The Western Wall was built in 19 BC by Herod the Great, almost 600 years before the birth of Mohammed. Herod built the current wall to expand the Mount of the Second Temple, built in 516 BC, after the Jews returned from the Babylonian Exile. The Second Temple would stand until destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. Over 600 year later, in 691 AD, Muslims would build the Dome of The Rock, on top of the Mount where the Temple had stood. Today, there are 17 stone courses of the wall below the current street level. Although Jews have been praying at the Wall for over a thousand years, last week the Palestinian Authority issued a report stating that the wall is not Jewish, but part of the Dome. This report, although contradicted by Bible, history, archeology and even photography, is never the less disturbing; It plants another seed of revisionism against the history of the Jewish people. Recently, UNESCO declared that Rachel's Tomb is actually a Mosque, ignoring the thousands of years of Jewish reverence.
photograph shows Jews praying at The Wall in 1895
reprinted from November of 2010
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ReplyDeleterolf, actually when i selected this post what i was thinking about were the tunnels the IDF discovered by the Lebanon border. israel is constantly being forced to defend itself in every way.
ReplyDeleteYes, I understand that Israel is constantly forced to defend itself in every way all the time rather well, as I would have thought (incorrectly, apparently) that you already understood. My apologies in advance, but I thought you understood that unlike German Nobel Literature Laureate and former SS officer Guenter Grass, I, myself, actually don't care how many Super Dolphin-class submarines Germany supplies Israel with. Meanwhile, if you will not host a simple "Happy Chanukah" comment (which you apparently will not), then I am every bit as content to reconfirm for the benefit of one and all that I understand full well that this is your blog and that I am of the opinion that you can administrate your blog any way you wish.
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apparently hezbollah is taking a page from hamas and digging tunnels.
ReplyDeletei do not celebrate holidays, or birthdays. i know you only meant well, but i didn't want to encourage anyone else. i also do not extend best wishes to others on such occasions. i do publish old christmas cards, but only because i like period graphics.
I enjoy holidays but not my birthday.
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