By Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison, AMERICAN THINKER
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Representatives of Fatah, the core group of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), was listed for decades as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department. Those heirs of Yasser Arafat, may promise, in English, to stop inciting their people against Israel. But those promises are never kept. Schoolchildren in the PLO-dominated areas of the West Bank are routinely taught — in Arabic — to become “martyrs.” They are encouraged to dress up as suicide bombers. What a hideous thought. What a horrible thing to teach children. It reminds us of the mournful statement of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir: “We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for making us kill their children.”
The State Department has never explained why the PLO was taken off the list of terrorist groups. Nor has the State Department informed us why, if we have been fighting terrorism around the world for a decade and more, it makes sense to create another “state,” another voting member of the UN whose only political expression has been terrorism.
Will cutting up Jerusalem and awarding major portions of this Holy City to the heirs of Yasser Arafat, advance peace? We do not think so.
Islamic militants have attacked all symbols of other religions. On the West Bank in 2000, Islamists attacked the Tomb of Joseph. Why? Because this burial place for the man who saved Egypt from famine reminded people of the Hebrew presence in the Holy Land for thousands of years. In Afghanistan, the Taliban in 2001 destroyed 2,000-year old statues of Buddha. They reduced them to rubble using artillery. In Iraq in 2006, Sunni jihadists bombed the Shiite Golden Mosque — sacred site for this Muslim sect.
For Christians, there is this grim precedent: In 2002, jihadists seized the Church of the Nativity. They held it for weeks, fouling the birthplace of Jesus and holding Christian monks hostage.
“O Little Town of Bethlehem/How Still We See Thee Lie.” Not since the PLO came to town. Those who took over this Christian holy place used the pages of sacred scripture as toilet paper.
Mr. Secretary: Is this the kind of scene you want played out on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried His Holy Cross? Is this what you want to happen to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus’ body lay?
Why should Americans, especially American Christians, support John Kerry’s dangerous plan to carve up Jerusalem? Why should we subsidize his vainglorious quest for his Nobel Prize? Why send yet another secular liberal on a taxpayer-financed Mideast ego trip?
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison are Senior Fellows at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.
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bernard ross Said:
We have millions walking over our [USA] borders.
yamit82 Said:
If the arabs are aware of this jewish mental weakness then there is no need for Iran to nuke Israel. If Iran possesses the bomb they can employ MAD as a deterrent against Israel using its nukes. it is Israels nukes which are the main deterrent against the arabs and if Israel is already known to favor choosing capitulation over nuke use then imagine the threat if Israel is faced with MAD when making the choice for first strike. I am curious as to Israel reaction to millions of arabs walking across the Israeli border, will they shoot them?
yamit82 Said:
I weep!
@ bernard ross:
The hypocritical and arrogant west decries the barbarity of the Taliban and their destruction of Buddhist sign post idols but Americas during our wars in SE Asia destroyed many more including whole Temples and shrines. America and her allies destroyed ancient artifacts and sites dating to ancient Babylon in Iraq.
I have seen no Western tears over those outrages
bernard ross Said:
Not only absurd but criminally stupid and cowardly, describes her best:
Golda Meir, fearful of the American reaction and procrastinating in the face of a Jewish holiday, did not preempt in 1973 when the Egyptian military buildup was unmistakable, though she could have deluded herself about its purpose. Compounding a grave error with a grave crime, Golda sent Jewish reservists to the slaughter, which resulted in 10,000 casualties—instead of employing nuclear weapons. Golda’s fear of world opinion greatly exceeded her concern with Jewish lives.
Don’t understand why Jews don’t understand the Taliban destruction of Buddhist Idols? They are not only prohibited in Islam but also in Judaism. Afghanistan is not a Buddhist country but a devout Muslim one. Christians destroyed Mosques and Synagogues when they could and built over them Churches and Muslims do the same thing. There are around the world plenty of Buddhist idols so a few less won’t be missed certainly not in Islamic Afghanistan.
an absurd statement, it should be the reverse.
Put the blame where it belongs. On Obama, our democratically elected dictator. We wonder why after an election a dictator assumes office in an Arab country when it has happened here twice.
Somehow, I clicked on “like” this article. But the truth is that I do not like the article. I think that it is very superficial, and that the questions that Morrison and Blackwell have posed will not bring in the answers. Instead, they should have expounded on the dangers to Jews, Christians, and the international community, all of whom have a vested interest in seeing a united Yerushalayim. Anyhow, if they were really familiar with the layout of the city, they would realize either Kerry doesn’t know what he is doing, or if he does, he is not only “vainglorious.” He is evil.
@ Laura:
He is a filthy joke.
John Kerry himself is a joke.
The murder of Jewish Children is unforgivable.