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In reply to the discussion: You Deserve to be Offended [View all]Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)66. I don't understand.
How does the act of sharing this site "increase inequality?" I don't see how Muslims are harmed by allowing Jews to peacefully pray at a site that both religions regard as holy. It seems like you're insinuating that the inequities faced by devout Muslims in Jerusalem could be offset by imposing discriminatory policies on religious Jews.
The problem is that Jerusalem is being Judaized and the Arab population is being pushed around.
I also find this statement to be troubling, and even sort of bizarre. Jerusalem has always been a Jewish city. In fact, it is the quintessential Jewish city. It would be impossible to overstate the role it has played in both Jewish history and religion. The Temple Mount is not just the holiest site in Judaism, but has become increasingly significant since 1948, after Jordan's occupation of East Jerusalem, and the subsequent destruction of most of the area's ancient synagogues and Jewish historical sites. (The gravestones from the 3,000 year old Mount of Olives were repurposed to build latrines, for example.)
Can building a new synagogue on a site where an ancient one was once illegally razed really be considered "Judaizing?"
Are Jewish Israelis who live in the Jewish Quarter in EJ really "illegal colonists?" Can you colonize your own homeland?
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Israel, and it's rampant settler colonist theocrats need to stop terrorizing the Palestinians
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2015
#2
The poster thinks if he repeats that ridiculousness often enough he will convince himself it's true
King_David
Sep 2015
#7
Unbelievable that someone thinks they have the gravitas to tell Jews or Muslims where they may
King_David
Sep 2015
#36
Unbelievable that someboy thinks that they have the stones to tell others where they can push their
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2015
#50
"I want to pray at the kotel and on the temple mount." So does Yehuda Glick.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2015
#46
Moshe Dayan made the agreement to prevent the conflict from becoming a religious war-it seems the
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#23
Fascinating that you are using the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as your source
oberliner
Sep 2015
#41
How are non-Israeli Jews or Christians terrorizing Palestinians by being at the Mount? n/t
shira
Nov 2015
#59
If the Arabs of East Jerusalem had equal rights, political as well as religious, I would agree with
Little Tich
Sep 2015
#11
Apparently the Wailing Wall has been demoted or something for 48 years we've been told
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#22
yes so holy that many Orthodox Rabbi's say that Jews should not walk on the Haram al Sharif
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#33
again you make my point and that is why Orthodox Rabbi's say it should not be trodden on
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#37
I'm not debating anything I'm telling you what Orthodox Rabbi's say on both sides of the question
azurnoir
Sep 2015
#45
None of that's relevant to the fact it's the Holiest place for Jews, who believe this
King_David
Sep 2015
#48
It's laughable that you have attempted to cloth yourself in the robes of most all-knowing
R. Daneel Olivaw
Sep 2015
#52
The chutzpah of anyone on the outside to tell Jews or Muslims where they may or may not pray .
King_David
Sep 2015
#35