Palestijnse minister van religie dreigt met oorlog over Jeruzalem

 

PA TV (Fatah), 20 augustus 2010:

 

Speaker: Mahmoud Al-Habbash, PA Minister of Religious Affairs, and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is in the audience.

"Jerusalem is not just a city. Al-Aqsa is not just a mosque. Jerusalem is the key to peace, and Jerusalem can ignite a thousand and one wars. Unless the issue of Jerusalem is solved, so that it returns to its owners; unless Jerusalem will be Palestinian, as it was throughout history, the capital of the Palestinian state and the capital of the Palestinian people, the place which is the object of heartfelt longing and which all Muslims aspire to reach; unless Jerusalem is like that way, there is no peace. There is no peace without Jerusalem. There is no stability without Jerusalem... If Jerusalem is dishonored, if Jerusalem is disgraced, if [Jerusalem] is lost, it may leave the door open to all possibilities of struggle, all possibilities of war. The term 'war' cannot be erased from the lexicon of this region as long as Jerusalem is occupied, as long as Jerusalem is disgraced, as long as the residents of Jerusalem are being targeted. It's not possible; Jerusalem has to return to its owners. And we are its owners."

 

Met andere woorden, de Palestijnen claimen geheel Jeruzalem als Palestijnse stad en ontkennen iedere Joodse binding en geschiedenis in Jeruzalem. Zolang dat het geval is, is vrede inderdaad onmogelijk. Lang voordat er Palestijnen en moslims waren en lang voordat Mohammed met zijn halfpaard bij de Al Aqsa Moskee ten hemel zou zijn gestegen (dit staat overigens niet in de Koran en is later verzonnen om de Arabische claim op Jeruzalem te versterken), woonden er al Joden en bouwden zij de stad. Pas wanneer de Palestijnen dat erkennen kan Israel ook concessies doen en deling van de stad accepteren.

 

RP

 

(Bron: PMW)

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