Monday, January 12, 2009

A Thought On Religious Extremism/Fanaticism

Some recent comment-leavers, most but not all anonymous, spew forth on the "Jewish" aspect of Zionism, as if Zionism was a unique element among national liberation movements.

Two quick observations from me:

1.

If so, that is, that the Jewish religious component of Zionism somehow stains our morality and affects the human-value quotient of same (i.e., since we bow to God/Divinity, we feel ourselves superior), why is it that the most orthodox of Jews are in the main neutral, or anti-Zionism, and have never themseves engaged, except for a few exceptions easily explained, in sustained anti-Arab violence?

On the other hand, the most religious of our Pals. are sacrificing themselves, their children and their neighborhoods.

Why?

2. See this below:



In 1927-29, the Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem (did the Chief Rabbi of the Yishuv ever lead a pogrom against Arabs?) stirred up trouble over the Western Wall and on Rosh Hashana 1928 (September), managed to get the Jewish prayers disrupted.

For the next 9 months, until August 1929, the Mufti whipped up his mobs into a religious frenzy about Jews trying to take over the Temple Mount. He then published a claim that he had "proof", the Jews had a picture of the Dome of the Rock with an Israeli flag over it. Well, the scan above was the "proof".

Within a fortnight, 135 Jews were murdered, just over half in Hebron (almost all "religious Jews" who had not involved themselves in "political Zionism").

This was a photoshop precursor since that flag was added on. Just so they could kill Jews. Due to religious motivations.

Sound like today?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

check out this talkback (#57) from this article:

ועדת הבחירות: בל"ד ורע"מ-תע"ל נפסלו
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3654846,00.html

You'll love this. Straight out of the passover Haggada.

ורבי יהודה היה נותן בהם סימנים...
BLOOD בל"ד
, בל"ד - באנגלית דם, כדם היהודים שנשפך לאחר כל פיגוע ותקיפת אזרחים

רע"מ - רעם הקסאמים, הגראדים וחגורות הנפץ בתוך ישראל

תע"ל - "תעל על המתקן גחון, יא חייל ציוני שנוהג על טנק"

ממש כמו עשרת המכות...מזל שהם לא הגיעו ל 10 מנדטים ולא סבלנו 10 חברי כנסת מהם

רבי עקיבא , בני ברק (12.01.09)

YMedad said...

Judi, that flag was added on. It wasn't in the original. It was faked. Fake lot a lot of what you believe in. Too bad. But I won't call you a pig nor a monkey.