An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Evil On The Mount
While waiting for my coffee pot to do it’s thing, so I could get some caffeine flowing, I happened across an op-ed from a couple of weeks ago in Arutz Sheva. I have to tell you, I’m totally baffled! It’s title caught my eye, and being the nosy person I am, I had to read.
If this is a Jew on the Temple Mount
I’m not sure why it caught my eye, but after reading it, I’m totally perplexed! The Temple Mount, the holiest place on earth for Jews, and they are basically barred from …. well… being Jews there. While in Israel, we saw many beautiful places, but to me, the Wall most beautiful…marred by a structure built by evil. It wasn’t physical beauty, it was a spiritual beauty. Built by Solomon, destroyed by the Babylonians, rebuilt, and destroyed by the Romans, it is more than just the remainder of a once beautiful building. It is a reminder of what happens when people turn away from God.
Jews from around the world, and yes, Christians too, travel to pray there….not to a wall, but to God, who created all. Set in Jerusalem, the CAPITAL (got it Carney?) of the nation of Israel, home to Jews for thousands of years, given by God, they are treated like criminals.
The echo of the Temple Mount crime, which is the fact that it is a crime for a Jew to mention God’s name on the site, should reverberate in the Western world and in the mind of any cultured person, regardless of his religious identity.
In the Jewish world’s most sacred site, the rules, imposed by the Islamic Wakf with the cooperation of the Israeli police, are enforcing racism, anti-Semitism and Stalinism.
Prevented from worshiping by the current head of a religion, made up by a murderous pedophile, who never step foot in Jerusalem? Someone has their priorities totally screwed up!
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be always escorted by two policemen.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be overshadowed by the Islamic officials, who will walk two or three meters away from you, watching your face and hands all the time.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be arrested if you stand still too long.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will not be allowed to carry religious paraphenalia.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will see the site used for soccer, picnics, and cheap tourism.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will not be allowed to nod your head.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, your name will be recorded in a notebook or in the “List of Suspects”.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will realize that another people has become the masters of the most sacred Jewish jewel.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be filmed.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, your religious books will be taken into custody.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be arrested if you move your lips in prayer.
If you are a Jew on theTemple Mount, you will be arrested if you say the Shema, which resounded even in the gas chambers.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, your basic rights will be trumped.
If you are a Jew on theTemple Mount, your body will be searched.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will see that everything Jewish has been destroyed or camouflaged.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you won’t merit any protest from world Jewish leaders or organizations.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will wait 30 minutes in the blazing sun, until the Sanctuary is “jüdenrein”.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be arrested if you remove a paper from your pocket and read it.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will feel like a “luftemensch”, an “air person” not rooted in the land.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you may be wisked away in handcuffs and treated like a criminal in front of bewildered tourists.
If you are a Jew on the Temple Mount, you will be arrested even if if you close your eyes.
Does no one see a major problem here? It would be like a Catholic forbidden to pray at the Vatican! This is truly an outrage! This is the place where Jesus was presented as a child, taught and prayed. It is part of our Christian heritage too. The Jews are being denied their heritage, and to me, that reeks of evil. When will people stand up and say “NO MORE”? Kowtowing to evil? I don’t flippin’ think so! We must stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters!
