| Egyptian newspaper blames Zionism on Maimonidesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 31 Mar 04:45 AM Egypt's Youm7 (Seventh Day) had an article on Wednesda | |
Egypt's Youm7 (Seventh Day) had an article on Wednesday about the great Jewish philosopher and rabbi Moses Maimonides (Rambam), who was born on March 30, 1135.
It quotes Egyptian philosopher Sheikh Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq, Professor of Islamic Philosophy at Al Azhar University who died in 1947 and who was considered an expert on the Rambam:
I am one of those who place Maimonides and his brothers among the philosophers of Islam, and I said in a speech I gave at the Maimonides celebration at the Opera House on the first of April 1935 AD, "Abu Imran Musa bin Maimonides is a philosopher from among the philosophers of Islam. Muslims and non-Muslims have been called philosophers of Islam, and their philosophy is called Islamic philosophy, meaning that it grew in the countries of Islam and in the shadow of its state, and was characterized by some characteristics without regard to the religion of its owners, their gender, or their language."
Al-Raziq said that Jews like Maimonides translated Arabic philosophy to Hebrew, where the Christian West could read it and understand it, spreading their ideas throughout the world.
In general, this was a complimentary article. But this...Read More |
From Ian: New York Times Uses Israel-Arab Summit to Claim Ben-Gurion 'Never Believed in Real Peace' The summit was held at Sde Boker, the site in the Negev that was Ben-Gurion's final home. The Times reports:
[I]f he were alive today, "no one would be more stunned than Ben-Gurion himself" to see the summit, said Tom Segev, an Israeli historian and biographer of the Israeli leader. "He never believed in real peace with the Arabs," Mr. Segev said of Ben-Gurion. That's nonsense. Here is Prime Minister Ben-Gurion's statement to the Knesset on May 6, 1963, from the website of Israel's foreign ministry:
When we proclaimed our renewed independence at four o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, May 14, 1948, we declared: "We extend the hand of peace and good-neighborliness to all the States around us and to their peoples, and we call upon them to cooperate in mutual helpfulness with the independent Jewish nation in its Land. The State of Israel is prepared to make its contribution in a concerted effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East." Israel realizes that her fate is interwoven with the fate of all mankind, and her peace depends on the peace of the world….I believe with implicit faith that the day will come when true peace will reign between Israel and her neighbors, but until that day we must ward off the danger of the war that...Read More |
Zionism, for me, is a complicated subject. Growing up, I thought I was a Zionist. My family was Zionist. My parents were always going to ZOA bond dinners. Morris A. Paul, my dad's uncle, was president of the local ZOA chapter, and also served this organization at the national level. I devoured books about Israel, ate, slept and dreamed Israel, and ultimately made Aliyah at the tender age of 18. For me, however, Zionism was not the Zionism of Ben Gurion or Jabotinsky. My Zionism was unconnected to any political ideology, but rather a Zionism of the heart. Israel was where I wanted to be, come hell or high water. My very Zionist uncle, Morris A. Paul
As my religious sensibilities evolved and solidified, I came to see my Zionism as a religious imperative. Aside from the commandment of settling the Land of Israel, there's the fact that many commandments cannot be performed outside of Israel. Maimonides, in fact, was of the opinion that the commandments were given specifically to be performed only in the Land of Israel. Phrased another way, all of the commandments are invalid, performed outside of Israel. The word "Zionism" in and of itself, is a political ideology. You don't find it in the bible. What you do find in the bible is 152 mentions of Tzion or "Zion." As a woman with a strong streak of rebellion who had embraced orthodoxy after growing up in the Conservative Movement...Read More |
Weekly column by Vic Rosenthal Last week, after a terrorist attack in Beer Sheva that took four lives, I (rhetorically) asked our leadership if they had a plan to deal with Arab terrorism, something more long-range than beefing up the police presence over Ramadan. Since then, there have been two more attacks, one in Hadera and one in Bnei Brak, bringing the total number of murder victims to eleven in one week. The Beer Sheva terrorist was a Bedouin Arab, a citizen of Israel. The Hadera murderers were also Israeli citizens, from Umm al Fahm in the "Arab triangle" east of that city, who identified with the Islamic State. The terrorist who murdered five on Tuesday in Bnai Brak was from the Jenin area in the Palestinian Authority. He was in Israel illegally, working on a construction project. Some reports say that he was associated with Fatah, the party of PLO/PA leader Mahmoud Abbas. Diversity in terrorism. Three of the murdered and one of the seriously injured victims were policemen. And of those, one was a Druze and another was a Christian Arab. These terror attacks are the tip of an iceberg. Part of the rest of it showed itself last May, when during a war that was provoked by Hamas rocket attacks, we experienced a murderous uprising by Arab citizens: In little more than a week, Arab rioters set 10 synagogues and 112 Jewish residences on fire, looted 386 Jewish homes and damaged...Read More |
From Ian: Five killed in Bnei Brak shooting as Israel enters 'new wave of terror' Five people were killed by a Palestinian terrorist in a shooting attack in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) city of Bnei Brak on Tuesday night. The shooting was first reported around 8:00 p.m. on HaShnaim Street. One person was found lifeless in a car and two other people were shot dead on a nearby sidewalk. A video later circulating on social media showed the attacker yelling in Arabic, shooting bystanders with an assault rifle on a residential street. Another Israeli was found dead on Herzl street, perpendicular to HaShnaim Street. Yaakov Shalom, a Bnei Brak resident and father of five, and rabbi Avishai Yehezkeli, a yeshiva teacher and father of two, were identified as two of the five people killed in the attack. Victor Sorokopot, 38, and Dimitri Mitrik, 23, two workers from Ukraine, were also identified as victims of the attack. The shooter was later shot dead by a police officer who arrived at the scene on a motorcycle. The officer, 32-year-old Arab Christian Amir Khouri, was evacuated to Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in critical condition and died from his wounds soon after, making him the fifth victim. The shooter was identified as Dia Hamarsha, 27, from the village of Ya'bad in the northern West Bank near Jenin. He was jailed for six months in 2015 for dealing in illegal firearms and affiliation with a terrorist group...Read More |
Isidor Bieber was a successful owner and breeder of racehorses during much of the 20th century. He worked closely with trainer Hirsch Jacobs who had an uncanny ability to pick talented horses and work with them. Bieber, who was born in the Warsaw suburb of Vasloveck, liked to name horses after causes he was passionate about. He was anti-smoking and named horses Puffaway Sister, Kansirette, Shedontsmoke and Burnt Lips. Other horses were named Hail to Reason, Hate War, Reason Is One.
He was also a passionate Zionist who named horses Promised Land, Forgotten Ally. and Humane Leader in honor of David Ben-Gurion.
And Palestinian, born in 1946. Palestinian won this exciting race in San Francisco in 1951: Unfortunately, Palestinian had to be put out to pasture when he was injured the following year. Palestinian was only successful as long as he relied on Jews for his welfare. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here!
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As documented by Joe Truzman, here is a list of Palestinian groups that praised the terror attack in Bnei Brak yesterday:
HamasPalestinian Islamic JihadPFLPDFLPPFLP-GCAl-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (Fatah)Mujahideen BrigadesPopular Resistance CommitteesPopular Resistance Movement
This is besides Hezbollah.
Mahmoud Abbas' half-hearted condemnation of the attack...Read More |
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