Arabs furious at Czech Jerusalem remarks

[Surenas]

The Cairo-based Arab League has condemned remarks by the Czech president about moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, calling them a violation of Palestinian rights and international resolutions.

In its Wednesday's statement, the 22-nation organization called for summoning the Czech ambassador in Cairo to express "dangers of these remarks."

The United Nations proposed an international jurisdiction for Jerusalem when it wrote the mandate for a Jewish state in 1947, but a 1948 war divided the city between Israeli and Jordanian control.

Israel captured the Old City in another war in 1967, brining all of Jerusalem under one jurisdiction.

Israel claims the entire city as its capital and maintains the seat of government there. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.

Arabs furious at Czech Jerusalem remarks - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[Therealtruth]

Unfortunately, the arabs are so divided on everything, that nobody takes them seriously anymore. The Arabs shouldnt be angry at the czech republic, they should be mad at israel and their arab leaders. But I guess its easlier and much less dangerous to just show indignation atmthe Czechs than israel or their own leaders.

 

[Surenas]

Unfortunately, the arabs are so divided on everything, that nobody takes them seriously anymore. The Arabs shouldnt be angry at the czech republic, they should be mad at israel and their arab leaders. But I guess its easlier and much less dangerous to just show indignation atmthe Czechs than israel or their own leaders.

Czechs have a long history of supporting Israelis (Jews) against Arabs. For instance, they supported Israelis with weapon deliveries in 1948, and were also the one who voted against the Palestinian 'observer status' bid at the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.

That is why it surprises me that Arab states have bought and are still fine with buying Czech military equipment like the Aero L-59 Super Albatros.

 

[shuntmaster]

Isn't Jerusalem founded by a Jew and is the holiest city for the Jews?

 

[RFS_Br]

Isn't Jerusalem founded by a Jew and is the holiest city for the Jews?

No.

 

[shuntmaster]

No.

Is this answer to the first or second part of the question?

Who founded the city of Jerusalem?
Which is the holiest place for Judaism?

 

[RFS_Br]

Is this answer to the first or second part of the question?

The whole of it.

Who founded the city of Jerusalem?

Who actually founded it, no one knows. According to most biblical archaeologists, Jerusalem was most likely just a village -- multi-ethnic and multi-religious -- with minor importance that only grew into a larger city some time after the IV century. Beyond the mythological world, there are no clear founders.

Which is the holiest place for Judaism?

What does this matter for?

That is why it surprises me that Arab states have bought and are still fine with buying Czech military equipment like the Aero L-59 Super Albatros.

Well, considering that Saudi Arabia offers quite a market for Israeli enterprises, what's surprising is that you're surprised that Arabs buy Czech equipment. Apart from Palestinians, I doubt any other Arab is truly outraged by this.

 

[shuntmaster]

From Wikipedia:

According to the Biblical tradition, King David (a Jew) established the city as the capital of the united Kingdom of Israel and his son, King Solomon (a Jew), commissioned the building of the First Temple. These foundational events, straddling the dawn of the Ist Millennium BCE, assumed central symbolic importance for the Jewish People. The sobriquet of holy city (עיר הקודש, transliterated ‘ir haqodesh) was probably attached to Jerusalem in post-exilic times. The holiness of Jerusalem in Christianity, conserved in the Septuagint which Christians adopted as their own authority, was reinforced by the New Testament account of Jesus's crucifixion there. In Sunni Islam, Jerusalem is the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina. In Islamic tradition in 610 CE it became the first Qibla, the focal point for Muslim prayer (salat), and Muhammad made his Night Journey there ten years later, ascending to heaven where he speaks to God, according to the Quran. As a result, despite having an area of only 0.9 square kilometres (0.35 sq mi), the Old City is home to many sites of seminal religious importance, among them the Temple Mount and its Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jerusalem is what it is, because of the Jews. Else, it would have remained a small village, like many others, as it was before king David.

 

[Archdemon]

Isn't Jerusalem founded by a Jew and is the holiest city for the Jews?

Yes, City of David is the foundation of Jerusalem.

 

[SQ8]

This should not be surprising as such. The Czech were the only ones to supply the Zionist forces with weapons and hardware during the 48 conflict. However, many volunteers from other nations helped operate the systems.

 

[shuntmaster]

Yes, City of David is the foundation of Jerusalem.

The city of Jerusalem has been holy for the Jews for atleast 1500years before birth of Mohammed.
I cannot understand the Muslims obsession with Jerusalem..

 

[rmi5]

Yes, City of David is the foundation of Jerusalem.

This is a good news for Israeli people.
If israeli people want their capital be Jerusalem, it should be so, and it's better for other countries to move their embassy to Jerusalem as well.

 

[Aamna14]

The city of Jerusalem has been holy for the Jews for atleast 1500years before birth of Mohammed.
I cannot understand the Muslims obsession with Jerusalem..

Holy? And yes do take delight in making Muslims obsessive about Jerusalem or in fact about anything without knowing a bit about it. Lots of Jewish Rabbis themselves accept that its not meant to be a Jewish state and secondly how can it be holy when Jews (not Zionists) accept through their scripture that they were banished from the land by not the Islamic God but by their own so they should really ask themselves who is actually obsessed.

 

[shuntmaster]

Holy? And yes do take delight in making Muslims obsessive about Jerusalem or in fact about anything without knowing a bit about it. Lots of Jewish Rabbis themselves accept that its not meant to be a Jewish state and secondly how can it be holy when Jews (not Zionists) accept through their scripture that they were banished from the land by not the Islamic God but by their own so they should really ask themselves who is actually obsessed.

OK.. So, why not accept Jerusalem as part of Israel, or even as a capital of Israel sometime in future?

 

[Aamna14]

OK.. So, why not accept Jerusalem as part of Israel, or even as a capital of Israel sometime in future?

Because it doesn't belong to Israel even if you look at religiously or by any other way. Jews who have any idea about their scripture know that the land belongs to the descendants of Abraham and there has been literature written on the subject that proves the fact that most of the Israelis living in the "holy land" are not descendants of Abraham and one such geneticist who wrote about it happens to be a Jew himself. So no religious argument applies there as far as the leadership of Israel goes they have said it on various occasions that the land does not belong to them and they have built settlements on a stolen land which is illegal according to international law. So its not the Muslims who will or will not accept, International law does not accept it as well.