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Greenfield: What the War Over Jerusalem is Really About
Sultan Knish ^ | 12/11/17 | Greenfield

Posted on 12/13/2017 3:30:40 AM PST by Louis Foxwell

Monday, December 11, 2017

What the War Over Jerusalem is Really About

Posted by Daniel Greenfield

Hamas has announced that President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has opened the “gates of hell.” Its Muslim Brotherhood parent has declared America an “enemy state.”

The Arab League boss warned that the Jerusalem move “will fuel extremism and result in violence.” The Jordanian Foreign Minister claimed that it would “trigger anger” and “fuel tension.”

“Moderate” Muslim leaders excel at threatening violence on behalf of the “extremists”.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned that recognizing Jerusalem will trigger an Islamic summit and be considered a "blatant attack on the Arab and Islamic nations."

The last time the OIC was this mad, someone drew Mohammed. And wasn’t stoned to death for it.

According to the Saudi ambassador, it will “heighten tensions”. The Deputy Prime Minister of Islamist Turkey called it a “major catastrophe”. And the leader of the largest Muslim country in Europe, France's Emmanuel Macron "expressed concern" that America will “unilaterally recognize Jerusalem."

PLO leaders and minions meanwhile made it quite clear that now the dead peace process is truly dead.

The Palestinian Authority’s boss warned that recognizing Jerusalem will “destroy the peace process”. The PLO’s envoy in D.C. threatened that it would be the “final lethal blow” and “the kiss of death to the two-state solution”. A top PA advisor claimed it “will end any chance of a peace process.”

A day later, the peace process is still as alive and as dead as it ever was.

Since the chance of a peace process is about the same as being hit by lightning while scoring a Royal Flush, that “chance” doesn’t amount to anything. The peace process has been deader than Dracula for ages. And even a PLO terrorist should know that you can’t threaten to kill a dead hostage.

The only kiss of death here came from Arafat.

Peace wasn’t killed though. It was never alive. Because a permanent peace is Islamically impossible.

"The world will pay the price," warned Mahmoud Habash, the Palestinian Authority’s Supreme Sharia judge.

Habash isn’t just the bigwig of Islamic law, he’s also the Islamic adviser to the leader of the Palestinian Authority. And Abbas, the terror organization’s leader, was there when Habash made his remarks.

Previously Habash had declared that the Kotel, the Western Wall of the fallen Temple, the holiest site in Judaism, “can never be for non-Muslims. It cannot be under the sovereignty of non-Muslims.”

While the official warnings from the Palestinian Authority, the Arab League and assorted other Islamic organizations have claimed that recognizing Jerusalem threatens the non-existent peace process, Habash had in the past had made it quite clear that the issue wasn’t land, it was Jihad.

“The struggle over this land is not merely a struggle over a piece of land here or there. Not at all. The struggle has the symbolism of holiness, or blessing. It is a struggle between those whom Allah has chosen for Ribat and those who are trying to mutilate the land of Ribat," Habash had declared.

Ribat means that Israel is a frontier outpost between the territories of Islam and the free world. The Muslim terrorists who call themselves “Palestinians” have, according to the Abbas adviser, been chosen for “Ribat” to stand guard on the Islamic frontier and expand the territories of Islam.

The sense of Ribat is that the Jihadists may not yet be able to win a definitive victory, but must maintain their vigilance for the ultimate goal, which a Hadith defines as performing Ribat “against my enemy and your enemy until he abandons his religion for your religion."

That is what’s at stake here.

It’s not about a “piece of land here or there”, as the PA’s top Sharia judge clarifies, it’s a religious war. And Israel is not just a religious war between Muslims and Jews, but a shifting frontier in the larger war between Islam and the rest of the world. It’s another territory to be conquered on the way to Europe. And Europe is another territory to be conquered on the way to America.

There can be no peace in a religious war. Nor is there anything to negotiate.

“It isn't possible to compromise on or negotiate over Jerusalem,” Habash had said. “In politics there can be compromises here and there... In politics there can be negotiation. However, in matters of religion, faith, values, ethics, and history, there can be no compromises.”

