh step leading up to the building. When IDF chief rabbi Shlomo Goren single-handedly liberated Hebron on June 8, 1967, the ban was finally lifted — but some restrictions remain to this day.
Under agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Muslim waqf controls about 81 percent of the building, and Jews are only allowed to enter its largest area – the Hall of Isaac and Rebecca – on some Jewish holidays, which amount to just ten days a year. Crucially, Ohel Yitzchak contains the entrance to the patriarch and matriarch’s ancient burial cave, sometimes called the “entrance to the Garden of Eden.” Additionally, during Muslim holidays, Jews are banned from the Cave of the Patriarchs altogether.
Located on Mount Ebal near Nablus, in keeping with the instructions found in Deuteronomy 27, the structure’s dimensions fit descriptions in the Mishna and Talmud with remarkable accuracy. Notably, pottery found at the site, as well as radiocarbon analysis, reinforce the claim that the altar was constructed more than 3,200 years ago, around the same time as the Israelites’ conquest of the promised land. “If this corroborates exactly what is written in that very old part of the Bible,” Zertal once declared, “it means that probably other parts are historically correct. The impact is tremendous.”
Yet for Jews, visiting Joshua’s Altar is no easy feat — and can sometimes be dangerous. Mt. Ebal is situated in the West Bank’s Area B, where the Palestinian Authority controls administrative affairs, and accordingly, visitors require an escort from the Israeli military. The Palestinians, in an organized campaign to erase Jewish history in the Land of Israel, have also done tremendous damage to the site. For example, in 2021, Palestinian Authority workers ground ancient stones from the altar’s exterior wall into gravel to pave a road. Earlier this year, the PA announced a residential building project at the site, in a clear breach of its obligation under international law to “protect and safeguard all archaeological sites.”
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In this piece, we will examine some of the restrictions and threats facing Jewish worship at holy sites and archeological digs in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Temple Mount (Jerusalem)
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City is Judaism’s holiest site — a fact that is beyond dispute. According to oral tradition, as well as mystical sources, the Mount contains the Foundation Stone from where God created the world. The Midrash and Jerusalem Talmud furthermore state that Adam, the first man, was formed from the dust of the plateau. Then Cain, Abel and Noah brought offerings on the same mountain. In Genesis 22, the Jewish patriarch Abraham is commanded to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, identified as another name for the site.Later, King David purchased the threshing floor from Araunah the Jebusite (II Samuel 24:24, I Chronicles 21:22-30) in order to construct an altar. His son Solomon established the First Temple, the focal point of Jewish worship, around 950 BCE, with the Holy of Holies and its Ark of the Covenant placed on the Foundation Stone. Although the Temple is now in ruins, the religious status of Judaism’s holiest place never changed. The Jewish sage Maimonides (1138-1204), in his magnum opus Mishneh Torah, concludes that “a person must hold [the site] in awe, as one would regard it when it [the Temple] was standing.”
Nowadays, Jewish tours of the Temple Mount are subject to many constraints. The current state of affairs governing the compound goes back to 1967, when Israel captured eastern Jerusalem from Jordan. Days after the war, defense minister Moshe Dayan met with Islamic leaders in the city. Under informal agreements that are enforced to this day, non-Muslims are only allowed to visit the Temple Mount during certain hours of the day, walk along a narrow police-enforced path, and may not pray there. Furthermore, due to incessant Palestinian violence, Israel is often forced to close the Temple Mount for Jews during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebron)
After Jerusalem, Hebron is considered Judaism’s second-holiest city, being mentioned throughout the Hebrew Bible no less than 87 times. According to Jewish tradition, it is home to the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs — the burial place of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah. Later, King David established Hebron as his first capital and reigned there for seven years, as described in the Book of Samuel.Jewish mystical texts encourage the faithful to pray at the Cave of Machpelah, depicting it as an auspicious place to connect to God’s light and compassion, especially when the world is in need of mercy. However, for 700 years, foreign rulers forbade Jews from entering the site, which was converted into a mosque, and restricted them to praying on the seventh step leading up to the building. When IDF chief rabbi Shlomo Goren single-handedly liberated Hebron on June 8, 1967, the ban was finally lifted — but some restrictions remain to this day.
Under agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Muslim waqf controls about 81 percent of the building, and Jews are only allowed to enter its largest area – the Hall of Isaac and Rebecca – on some Jewish holidays, which amount to just ten days a year. Crucially, Ohel Yitzchak contains the entrance to the patriarch and matriarch’s ancient burial cave, sometimes called the “entrance to the Garden of Eden.” Additionally, during Muslim holidays, Jews are banned from the Cave of the Patriarchs altogether.
