What I think about it....
Sunday Oct 25, 2009
What I think about it....:
Current tensions over the Temple Mount are Arab provocations
Friendly Greetings, Family, Most of the tricks our Arab cousins use, or attempt to use against Jews aren't nearly as clever as they believe them to be, especially after they haul out the same violent rhetoric (and it's always violent, isn't it?) as they are doing during this current flack over "coming to protect the Mount" nonsense.
The first time, I sat in disbelief which turned to cold anger when later those famous wheelbarrows filled with large chunks of rock and pavement turned up hidden in several places on the Temple Mount. These were not the pebbles thrown by children, but were deadly weapons, intended to maim, and possibly (hopefully?) kill the innocent. And for what? I read on J-Post that the same calls have gone out, calling the same Palestinian (for lack of a more accurate term) thugs to gather again in the name of murder. Death Dogs.
It's obviously (to me) meant to be a trap set to lure our younger, harder-headed Jewish men to their harm or death. Were I present, and younger (and therefor more able to get out of the way of falling debris) I would no doubt be, by this time, "feeling called out" and ready to charge up the Mount for Zion, if for no additional reason than to express my frustration with these Arab muck-raisers and the lies they dispense with such ease and vitriol. Lucky for me, that's not the way it is -- for me. Because I can still feel those emotions, I can understand what the younger Jews of Jerusalem must be feeling right now. There is never a break, is there?
And yet, the other side complains that these things are happening more often. Well, sure they are -- they are behind these things happening in the first place. They'd know, right? We're not supposed to be smart enough to see it for what it is. We are to be ruled by our emotions and not by our heads. But, you see, this is where the Arabs misunderstand us the most; we are far more intelligent, better educated, better bred and more capable of rational thought coupled with practical action on our part than they, and it's an historical fact. King David was a successful warrior who could make a doosey of a mistake when he made one, but was still one of the most brilliant men of his day.
Abraham, Issac, Jacob (please forgive the common, anglicized spellings) King Solomon and Moses; their blood flows in our veins, their DNA is in ours, today. We got the smarts; the Arabs got the lack of imagination, apparently. Had Ishmael been wise enough to treat his half-brother with respect, perhaps none of this would be happening today, it goes back that far. Each time they stoop lower, we grow stronger and stand higher in stature as a people. As they express their growing desperation for battle, we stand back yet a bit farther observing, considering, and in the end, winning another battle -- a battle of wills.
For this reason, I feel hopeful that at some future date, we, the Jewish citizens of the Jewish State of Israel will win, not just the battles, but the war. I feel it's a little sad that so many Rabbi's have felt the need to become vocal about the Halactic implications of entering the Temple Mount, and appear less confident that the Jewish men, and women, of Jerusalem will be intelligent and reserved enough not to be drawn into a transparent attempt to ignite another intifada.
I dearly love our religious, and appreciate -so much- their ongoing commitment to keep the Jewish people aware of what being Jewish really means and reminding us what is expected by Hashem. Can we continue making the same mistakes our forbearers did and expect to continue to live free in the most beautiful and holy place in the world? We've been here before, after all, and we know what can happen. That said, I wish those Rabbi's would quiet down a little about who (meaning all of us) should avoid the Temple Mount, when (after some purification ritual) we should be able to visit our birthright (and pray there) as we see fit.
It may just come down to: the only way to end this constant rioting over the Mount would be to bite that bullet and take control over it back unto Israel where it belongs. That would be my pre-condition for peace talks with Hamas and the PA. We can't very well get that Temple built the way things are, and time, as-they-say, is a-wastin'.
Thanks.
Shalom!
DALevit
