Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Is it possible for a whole people to be paranoid?
"But we feel the Israelis are trying to entrap us by leaving these places intact and then tell the world 'look, the Palestinians are destroying Jewish holy places, the Palestinians show no respect for Jewish holy places," PA Foreign Ministry official Abdullah Abudllah told aljazeera.net.
The reason for this statement is the Israeli Supreme Court decided that the synagoges in Gaza were not to be torn down. The court ordered Sharon to "determine whether there is room" to formally appeal to the Palestinian Authority with a request that it safeguards the synagogues in Gush Katif after the final withdrawal of the Israeli occupation.
"We are willing and ready to help the Israeli government and army dismantle these places respectfully and with dignity." Abudllah was further quoted as saying. "According to our Sharia (halacha), it is prohibited to destroy a synagogue under any circumstances. I know that Muslims and Jews worship the same God, hence, I suggest that instead of demolishing these place, they be converted into mosques," said Froman.
First off the first quotes strikes me as being very paranoid. The third quote bothers me, mainly I think because the Palestinians generally don't seem to live up to things that they say they are going to do. I found the fact that the Israeli Supreme Court ordered that the buildings not be torn down to be the opposite of what I would have expected based on other decisions this judicial body has made.
The thought I found funniest in article was stated by Rabbi Menachem Froman, Rabbi of the settlement of Tkeou "According to our Sharia (halacha), it is prohibited to destroy a synagogue under any circumstances. I know that Muslims and Jews worship the same God, hence, I suggest that instead of demolishing these place, they be converted into mosques."
Note this article is from the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Earlier, Muslim officials warned that Israel might want to deliberately leave the synagogues intact so that Palestinians would demolish them in order to justify possible future attacks on or destruction of Muslim holy places, such as Jerusalem's Aqsa Mosque. I felt that this was a final note that needed to be added to address the central question of this post. The Radical Jewish nutjobs who have ineptly planned the destruction of the Al-Aqsa complex are just that, radicals nutjobs. The simple fact that Israel has controlled the territory since the 1967 war and has not damaged the complex should be proof-positive that there is no 'plan' to destroy the complex by the government.
The reason for this statement is the Israeli Supreme Court decided that the synagoges in Gaza were not to be torn down. The court ordered Sharon to "determine whether there is room" to formally appeal to the Palestinian Authority with a request that it safeguards the synagogues in Gush Katif after the final withdrawal of the Israeli occupation.
"We are willing and ready to help the Israeli government and army dismantle these places respectfully and with dignity." Abudllah was further quoted as saying. "According to our Sharia (halacha), it is prohibited to destroy a synagogue under any circumstances. I know that Muslims and Jews worship the same God, hence, I suggest that instead of demolishing these place, they be converted into mosques," said Froman.
First off the first quotes strikes me as being very paranoid. The third quote bothers me, mainly I think because the Palestinians generally don't seem to live up to things that they say they are going to do. I found the fact that the Israeli Supreme Court ordered that the buildings not be torn down to be the opposite of what I would have expected based on other decisions this judicial body has made.
The thought I found funniest in article was stated by Rabbi Menachem Froman, Rabbi of the settlement of Tkeou "According to our Sharia (halacha), it is prohibited to destroy a synagogue under any circumstances. I know that Muslims and Jews worship the same God, hence, I suggest that instead of demolishing these place, they be converted into mosques."
Note this article is from the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Earlier, Muslim officials warned that Israel might want to deliberately leave the synagogues intact so that Palestinians would demolish them in order to justify possible future attacks on or destruction of Muslim holy places, such as Jerusalem's Aqsa Mosque. I felt that this was a final note that needed to be added to address the central question of this post. The Radical Jewish nutjobs who have ineptly planned the destruction of the Al-Aqsa complex are just that, radicals nutjobs. The simple fact that Israel has controlled the territory since the 1967 war and has not damaged the complex should be proof-positive that there is no 'plan' to destroy the complex by the government.
// posted by Little Wolf @ Tuesday, September 06, 2005 
