The
Palestinian Authority recently condemned Israel for allowing Jews to
“worship” near the Davidson Complex, in the vicinity of the
Temple Mount. Denouncing the Jerusalem District Court decision, to
allow Temple Mount Activists to re-enact the bringing of the Korban
Pesach – Passover Offering – near the Temple Mount, the holiest
site in Judaism, the Palestinian Authority called the re-enactment a
“dangerous precedent.”
Also,
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, conflating previously
planned Land Day protests with the Korban Pesach ceremony said
recently, “We will not recognize the court’s decision because it
has no right to discuss this subject. The decision harms and provokes
the faithful, especially as this Friday marks Land Day.”
Mohammad
Momani, Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs, also condemned
the Israeli decision to allow the re-enactment. Momani demanded that
Israel stop all actions that offend Muslims worldwide and fuel
religious conflict and extremism in the region.
Similarly,
in a statement
published last Pesach,
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Palestinian Authority Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem, said that if Jews
‘’...hold Pesach (Passover), religious ceremonies on the Temple
Mount...and continue attacks against the Muslim and Palestinian holy
sites...it will turn the entire region into a ticking time bomb and
cause a religious war, who’s results
cannot be fathomed.”
Basically,
he threatened war if Jews tried to fulfill their religious
commitments. And, Temple Mount activists did re-enact the Passover
Offering, again this year, as they do every year. About
1,500 people participated, the
most ever, including Rabbi
Aryeh Stern, the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem as well as Yehudah Glick, a
Likud MK.
In
fact, every
red-blooded, living, committed Jew desires the return of the Bet
HaMikdash – the
Holy Temple, the House of God – on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
But even before that, Korban Pesach, the Passover Offering, can be
brought. There are no halachic – Jewish Law – problems, to
prevent it from being carried out properly. Every year at
the Passover Seder –
as a reminder of Korban Pesach
– we substitute the Afikoman at
the end.
But
we could be doing the real thing, what God commanded Jews to do in
the Torah!
Quiz
time: What do 1948, 1967, 1973, in fact every situation of total war
where the modern State of Israel was fully committed to victory, have
in common? The God of Israel gave victory to the Jewish people.“HaShem Ish Milchama...’’ God is the Lord of War (Exodus 15:3). This was sung by the Jewish people on the seventh day of Passover, after they crossed the sea, and after the God of Israel drowned the Egyptian Army in that sea.
Why
do I remind you of this? Because
I
find it a joke, when
Arabs,
Muslims, Palestinians, ISIS,
Iranians, etc.
regularly threaten a religious war, as if that isn’t what’s been
going on already, since the beginning of Zionism, Kibbutz Galiyot –
the prophesied return of the Jewish people to the Land of their
forefathers, the Land of Israel – and with all of Israel’s wars.
Interestingly,
there is a similarity between Korban Pesach and Israel’s redemptive
process unfolding before our eyes today.
The
Passover Offering, unlike all other Korbanot – offerings – can be
brought even if the majority of the nation is Tamei – Ritually
Impure. So too, Israel’s Redemption comes whether the Jewish People
are religiously observant or not. See
Talmud Sanhedrin
97b, where Rabbi Yehoshua insists that “even if Am Yisrael does not
do Teshuva
–
repentance – they
will be redeemed.” So, God has His own plan...
Whether
Jews
of little belief understand it or not, every stabbing, every
shooting, every act of terror and war by Arabs and Muslims against
Jews, is a part of a long religious war taking place. That’s
how they understand it.
Well,
let me tell you, there are Jews who understand this too!
AND,
YOU
DON’T SCARE US WITH YOUR THREATS!
“...A religious war, who’s results cannot be fathomed,” Hussein quipped. Well, we know what the results will be, just like every other war against the State of Israel, victory for the Jewish people again. See Talmud Megillah 17b, “The beginning of redemption comes through wars.”
“HaShem Ish Milchama...’’ The God of Israel is a Warrior, the Lord is his name (Exodus 15:3).
This
is the same Sheikh Hussein, who declared back in August 2016, that
the entire city of Jerusalem belongs to Islam and the Arabs, and must
be defended against the Jews. Hussein asserted then
that “each floor of the holy city, every remnant of the city, and
every centimeter, attest to the fact that it is an Arab and Islamic
city, whose roots lie deep in history and culture.”
So,
we’re familiar with his constant
rewriting
of history, lies and incitement to violence. Other PA leaders from
Abbas on down, have mouthed these lies also, even
claiming
ridiculously,
to
be Canaanites or Philistines.
But, everyone in the world knows Jerusalem is the capital of the
Jewish people, whether they like to admit it or not. America,
to their credit, recently admitted it.
What
prompted this outburst of the mufti last
year?
The mere attempt to re-enact Korban Pesach – not even the real
thing
– by
the Temple Institute and other Temple Mount organizations, near, but
not
on, the Temple mount in Jerusalem.
Maybe
we should be bringing the real Passover Offering on
the Temple Mount,
instead of just re-enacting it nearby?
As
thieves and occupiers
of someone else’s inheritance, the so-called Palestinians,
rightfully fear the process of history unfolding in our days. Their
Islamic lies, their claim of God’s rejection of the Jewish people,
are regularly being proven false, by
the ongoing redemptive process of Israel, taking place today.
The
Korban Pesach, I might add, represents complete faith in the God of
Israel and his redemptive process and total rejection of any fear of
the gentile. In
Egypt,
sheep were worshiped, yet the Children of Israel were commanded by
God, to
tie
up sheep in a publicly visible way, so that the Egyptians could see
what was happening to their “god.” Then later to
sacrifice and
roast the
sheep,
for the first Pesach Seder, to show the complete impotence of the
Egyptian god. The next day, the Jews left Egypt in broad daylight,
heads held high, so
that the whole world could see Israel’s redemption.
The
Egyptians could do nothing to stop them.
The
same is true today, of the current redemptive process taking place;
the Arabs, the Muslims, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the EU, the UN, no
one can stop it. Rewriting history, lies, terror, war or threats of
war, will not stop the forward march of the Jewish people toward
their destiny.The God of Israel, wants all his creatures to live in peace, and create a world of good, but not at any cost, evil and lies must be vanquished first.
“HaShem Ish Milchama...’’ God is the Master of War (Exodus 15:3).
Happy Passover!
Ariel Natan Pasko, an independent analyst and consultant, has a Master's Degree specializing in International Relations, Political Economy & Policy Analysis. His articles appear regularly on numerous news/views and think-tank websites and in newspapers. His latest articles can also be read on his archive: The Think Tank by Ariel Natan Pasko
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