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| Mordechai Kedar in al-Jazeera about Jerusalem & Islam |
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mkedar@mail.biu.ac.il Dr. Mordechai Kedar of
Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness of
Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over 3000 years.
He also defends the right of Israelis to settle in
Judea and Samaria, the West Bank.
Gil Ronen
"We were here when your forefathers were drinking
wine, burying their daughters alive and
worshipping idols" -- this was just one of Bar
Ilan University political scientist Dr. Mordechai
Kedar's ripostes to questions by an Al Jazeera
interviewer two weeks ago, in an interview that
has received rave reviews from Israel-lovers the
world over for its forcefulness. "They did not
expect me to take the discussion to history and
especially not to religion," Kedar told Israel
National News. But discuss religion he did in the
above video, reminding his interviewer that
Jerusalem was not mentioned even once in the Koran
and saying directly in fluent Arabic that
"Jerusalem is not on the negotiating table," and
that "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, period."
"This was very aggravating" for the Al-Jazeera
interviewer, Kedar explained, "because in the
Islamic view, Islam came into the world to replace
Judaism and Christianity, not to live side by side
with them. And here, all of a sudden, the Jews are
coming from exile and building their state again
and G-d forbid they also regained Jerusalem."
Judaism is thus regaining its meaning, and Islam
is challenged by this, the Bar-Ilan professor
explained. "The mere existence of the State of
Israel and the fact that we are in Jerusalem is
some kind of challenge to the legitimacy of Islam
in their eyes," Kedar explained.
"This is not pro-Israel public relations," Dr.
Kedar told Israel National News. "This is a battle
for the Arab heart, which Israel is apparently
losing because Israel gave up on the main tool
which should have served it, which is an
independent Israeli Zionist satellite channel in
Arabic." Many Arabs, he said, would consider
changing their views if such a channel were
available.
Tags : Mordechai Kedar Jerusalem Judea Samaria settlements |
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