There’s an extremely thin line in Islamic theocracy between politics and religion. But what Habash is really saying is that there might be room to negotiate how many times a week the garbage truck comes to pick up the trash, but not who gives him the orders. Islamic supremacism is non-negotiable.

The Supreme Sharia judge warned Trump that moving the embassy is “a declaration of war on all Muslims.” Why all Muslims? Because the “Palestinians” are a myth. Islamic conquests are collective.

And it’s not as if any of the Muslim leaders disagree.

Why is Jerusalem their business? It’s not empathy for the “Palestinians”. Kuwait ethnically cleansed huge numbers of them. They aren’t treated all that much better in other Arab Muslim countries.

It’s not about them. The Muslim settlers in Israel are just there as “Ribat”. They’re the frontier guard of the Islamic conquest. Much like the Sharia patrols in the No-Go Zones of Europe or the Jihadists in Kashmir, the Rohingya in Burma and all the other Islamic Volksdeutsche variants of occupying colonists.

Sunni may fight Shiite. Muslim countries, tribes and clans may war with each other. But the land they’re fighting over belongs to all of them collectively.

It can never belong to non-Muslims. That is the essence of Islam where conquest is religion.

That’s true of Jerusalem. And of the entire world.

That is what is truly at stake in the war over Jerusalem. When countries refuse to move their embassies to Jerusalem, they are submitting to Sharia law and Islamic supremacism. The issue at stake is the same one as drawing Mohammed. It’s not about a “piece of land”. It’s about the supremacy of Islam.

Refusing to move the embassy doesn’t prevent violence. Islamic terrorism continues to claim lives in Jerusalem. And Islamic violence has been a constant before Israel liberated Jerusalem or before there was even a free Israel. The Arab League, the Jordanians, the Saudis and the rest of the gang aren’t promising an end to the violence. Instead they warn that if we don’t obey, it will grow worse.

That’s not diplomacy. It’s a hostage crisis.

President Trump made the right decision by refusing to let our foreign policy be held hostage. We don’t win by giving in to terrorists.

We win by resisting them. Or else we’ll have to live our lives as hostages of Islamic terror.

Jerusalem is a metaphor. Every free country has its own Jerusalem. In America, it’s the First Amendment. Our Jerusalem is not just a piece of land, it’s a value. And the Islamic Jihad seeks to intimidate us into giving it up until, as the Hadith states, we abandon our religion for Islam.

Moving the embassy to Jerusalem will do much more for America than it will for Israel.

The Israelis already know where their capital is. We need to remember where we left our freedom. Islamic terrorists win when they terrorize us into being too afraid to do the right thing.

President Trump sent a message to the terrorists that America will not be terrorized.

Previous administrations allowed the terrorists to decide where we put our embassy. But Trump has made it clear that we won’t let Islamic terrorists decide where we put our embassies, what cartoons we will draw or how we live our lives. That is what real freedom means.


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1 posted on 12/13/2017 3:30:40 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
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2 posted on 12/13/2017 3:31:49 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satans finest work.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Bump


3 posted on 12/13/2017 4:38:02 AM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: Louis Foxwell
"...Its Muslim Brotherhood parent has declared America an “enemy state.”..."

Oh, me. I am so surprised. I can hardly think of what to do. This is so unexpected. How do we handle this. We are all doomed now that a radical muslim group has condemned America and called us their enemy. What shall we do.

4 posted on 12/13/2017 5:19:39 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Louis Foxwell
"...That is the essence of Islam where conquest is religion..."

And religion is conquest.

The goal of Islam is "Dar al-Islam" which roughly translates to "House of Peace". This is good, one might think. What could be bad about peace, after all?

The problem is, Islam can only reach "Dar al-Islam" when all Muslims can practice their religion as the ruling sect.

Meaning you either follow Islam, or are subservient to Islam (what is known as a Dhimmi; a non-Muslim inhabitant of an Islamic state).

That is it. That is what "peace" means to Islam. It is right there in the Koran.

