Zionist monopoly of Christian sympathy: Religion and politics have been intertwined through history. It has become impossible to discuss events of the rise and fall of nations and ideologies without having a comprehensive analysis of both (religious and political factors. So, any ideological account of events that divorces politics from religion will result in immature conclusions and interpretations. It is undeniable that what goes on in Northern Ireland, Southern Philippines, Kashmir, Palestine, India, Bosnia, Kosovo, Southern Sudan and many other hot spots in the world is very much a product of religious-political factors. Therefore, politically motivated solutions cannot offer complete and final resolutions. The Palestinian conflict is one of that type.
BALFOUR DECLARATION
To attract sympathy of Christian people, the zionists linked the existence of the state of Israel to the coming of the Messiah who will establish the Kingdom of God on earth. However, do the zionists have the same belief about the advent of the Messiah as that of Christians? Do zionists regard Jesus Christ as the coming Messiah as the Christians? In several previous essays, l highlighted that religious factors were behind some of the most decisive decisions taken by Western leaders in relation to the Palestinian issue and the Arab- Israeli conflict. As a matter of fact, the Balfour Declaration, which was the igniting spark for the establishment of the zionist state, was influenced by religious factors as stated by the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1991, pp.893-895).
Another question should be addressed and then answered first: Are the Jews the only descendents of Ibraheem, and therefore the sole legitimate inheritors to receive the claimed Promised Land? The zionists along with zionist Christians refer to Genesis 15:19 as the statement which gives Jews
the right to occupy Palestine and the neighboring areas, extending from the Nile to Euphrates as Ibraheem’s (Abraham) claimed Promised land. First, was Ibraheem the forefather of the Jews only? The answer is definitely no. The first son and the only son that was born to Ibraheem for about 13 years was Ishmael, the forefather of a large portion of the Arabs. As a matter of fact, Prophet Mohammad was a descendent of Prophet Abraham’s progeny through Ishmael. According to the Old Testament, Abaham said to God:
Let but Ishmael live on by your favor … As for Ishmael, I am heeding you: I hereby bless him. I will make him fertile and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become a father of twelve chieftains and will make him a great nation. (Genesis 18:18-21).
A question immediately emerges for those who believe in the Old Testament; who is the great nation of the descendents of Ishmael? Aren’t they the Muslims who believe in all the prophets appointed by Allah with no distinctions?
Say ye: “We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to all Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them; and we submit to Allah. (The Qur’an 2:136).
If it is a fact that the Muslims are descendants of Abraham, aren’t they legitimate heirs to Abraham’s promise in the Old Testament?
It was on that occasion that the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying to your descendants I give this land … (Genesis 15:19).
JEWS KILLED PROPHETS
If the Jews, as they claim, believe in the Torah (Old Testament) and derive guidance from it, why did they strip the Muslims from their right to the land promised by Abraham? Is it their arrogant nature, which they have practiced even against Allah and His prophets? Aren’t they the ones who killed their prophets according to the Bible?
That upon you may come all the righteous bloodshed upon earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily, | say unto you, all these things shall come weapon this generation. (Matthew 23:35).
Can such a people, who rebel against the teachings of God and kill his prophets, be given priority and be chosen over other nations?
Another fallacy that needs to be addressed here is the claim that Jews make that Abraham was a Jew. They even made such a claim long prior to the advent of Prophet Mohammad.
Ye People of the Book (Jews and Christians), Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have you not understood? Ah, Ye are those who fell to disputing (even) in matters of which who fell to disputing (even) in matters of which you had some knowledge, but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no knowledge? it is Allah who knows, and ye know not! Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was upright and bowed his will to Allah’s (which is Islam) and he joined no gods with Allah. (The Qur’an 3:65-68).
If it is agreeable that Abraham had lived probably thousands of years. before the revelation of the Old I Jestament, why would the Jews claim that he was Jewish and promised the Jews the Holy Land? Yet, the above discussion might seem irrelevant to the political discourse about the Palestinian issue by the world community and international media, | think it is in the heart of the problem. Zionist leaders who plotted the occupation of Palestine took in consideration all possible means to attract the sympathy of powerful nations to support their cause. Our next Discussions will focus on the fallacy the Jews ride on to derive support of the Christian world and right-wing parties, that is the claim of preparing the kingdom of God in Palestine to be ready for the advent of the Messiah. The question is what Messiah? is it Jesus Christ?
