“No war with Islam”…President Reuven Rivlin
Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin has told Israeli TV that “we have no war with Islam”.
President Rivlin’s televised statement:
President Reuven Rivlin Photo: Henry BEnjamin
“Jerusalem has seen many difficult times. I remember, as a child, living under siege. We have seen days of battle, days of Intifada and riots. Today, we are in a difficult struggle, and Jerusalem is faced once again with difficult times. The Arab-Israeli conflict has become a Jewish-Muslim conflict, and unfortunately both parties understand this and yet remain silent.
Let’s be clear. We have no war with Islam. We did not have in the past, and we will not have in the future. We need to make this clear to everyone. Jerusalem should not have to tolerate any religious war. Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel and since 1967, anyone can practice their religion, in accordance with their own conscience and in complete free will.
In the past, during days of tension in the country, peace was kept in Jerusalem out of the understanding that the city is a microcosm of our ability, as Jews and Arabs, to live together, despite national disputes. We always realized, as Israelis and Jews, that we have no quarrel with Islam, and thus avoided turning the Temple Mount into a war of Jews against Muslims. This has yet to happen, but we are in danger of the situation deteriorating.
The Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem are intertwined. We are now in a situation where we all live together. Dividing Jerusalem in an artificial manner will not help. Palestinians who are not Israeli citizens, and Arab citizens of Israel, as well as the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, have to realize that we are all destined to live together in this city.”
Lovely sentiment contradicted by facts and Rivlin’s recognition that the conflict is Jewish-Muslim.
Judaism may not be at war with Islam, but Islam is at war with all religions and even with other mohammedans who do not follow the (war)path of their “prophet”.
You cannot have peace with anyone who is dying to kill you.
Further, as I stated previously, Judaism and Islam are not a peace and should not be at peace. Judaism is the basis of Western humanitarian civilisation while Islam is the quintessential fascist, inward looking, elitist, predatory, fuhrer following ethos of savages.
That not all Muslims are not evil barbarians, does not make their “religion” any more acceptable than Oscar Schindler’s humanity made Nazism anything other than loathsome.