The same ole terrorists are going nuts over Israel again due to Israel’s decision to spend NIS 400 million ($106 million) to preserve 150 heritage sites across Israel, including the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem.
Mahmoud Abbas — Chief Cook and Holocaust Denier of the confused people who call themselves by a name they can’t pronounce (“The Balestinian Beeble”) — is threatening a new religious war against Israel. Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) is calling for another intifada. Abu Ahmed (Islamic Jihad) is being slightly more explicit in his description of the “new rules” of their same old terrorist games:
…in the next six months, the rules of the games are expected to change and the attacks will not only be against the settlers in the West Bank, but also within the entity, as we are aware of the fact that the soft underbelly and the biggest pain are when the attacks take place deep inside the enemy’s territory.
First of all, nearly all of the suicide bombings and most of the 10,000 rockets fired since the Oslo Accords have been aimed at Jewish civilians inside the green line. The Arab world has been threatening to either push the Jews into the sea or to turn Israel’s streets red with Jewish blood for decades and decades. There’s nothing new here — no change in the rules of the games.
These terror groups never stopped the suicide bombings as a matter of choice. Israel stopped them with nightly IDF raids against terrorists and the security fence.
Mahmoud Abbas is calling on his “inner Arafat” in directing his threats at Israel in the context of demanding help from the international community for peace talks he’s refusing to hold:
“We expect the European Union to play an active role, which will complement the American role. Any delay will lead to a termination of the peace options and will send the region into a new swirl of violence.”
Israel’s response to Mahmoud Abbas and the other terror leaders:
The Prime Minister’s Office responded Tuesday to the Palestinians’ war and intifada threats following the decision to include Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs in the list of Israel’s heritage sites slated to be renovated and preserved.
According to Nir Hefetz, head of the National Information Directorate, “This is a false and hypocritical campaign. The State of Israel is committed to the freedom of worship of all religions in all holy sites, and this is what is it doing in practice.”
According to Hefetz, “Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs are burial sites of Israel’s forefathers dating back more than 3,500 years. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the nation’s foremothers – Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel – and are definitely worthy of preservation and renovation.”
Hefetz added that “these days, the re-maintenance of the entrance plaza and the way leading to the Muslim’s prayer hall in the Cave of the Patriarchs is being completed. Israel will work in a similar way to maintain the site used by Jews arriving at the Cave of the Patriarchs.”
Mahmoud Abbas has a better tailor than Yassir Arafat, but he’s still Arafat’s second in command. He’s still a terrorist with a PhD in Holocaust Denial.
What Israel really needs to do is to add Joseph’s Tomb to the list of heritage sites and restore it:
In the early days of the al-Aqsa Intifada, on the morning of October 7, 2000, Israel withdrew the small contingent of IDF border policemen who had been guarding the site of the Tomb of the Patriarch Joseph and its Yeshiva. The holy site was located in Shechem in Samaria, the town the Arabs call “Nablus”. Over the preceeding days, the Tomb had been attacked with gunfire, stones, and firebombs. The IDF defenders in the compound withstood the attacks and stopped several attempts by armed Palestinians to break in. An IDF border policemen was wounded, and the heavy rioting prevented his evacuation for treatment in time to save his life.
In order to prevent further loss of life and to lower tensions in the area, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak authorized the temporary evacuation of the site, based on the agreement of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to safeguard the location, in accordance with their obligations under the Oslo Accords to protect holy sites, Jewish and Christian, and ensure access by all. The PA also pledged to prevent any vandalism and to return the Tomb to its original state after the violence settled down.
The PA pledge was brazenly violated about two hours after the Israeli evacuation, when a Palestinian Arab mob entered the Tomb compound and began to systematically destroy everything in sight, including all remnants of the Yeshiva. The furniture and books that were left behind were burned by the mob. The Palestinian police stood by, failing to prevent any of these violent activities, despite their committment to guard the Tomb. Within hours, Joseph’s Tomb was reduced to a smoldering heap of rubble. Within two days, as an Associated Press dispatch reported, “the dome of the tomb was painted green and bulldozers were seen clearing the surrounding area,” as the Palestinian Arabs sought to transform the biblical Joseph’s resting place into a Moslem holy site.
Israel’s Cabinet Decision to include the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb in the list of heritage sites across Israel won in a unanimous vote. They’re saying that it won’t be overturned.
Good!
Please make plans to build the Third Temple while you’re at it!
