Monday, June 23, 2008
Sarkozy Too Cozy With Division of Jerusalem
In the news today, France's leader spoke out in a healthy and tough stand against Iran, and just in case we would start to think him too wise beyond his years, in the interests of even-handedness he also made a foolish statement so he could remain on par with many other world leaders. Sarkozy said that:
"There can be no peace without recognising Jerusalem as the capital of two states and the guarantee of freedom of access to the holy places for all religions," (AFP)
First of all, this statement of Sarkozy shows ignorance of the strife between PA goals for Jerusalem, and Israeli goals for Jerusalem. The destruction of Joseph's tomb, and countless other offenses, prove that the PA is untrustworthy to share secular control over religious institutions. Only Israeli control can guarantee freedom of religion for non-Muslims. Sarkozy's first statement on Jerusalem, of shared political centers, contradicts his second statement on Jerusalem, that there should be freedom of religion in the holy city.
Secondly, the Sarkozy statement seems something of a paraphrase of a quote from Isaiah, but misses the intent of God's statement entirely...
"And the children of foreign lands who join themselves to the Lord to serve Him and to love the Name of the Lord, to become his servants unto Him... I will bring them to My holy mountain, and I will gladden them in My house of prayer... for my House will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. The word of my Lord, God, Who gathers in the dispersed of Israel: I shall gather to him even more than those already gathered to him." (Isaiah 56.6-8)
The prophecy implies both the facts of today and of recent history, that Israel must be in possession of "The House" and only then can it be a house of prayer for all.
Not only Jewish freedom of religion depends on it.
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In 1947, the UN mandate gave control of Jerusalem to the Israelis. The Arabs wanted no part of Jerusalem. They just wanted the Jews out of the middle east. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem aided by his Nazi advisers, told the Palestinians to leave Israel, the Arabs would kill all the Jews and give their land to the Palestinians. Hoever, the Arabs lost most of the the war. Jordan took the old city by force. The Jordanians are Palestinians also. They and all of their Arab bretherin kept their people in camps and still do now. The Arabs also destroyed Jewish and Christian holy sites. In 1967, Israel took back the old city and Jerusalem by force. They respected all holy sites. The Arabs only want Jerusalem because the Jews have it.
If not for the Israelis fighting for their lives for so many years, the territory would be a goat pasture.
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