At the UN Interfaith Conference headed by Saudi King Abdullah, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said that Jerusalem is a holy city to two world religions, Islam and Christianity. Like his predecessors, Fayyad is trying to remove Judaism’s connection with the holiest city in the world for Jews.
It is deeply offensive that Fayyad would say such a thing at an interfaith conference. This is supposed to be an event to bring us all together, not for political warfare.
I have said many times, these are the people we are supposed to make peace with? How can we work together when they tell blatant lies to the world and try to de-legitimize our cause? Jews don’t go around saying the Dome of the Rock is not holy to Muslims (even though the history of the claim is very shaky). No one says that Mecca and Medina are not holy to the Muslims. Why do they say that Jerusalem is not holy to us? They were the ones who recently took out archaeological evidence of our history in the Old City. They saw it themselves.
How do you all feel about these statements made by Fayyad? Post it in the comments.
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