Today marks the forty-second anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem. During the years when the Western Wall and the Temple Mount were in Muslim hands, Jews were barred from access, and the Hashemite authorities made the wall a public urinal. Christians were prevented from visiting their sacred places in the Holy City. And what had been the old Jewish Quarter was rigorously cleared of a Jewish taste, just as rigorously as the Arabs had ethnically cleansed Jews from much of the West Bank, and most of the Arab World.
SOME THOUGHTS
The Israelis decided to permit each community access to the holy sites. Morally this was the right choice, but strategically and historically it may have been an error. There has been no Arab reciprocation. And much like in 1929, 1948, 1967, and 1973, the Arabs still insist that they will cleanse the map by blood. First the Holy Land. Then the rest of the world.
Yes, I know that there are peace treaties with Jordan and Egypt. These do not really amount to much. Jordan is in a tight spot, and has few resources. Egypt was drained, and is dependent on the United States as much as they were previously dependent upon the Soviets. Subsidies by Washington are the basis for both peace treaties. Neither Egypt nor Jordan can survive without American funds.
It is to the advantage of the United States to keep paying Danegeld to these two Arab states - at least, while there is oil to be had, and the Arab world still has geopolitical importance. Once the oil is gone, the Arab world will likely revert to brutish backwater, and neither the US nor the rest of the world will pay them scant further attention. In the years since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, we have been exposed well enough to the Arabs that we no longer much care for them, the Romantic image we had of them since Lawrence has been replaced by photo reportages showing howling savagery, brutal internecine slaughter, and beheadings. Oh, and exploding passenger aircraft - can't forget that, as those pictures are truly iconic and represent some Arab aspirations perhaps better than any other pictures.
I like the Dome of the Rock. It is a truly splendid example of Muslim architecture, and a monumental historic and artistic treasure. It is part of the world's heritage, and must be preserved. Which is why I hope that no inch, no stone, no pebble or grain of sand of Jerusalem EVER returns to Muslim rule.
Because if it does, if any part of so-called Eastern Jerusalem is ever given back to those people, I and others like me will advocate blowing the Mosque of Omar to smithereens before hand. Jerusalem never belonged to the Arabs. They were brutal conquerors and carpetbaggers no less than the crusaders. No part of Jerusalem is theirs. And no part of Jerusalem should ever be theirs again.
They can have Bethlehem - I'm sure most contemporary Christians won't mind.
Yawm Yerushalayim mubarak, y'all.
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ADDENDUM
For a clearer picture of my opinions, please see these older posts:
IN THE BEGINNING - THE ARAB VERSION
JERUSALEM MUST NOT BE DIVIDED
ARABS IN HEBRON
If you are an Arab or a European, you may not like what you read here. For which I am truly sorry.
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6 comments:
we did somethind at nhl school, it was remarkably stupid and boring (not because it was educational) (atleast for me).
I doubt that the negotiating will hang-up on the point of an Arab section of Jerusalem as the capitol of Palestine. That's because I believe negotiations will never get past (a) Israel as a Jewish State and (b) no right of return. Jerusalem, I think is Point (c) but we'll never get there because the Arabs will walk out beforehand. Ummm... don't let the door hit you in the ass, Mahmoud.
Bob
BOTH: I love you blog! :)
I like the Dome of the Rock. It is a truly splendid example of Muslim architecture, and a monumental historic and artistic treasure. It is part of the world's heritage, and must be preserved. Which is why I hope that no inch, no stone, no pebble or grain of sand of Jerusalem EVER returns to Muslim rule.Simply Classic!
Like infantile crybabies, they are. No interest whatsoever in Jerusalem until he realizes that it belongs to his older brother. Sharing will just not do. All mine, he wails! I don't like my toys. And if I can't have it all, neither can you. Wah! He's torturing me, mommy! Sniff.
Its rather revealing that the Palestinians seem to think that 19 years of illegal occupation by an Arab country, Jordan, somehow transforms the ancient capitol of the Jewish people forever into "Palestinian land." In essence, once its been ethnically cleansed of all Jews, by Moslems, its to stay that way for all time. The arrogance inherent in this line of supremicist thinking is best seen when to comes to the now Arab neighborhood of Silwan in Jerusalem, part of which may soon be made into an archeological park. The Arab residents are complaining that its "ethnic cleansing", and that they've lived there for generations.....at least the generations since 1936,when the Yemenite neighborhood of Silwan, established in 1882, was truly ethnically cleansed during the Arab Riots. Its even possible that it is the descendants of the ethnic cleansers themselves that are living in those Yemenite homes today.
Excellent en Sterk!
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