MEDIA: Palestinians do the opposite of recognizing Jewish state & Israeli soldiers remove Bible verse from checkpoint so as not to offend local Arabs
Have a look at these contrasting headlines and news stories from Israel Today:-
Palestinians do the opposite of recognizing Jewish state
One of Israel’s key demands in the current peace process is that the Palestinians simply recognize Israel as the national and historical homeland of the Jews. But last week Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority punctuated its refusal to do so by claiming the Jews have no historical ties whatsoever and are aliens in the land.
In a show on official Palestinian Authority TV on October 22, a leading Palestinian historian and a senior government official lectured their audience on how the Jews of Israel have no connection to any land in the Middle East, and are inventing archeological finds to support their false claims.
By contrast, the two insisted that the Palestinians have 4,000-5,000 years of history in the land. Many have pointed out before that such claims run completely counter to other Palestinian claims. For example, the Palestinians say they are Arabs and therefore descendants of Abraham. However, Abraham had not yet been born 4,000 years ago.
Over the past few decades, an avalanche of archeological finds and historical documentation have attested to the Jews’ strong and rich history in the region, while very little has been produced to support an Arab presence dating back any further than the Muslim conquest 1,300 years ago.
And:-
Israeli soldiers forced to remove Bible verse from checkpoint
Israel National News reports that a group of Israeli soldiers constantly on duty at a checkpoint outside the Palestinian-controlled Samarian town of Nablus have been forced to remove a Bible verse they used to adorn their station after it was deemed offensive to the local Arab population.
The verse used was from Psalm 18, which is a prayer of thanksgiving by King David after God helped him to overtake and destroy his enemies. The portion used by the soldiers read: “I did not return until they were destroyed.”
The soldiers explained that they used the verse to refer to their mission to identify and prevent Palestinian terrorists from infiltrating Israel proper.
But an ultra-left-wing Israeli women’s group known as Machsom Watch (Checkpoint Watch) insisted that the verse was offending local Arabs who traveled through the checkpoint every day. The army ultimately agreed and ordered the soldiers to remove the biblical reference.
Speaks volumes to me. Whilst the Palestinian media is busy stirring up trouble, anger and resentment, the Israeli’s are worried about offending.