Joshua’s Altar (Mount Ebal)
In the years after the Jewish state captured the West Bank of the Jordan River (also known by its biblical name, Judea and Samaria) in the 1967 Six-Day War, Israeli researchers located more than 1,500 archeological sites, offering a unique peek into ancient Jewish civilization. Among other discoveries in northern Samaria, Haifa University professor Adam Zertal identified what some believe was the stone altar from Joshua 8:30-35.Located on Mount Ebal near Nablus, in keeping with the instructions found in Deuteronomy 27, the structure’s dimensions fit descriptions in the Mishna and Talmud with remarkable accuracy. Notably, pottery found at the site, as well as radiocarbon analysis, reinforce the claim that the altar was constructed more than 3,200 years ago, around the same time as the Israelites’ conquest of the promised land. “If this corroborates exactly what is written in that very old part of the Bible,” Zertal once declared, “it means that probably other parts are historically correct. The impact is tremendous.”
Yet for Jews, visiting Joshua’s Altar is no easy feat — and can sometimes be dangerous. Mt. Ebal is situated in the West Bank’s Area B, where the Palestinian Authority controls administrative affairs, and accordingly, visitors require an escort from the Israeli military. The Palestinians, in an organized campaign to erase Jewish history in the Land of Israel, have also done tremendous damage to the site. For example, in 2021, Palestinian Authority workers ground ancient stones from the altar’s exterior wall into gravel to pave a road. Earlier this year, the PA announced a residential building project at the site, in a clear breach of its obligation under international law to “protect and safeguard all archaeological sites.”
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The biography of Mohammed Najib says he "a journalist, war correspondent and defense analyst based in Ramallah, Palestine. He reports and writes on the Middle East region for leading newspapers and journals like The Jerusalem Post, Yomiuri Shimbon, Le Monde, Special Operations Report, the Wall Street Journal and Jane’s Information Group."
He is a Palestinian based in Ramallah.
Judging from this article in the Saudi-based Arab News, he has no business pretending to be any kind of journalist. The article is filled with absolute lies and Palestinian propaganda.
They dug out hundreds of tons of debris removed to illegally build the huge underground Marwani Mosque at the site of what was (erroneously) called Solomon's Stables.
It was the biggest archaeological crime of the century.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project has been going through the truckfuls of debris - and found countless Judean artifacts from the times of the First and Second Temples.
One example is this bulla inscribed with the name of a well-known priestly family of First Temple-era Jerusalem, the children of Immer.
They also found the distinctive Herodian tiles from the Second Temple period. So we know Herod built something big there - now what structure could it have possibly been and described in detail by Josephus?
Najib is a liar.
The beams were removed and, decades later, examined with carbon-14 dating. Some date from the Second Temple and even First Temple periods, and they are cedar and cypress from Lebanon - used in the Temples and repurposed for a Byzantine church on the site and later for Al Aqsa.
This is serious evidence of a major 3,000 year old structure on the Temple Mount. If there is a serious theory that these belong to another ancient building, let's hear it. Especially since the stones of the retaining wall itself show clearly that they were built in different time periods corresponding to the known building and extensions of the Mount.
Notice how Najib defines "all periods" as only the Muslim era, discarding Jewish and Christian history in Jerusalem altogether.
This is not journalism. This is Palestinian propaganda that has not a shred of fact behind it.
No newspaper should ever publish Mohammed Najib's writings again.
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He is a Palestinian based in Ramallah.
Judging from this article in the Saudi-based Arab News, he has no business pretending to be any kind of journalist. The article is filled with absolute lies and Palestinian propaganda.
Israel has not dug a single tunnel underneath the Temple Mount or under the mosque. All the tunnels that archaeologists have uncovered and excavated are adjacent to the Mount, or stretch hundreds of meters away from it.
The only people who have excavated underneath the Temple Mount since the 19th century have been the Muslims of the Waqf.
They dug out hundreds of tons of debris removed to illegally build the huge underground Marwani Mosque at the site of what was (erroneously) called Solomon's Stables.
It was the biggest archaeological crime of the century.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project has been going through the truckfuls of debris - and found countless Judean artifacts from the times of the First and Second Temples.
One example is this bulla inscribed with the name of a well-known priestly family of First Temple-era Jerusalem, the children of Immer.
They also found the distinctive Herodian tiles from the Second Temple period. So we know Herod built something big there - now what structure could it have possibly been and described in detail by Josephus?
Najib is a liar.
No, they (and visitors like me) visit to be at Judaism's holiest spot - a small fact that Najib doesn't mention to the readers.
UNESCO never condemned the Temple Mount excavations by the waqf - which continued on into the 21st century.
Besides the examples listed above, and the Temple Mount itself which can be seen to have been built and expanded by Jews, here is a photo of the beams on the roof of the Al Aqsa Mosque that were exposed when it collapsed in the 1927 earthquake.