IS JESUS THE MESSIAH AWAITED BY ZIONISTS
In continuing my writing about the religious-political factors behind the zionist claim to Palestine, focus on this article will be directed towards the Jews doctrine on Prophet Jesus. Maust importantly when we realize that most Christian support to the zionists is based on the idea that they are the seed of Abraham who will inherit the Holy Promised Land and establish the Kingdom of God on Earth in which Jesus (The Messiah) will reign. Do Jews have the same Messiah as the Christians? Before answering this question, | will cite the following statements from Rev. TW. Pike’s book, Israel Our Duty… Our Ditemma, to realize the extent io which zionists (Rabbinic Jews) have been manipulating the Christian mind;
“… Modern or Rabbinic Judaism is the least understood of the great world religions. At the same time, there ‘is no culture or religion that need to be understood, especially considering events in the Middle East… Christians today are unbelievably ignorant of the history, beliefs and literature of the Jews… In fact, most Christians know next to nothing concerning Jewish history during the 1800 years after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD… It was during this period when the Jewish people returned again en masse to Babylon, that the bulk of modern Jewish attitudes and literature emerged.” (p.1)
There are some facts in which both the Muslims and the Christians believe, among them, is the Jews’ rejection of Prophet Jesus and attempt to crucify him (The Christians believe that he was crucified); but Allah elevated him.
“That they said (in boast), “we killed Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”; but they killed him not, nor crucified him. Only a likeness of that was shown to them”. (The Qura’n 4:157).
Jesus, according to the New Testament, said addressing the Jews who rejected him as a prophet:
“Ye reject the commandments of god … ” (Mark 7:9).
Have the Jews changed their position towards Jesus Christ? Until today, the Jews hold the belief that Jesus was not a legitimate son; neither do they believe that he is a mighty prophet of God. I invite the respected readers to look at these statements written in the Talmud (the Jewish Book of Guidance) about Prophet Jesus and his righteous mother who are highly regarded by Allah:
R. Papa observed: This is what men say, she (referring to Mary) who descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with a carpenter. (1066) Did the children of Israel say with the sword among them that (referring to Jesus) were slain by them? Rab said: They subjected him to four deaths, stoning, burning, decapitation and strangulation. (The Babylonian Talmud, the Soncino Press, London, p.725 (106a-106b).
This quote from the Talmud carries a boasting arrogant tone that leaves no room for rethinking who plotted the crucifixion of Christ (keep in mind that this is the Christian and the Jewish belief, not that of Muslims).
JESUS DECLARED BASTARD
According to (Acts 5:28), the Jewish leaders have the greatest fear of Christians ” … to bring this man’s blood upon us”. In his last words before (the claimed) crucifixion, Christ made it clear to his followers that they should not expect any more mercy from the Jews than that which he received. “If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you”. (John 15:20). As indicated in John 15:21, Jesus gave the reason why the Jews did not accept him as a prophet and a Messiah “But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent me…” The reason is that they do not recognize God (Allah). Let’s look at what the Jewish Encyclopedia says about Jesus:
“It is the tendency of all these sources (Talmud and other Jewish literature), to belittle the person of Jesus by ascribing to him illegitimate birth, magic and a shameful death… All the Toledo editions contain a story of a dispute which Jesus carried on with the scribes, who on the ground of that dispute declared him to be a bastard.” (p.176).
A timely posed ideological question related to the basic principle on which lsrael is representing itself to the Christian Western world can be stated as: is Jesus the Messiah waited for by the Jews? According to the teachings of the New Testament, Christians believe that the Jews have rejected Jesus when he declared himself as the Messiah; and they still do. The Jews went further to execute all means to persecute him and his followers after him. They were the ones named by Jesus according to the New Testaments as: “synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are not but do lie” (revelation 3:9) (in T.W. Pike, 1988, P.11). Do the current Jews still have their ancestors’ belief about Jesus? By looking at the statement above (taken from the Talmud), we realize the unfair and blasphemous image the Jews have about Prophet Jesus. They put him in an extremely low status as a person of illegitimate birth, a liar and a magician, not to mention recognizing him as a mighty prophet of God and a Messiah. Prophets before Jesus had realized this rebellious nature of the Jews.
Prophet David repudiated and renounced such people by saying:
“Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see and bow down their back always”. (Romans 11:10)
Then, why do most Christians donate tremendous support to a cursed and rebellious nation according to their Bible, one that does not even believe in the same Messiah as Christians? And yet, they expect them to establish the kingdom of Jesus before his advent. Isn’t that in contradiction with the words of Jesus according to the Bible?
(Two chapters of the book, Zionism, 2000, published in Saudi Arabia is reproduced to explain how the zionists have fooled the Christians. This will answer the questions raised in our Editorial of June 1, 2003: “Zionists destroy Christianity, then make US Christians fight Muslims to promote Israeli interests” -EDITOR).
