Keywords: Temple Mount * Ehud Olmert * Ehud Barak * Roadmap for Peace * Middle East Peace * Mahmoud Abbas *  Quartet Israel * Gaza withdrawal * Palestinian * Palestinian state * Israeli occupation * Israel Temple Mount Arabs

"When Desperation and Weakness Collide"

 

"When Desperation and Weakness Collide"
by Mikael Knighton
Christians Standing with Israel

"The Temple Mount is in our hands." These were the triumphant words spoken via radio by Motta Gur, an Israeli army colonel whose eyes were among the first to see Judaism's holiest site return to Jewish hands as Israeli paratroopers liberated Jerusalem's Old City from Jordanian occupation in 1967. However, the patriotic significance of such words will likely take a hit in the very near future, if PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak (a former Israeli Prime Minister) have their way. Recent reports indicate that Barak is tickling Olmert's ear with a proposal that will lead to the Israeli forfeiture of control over the Temple Mount, which serves as Judaism's holiest site. Said proposal would likely concede management of the Temple Mount to the governments of Egypt, Jordan and the "Palestinian" Authority. Furthermore, the proposal also includes Israel agreeing to withdraw from what would amount to nearly 100% of Judea and Samaria.

He himself no stranger to cowering to Arab pressure (read: southern Lebanon, 2000), Defense Minister Barak has delved even further into a world of nonsensical lunacy by assuming an Israeli forfeiture of the Temple Mount would be more palatable to Israelis if it involved sharing it amongst the PA, Egyptians and Jordanians, as opposed to the PA, alone. You see, Olmert and Barak regard the Egyptians and Jordanians as "moderates". Pardon me, as my knowledge of history may have become a bit hazy, but was it not the Egyptians who infused the Sinai with their troops in 1967 in a provocation that ultimately led to the Six Day War? How "moderate" were the Jordanian snipers, perched atop Saint Anne's Monastery, who were picking off the Israeli citizens of Jerusalem in 1967? Sure, alot can change in 40 years, but given the nature of the "Palestinian" agenda, can we see it has changed to a point where the Jordanians and Egyptians can be trusted? Do they now respect Jewish sovereignty over the Holy Land?

Regarding Barak, make no mistake, this is a man who can hardly be considered a competent authority when it comes to matters concerning Israel's defense and/or national security. After all, it was Barak--at the time himself an Israeli prime minister in search of a backbone--who facilitated the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. In so doing, there was nothing to stand in the way of Hezbullah as they made their way closer to Israel's northern border. Barak's cowardice as Prime Minister was enough to facilitate the second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006. His cowardice as Defense Minister will effectively ensure another is soon to follow.

This is the man who has now been appointed as Defense Minister--the gaurdian of Israel's security. As a leader with a less than stellar track record of keeping Israelis safe, he now insists that Israel must retreat from areas within her own borders to facilitate peace and the creation of a "Palestinian" state. All reports indicate that Prime Minister Olmert likes what he hears.

History has taught them nothing. Gaza circa 2005 taught them nothing. The world caught a vivid glimpse of what happened when the "Palestinians" of Gaza were given their own "state". Fully aware of its vitriolic ideology, they democratically-elected a terrorist organization to lead them.

Such generosity continues to come at the price of Jewish blood. Indeed, their blood is on the hands of murderers who chose to spend eternity in darkness.

However, let us be clear, it is also blood that remains on the hands of those Israeli leaders--past and present--who refuse(d) to recognize the nature of pure evil.

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"When Weakness and Desperation Collide"  is an article written by Christians Standing with Israel founder Mikael Knighton. To read more of his articles, visit his articles pages, Articles by Mikael Knighton.