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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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