Every non-Muslim should know what "Dar al-Harb" means, because it is the other side of the coin for "Dar al-Islam" (House of Peace). "Dar al-Harb" means "House of War".

So, everyone knows when you flip a two-sided coin, you can only have one side you see when you hold it. That is exactly true in this case. You cannot have both of these things in Islam. To them, they cannot simultaneously be in both the "House of Peace" and the "House of War" at the same time.

Interestingly, this is one of those areas they prefer to practice Taqiya (Islamically accepted/mandated deception and lying) because they often can't afford to have non-muslims understand what exactly their real goal is, which is either the conversion of all non-Muslims to Islam, or total subjugation of all non-muslims to an Islamic state. So they lie and obfuscate on this for public consumption.

It is fascinating, that there are a huge number of people who think the Koran and the Bible are two similar things that simply recognize the same God in different ways, but they aren't. The Koran is a political document that outlines not only the specific elements of government, punishment and structure, but also provides specific detailed instruction as to how Muslims must carry out details of their daily life. It is a political document, because Islam is a political movement.

Bottom line, anyone who thinks that the "peace" process is imperiled by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has no understanding of what the peace process to Islam (as outlined in the Koran, and recognized and followed by devout Muslims) really is. (By the way, I know you understand this well, as anyone who reads Daniel Greenfield must, but this is for general consumption)

5 posted on 12/13/2017 5:47:39 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

The funny part is that the Arabs long ago played their cards when they didn’t have to, so now they have nothing left.

Outrage? How is that any different from what they always do?

Threats of violence? The same.

Threats to murderously destroy their hated enemies? Status quo.

Open and widespread support of terrorism? Q.E.D.


6 posted on 12/13/2017 6:05:51 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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To: rlmorel; Louis Foxwell

Great article and great post rlmorel. From someone over in the ME.


7 posted on 12/13/2017 6:23:11 AM PST by Shark24
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To: Louis Foxwell
It’s not about a “piece of land here or there”, as the PA’s top Sharia judge clarifies, it’s a religious war. And Israel is not just a religious war between Muslims and Jews, but a shifting frontier in the larger war between Islam and the rest of the world. It’s another territory to be conquered on the way to Europe. And Europe is another territory to be conquered on the way to America. There can be no peace in a religious war. Nor is there anything to negotiate.

Trump did the world a favor taking the delusion of 'peace process' off the table... now the real discussion can start.

8 posted on 12/13/2017 6:56:02 AM PST by GOPJ
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To: Shark24

Thank you much, Shark24...that means a lot! Stay safe and see the world!


9 posted on 12/13/2017 7:34:54 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rlmorel

Excellent summary. Thank you.


10 posted on 12/13/2017 9:38:25 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satans finest work.)
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Peace wasn’t killed though. It was never alive. Because a permanent peace is Islamically impossible... While the official warnings from the Palestinian Authority, the Arab League and assorted other Islamic organizations have claimed that recognizing Jerusalem threatens the non-existent peace process, Habash had in the past had made it quite clear that the issue wasn’t land, it was Jihad. “The struggle over this land is not merely a struggle over a piece of land here or there. Not at all. The struggle has the symbolism of holiness, or blessing. It is a struggle between those whom Allah has chosen for Ribat and those who are trying to mutilate the land of Ribat," Habash had declared. Ribat means that Israel is a frontier outpost between the territories of Islam and the free world. The Muslim terrorists who call themselves “Palestinians” have, according to the Abbas adviser, been chosen for “Ribat” to stand guard on the Islamic frontier and expand the territories of Islam... That is what’s at stake here. It’s not about a “piece of land here or there”, as the PA’s top Sharia judge clarifies, it’s a religious war. And Israel is not just a religious war between Muslims and Jews, but a shifting frontier in the larger war between Islam and the rest of the world. It’s another territory to be conquered on the way to Europe. And Europe is another territory to be conquered on the way to America. There can be no peace in a religious war. Nor is there anything to negotiate.

11 posted on 12/13/2017 12:34:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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