In a watershed event in Israeli politics, Uri Lupolyansky ignored the anti-racist laws and spoke about the Arab demographical problem. Israeli politicians traditionally refrain from discussing the problem of the impending Arab majority because of its “racist” overtones. Israel enacted anti-racist laws to ban Rabbi Meir Kahane from the Knesset.
Mayor Lupolyanski nominally complied with the law by talking of the impending Hamas rather than Arab control over Jerusalem. Hamas is not present in Jerusalem, and the mayor’s reference to Hamas is a thinly veiled mention of Arabs generally.
Mayor Lupoliansky didn’t name the two main reasons for the Jews to stay out of Jerusalem: poor security (suicide bombers easily operate in the city full of Arabs) and ideological failure (Israel prohibits the Jews to pray at the Temple Mount to avoid provoking Arabs. Muslim shrines humiliatingly dominate the Temple Mount).
Arabs have more than doubled their presence in Jerusalem since Israel re-took the city in 1967. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other Muslim countries and Western charities finance Arab purchases of Jerusalem apartments from Jews. When Arabs move in, Jewish residents move out, abandoning apartment houses to Arabs.
Olmert promised $1.5 billion to foster the Jewish presence in Jerusalem. Israeli Left hunts Olmert because of his recent overtures with the right Jews. Olmert was historically a right-winger and voted against the return of Sinai to Egypt in 1978.
US, Germany, France, other EU members refused to take part in the Knesset ceremony celebrating 40 years of the Jews’ re-taking Jerusalem from Arabs. During its rule over Jerusalem, Jordan razed Jewish Quarter, including synagogues and historical buildings, and banned the Jews from the holy places. Ultra-Orthodox mayor Lupolyanski scolded both the foreign envoys and the Israeli government which tolerates such insults to its national identity. Lupolyanski adopted right rhetoric to counter Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian demagogue billionaire who aims at becoming a mayor of Jerusalem.
Israeli public opinion shifts to the right. 84% of Jews in Israel don’t believe peace with Palestinian Arabs is possible and majority supports holding on to the Gush Etzion settlements (Institute for Israeli Studies).
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Jews wake up!
You don’t need to be “Ultra-Orthodox” in order to see that there is plenty of place for Arabs to be among Arabs, to practice their religion and make pilgrimages to holy places.
Of course Arabs would like to have more, everybody wants more, that’s human nature. Jews have only Israel and Jerusalem. They are naïve to think that they can have “friendly” relations with the Arabs.
Arabs will kill and expel Jews and desecrate Jewish holy places, if they aver manage to have the upper hand. It is time for the Jews to stop worrying about the “Arab friendship” and blow up the Mosque on the Temple Mount. This is the only honest statement, everything else is Dhimmitude.
Arabs have Temple Mount, their countries cover territory from Atlantic to Indian oceans, how many of them — half billion of population? Resourses, oil, territory and the Holiest of Holy places
what else do they want from Jews? what do they want?
at every morning prayer akeida is recited:
who’s got Abraham’s blessing, like sand on seashore, like stars in the sky? what do they want ?!
Technically, doing anything to that mosque can have only religious justification, and in terms of religion, it’s a place for G-d’s Temple, the previous one was destroyed by His command, and the next one is to be rebuilt by His word.
I wonder how can anyone claim such an authorization to one’s actions? other than Moshiach