Comments on: Hitting a Wall http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Fri, 25 May 2012 23:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Davidhttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-11241 David Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:05:39 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/#comment-11241 I can state with confidence that "Islam" is the Arabic word for chutzpah. I can state with confidence that “Islam” is the Arabic word for chutzpah.

]]> By: Shy Guyhttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-11199 Shy Guy Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:09:24 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/#comment-11199 Stan, I don't see room to negotiate with people who want to annihilate us and have written charters to back up their intentions.The Arabs have to be fought and defeated, with Israel dictating the terms of surrender. Everything else is futile. Stan, I don’t see room to negotiate with people who want to annihilate us and have written charters to back up their intentions.

The Arabs have to be fought and defeated, with Israel dictating the terms of surrender. Everything else is futile.

]]> By: Stanhttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-11194 Stan Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:37:09 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/#comment-11194 Why isn't Israel putting shared control of the Temple Mount on the table? Why should the Palestinians presently be in control of such an important Jewish site?The Palestinians are not being asked to give up anything. This is (as usual) a one way negotiation. I do not mind discussions and negotiations with the PA. However, Olmert is not the one to be doing this. We need a tough guy to negotiate, not a wimp.Stan Why isn’t Israel putting shared control of the Temple Mount on the table? Why should the Palestinians presently be in control of such an important Jewish site?

The Palestinians are not being asked to give up anything. This is (as usual) a one way negotiation.
I do not mind discussions and negotiations with the PA. However, Olmert is not the one to be doing this. We need a tough guy to negotiate, not a wimp.

Stan

]]> By: Kibihttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-11193 Kibi Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:24:24 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/#comment-11193 I don't think you'll find Jerusalem mentioned very many times in the Torah - there's a few allusions like "Ir Shelem"and "Hamakom" and so on. Perhaps you meant in Tanach. I don’t think you’ll find Jerusalem mentioned very many times in the Torah – there’s a few allusions like “Ir Shelem”and “Hamakom” and so on. Perhaps you meant in Tanach.

]]> By: Davidhttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-11191 David Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:56:51 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/10/13/hitting-a-wall/#comment-11191 In the early times of Islam the direction (qibla" for prayer was copied - or "burrowed" from the Jewish communities. It lasted only for a short time when it was changed again, to face the Kaaba in Mecca. Also, Jerusalem is not mentioned in the quran. Anly later Muslim clerics associated "the distant shrine" (al-quds) with Yerushalayim. The Muslim interest in this place is a fairly recent one. In the early times of Islam the direction (qibla” for prayer was copied – or “burrowed” from the Jewish communities. It lasted only for a short time when it was changed again, to face the Kaaba in Mecca. Also, Jerusalem is not mentioned in the quran. Anly later Muslim clerics associated “the distant shrine” (al-quds) with Yerushalayim. The Muslim interest in this place is a fairly recent one.

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