The beams were removed and, decades later, examined with carbon-14 dating. Some date from the Second Temple and even First Temple periods, and they are cedar and cypress from Lebanon - used in the Temples and repurposed for a Byzantine church on the site and later for Al Aqsa.
This is serious evidence of a major 3,000 year old structure on the Temple Mount. If there is a serious theory that these belong to another ancient building, let's hear it. Especially since the stones of the retaining wall itself show clearly that they were built in different time periods corresponding to the known building and extensions of the Mount.
On the contrary: Israeli archaeologists have not only preserved Muslim buildings and artifacts - there are plenty in the Israel Museum which gives them as much prominence as the Christian and Jewish objects - but the only reason we know there was an Umayyad palace south of the Temple Mount is because Israelis discovered it and preserved it.
Notice how Najib defines "all periods" as only the Muslim era, discarding Jewish and Christian history in Jerusalem altogether.
This is not journalism. This is Palestinian propaganda that has not a shred of fact behind it.
No newspaper should ever publish Mohammed Najib's writings again.
Arab News parrots Palestinian lies about the Temple Mount. Lying reporter has written for major news media.
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Part 1
Yesterday, I tweeted my post about the hypocrisy about how the media and NGOs ignore the deliberate murder of a Gaza child by his stepmother while dozens of articles were written about Israel's accidental killing of a similar child.
One of the responses was most illuminating, but not in the way that the tweeter intended.
The surest way to know I've hit a nerve with the anti-Israel crowd is when they respond with anti-Israel tweets that have nothing to do with the original tweet. They are so incensed that anyone could give a perspective on the conflict that doesn't make Israel into an ogre that they want to ensure that their lying narrative of unrelenting Israeli evil overwhelms any other perspective.
In this case the tweeter clearly didn't even read the Haaretz article he was referring to. It is a very interesting account about how many Nazis were employed by everyone after the war - the US, England, the Soviets, and a significant number made their way to Syria and Egypt to continue their unfinished war against Jews. One who was expelled from Syria was then convinced to give the Mossad intelligence about Syria, intel that would save the lives of Jews. Another was recruited to help Israel hurt Egyptian plans for rockets that would be used against Jews in Israel. In that case, the ex-Nazi asked to be immune from any future Israeli reprisals for his activity during the war, and the Mossad refused to give that to him.
At any rate, one recruits spies from one's enemies. That's how spycraft works.
(The article also shows how the same Mossad that sometimes decided that an ex-Nazi might help save Jewish lives also went after Nazis, sending letter bombs in attempted assassinations, for example. )
What do you call it when Jews are expected to adhere to imaginary moral standards that the rest of the world is not expected to? Yes, that is antisemitism. Of course, so is any claim that Israel has nothing to do with Jews - no one can disagree that a Hebrew speaking state with a Jewish majority on the historic land of the Jews has something to do with Jews.
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Yesterday, I tweeted my post about the hypocrisy about how the media and NGOs ignore the deliberate murder of a Gaza child by his stepmother while dozens of articles were written about Israel's accidental killing of a similar child.
One of the responses was most illuminating, but not in the way that the tweeter intended.
The surest way to know I've hit a nerve with the anti-Israel crowd is when they respond with anti-Israel tweets that have nothing to do with the original tweet. They are so incensed that anyone could give a perspective on the conflict that doesn't make Israel into an ogre that they want to ensure that their lying narrative of unrelenting Israeli evil overwhelms any other perspective.
In this case the tweeter clearly didn't even read the Haaretz article he was referring to. It is a very interesting account about how many Nazis were employed by everyone after the war - the US, England, the Soviets, and a significant number made their way to Syria and Egypt to continue their unfinished war against Jews. One who was expelled from Syria was then convinced to give the Mossad intelligence about Syria, intel that would save the lives of Jews. Another was recruited to help Israel hurt Egyptian plans for rockets that would be used against Jews in Israel. In that case, the ex-Nazi asked to be immune from any future Israeli reprisals for his activity during the war, and the Mossad refused to give that to him.
At any rate, one recruits spies from one's enemies. That's how spycraft works.
(The article also shows how the same Mossad that sometimes decided that an ex-Nazi might help save Jewish lives also went after Nazis, sending letter bombs in attempted assassinations, for example. )
What do you call it when Jews are expected to adhere to imaginary moral standards that the rest of the world is not expected to? Yes, that is antisemitism. Of course, so is any claim that Israel has nothing to do with Jews - no one can disagree that a Hebrew speaking state with a Jewish majority on the historic land of the Jews has something to do with Jews.
A Florida history professor outs himself as incompetent about history - and as an antisemite
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