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Al-Aqsa Mosque is good for the Jews
By Bradley Burston

Talkback response to Bringing peace back from the dead :

I`ll make a deal with you Bradley. I will visit some of the organizations you mention (I already have) and you visit just one: Kahane.org. All your organizations have failed miserably to bring peace.

Only Rabbi Kahane`s policies will bring peace to both Arabs and Jews. Because he basis his policies on Torah, they are rejected without even looking at them
Very soon now the people of Israel will realize that peace will only be attained when a belief -based government is formed with a man like Moishe Feiglin at its head.

Come on Bradley; True Jewish morality says that Arab and Jew cannot co-exist in the same piece of Holy Land. There is absolutely no need for the people of Israel to make any compromise for real Zionism. We Jews have made enough sacrifices in nearly 2000 years of exile.

Choni Davidowitz, State: "Temporary Exile"



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Dear Choni,
I visited the site. This is what I took away from it:

We Jews need the Al-Aqsa Mosque. We need it to remind us of who we are, and who we are not.

We need the Dome of the Rock, magnificent, inescapable, to remind us that we are not here to be Lord and Master, any more than we are here to be servant and slave.

We need Al-Aqsa to teach us that there is a God above us, supreme, and a separate people beside us. A people like us, speaking a language which is like ours, worshipping the same one God.

Just as they Muslims need the Jews to remind them that there is a narrative that differs from their one their extremists promulgate, that there is a people who lives that narrative, that our ancestor is the same ancestor, our God the same god, and that this land belongs to us both.

God put two peoples here. Not so that one could rule over the other. So that they could learn, after struggle and heartache, to live side by side.
Extremist Arab or extremist Jew: If what you want is all of the Holy Land, the best you'll wind up with is what we all have now. Misery for all, under God.


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  1.   THE MOMENT OF TRUTH 11:40  |  indrajaya 09/02/07
  2.   Imagine 11:59  |  David Hoffman 09/02/07
  3.   Jews have no choice 12:09  |  Karam 09/02/07
  4.   one G-d? 12:53  |  Vitaliy, Esq. 09/02/07
  5.   We need Al Aqsa like we needed Auschwitz 12:55  |  Yacov 09/02/07
  6.   Bradley is cool 12:56  |  tuairimiocht 09/02/07
  7.   Indrajaya: Your invading Muslim occupiers 13:00  |  Yacov 09/02/07
  8.   God and Hitler 13:03  |  Boris 09/02/07
  9.   The time to rebuild the Temple is now! 13:15  |  Joe 09/02/07
  10.   The Temple Mount is holy to Jews ... only! 13:21  |  AV 09/02/07
  11.   Al-Aqsa Mosque 13:48  |  James 09/02/07
  12.   And what do the Palestinians need??? 13:58  |  Zev 09/02/07
  13.   Vitaliy, Esq. 14:01  |  CHGODMK 09/02/07
  14.   Peace Be on the Temple 14:06  |  Sam 09/02/07
  15.   If al Aksa were somewhere else 14:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 09/02/07
  16.   to Indrajaya 14:19  |  dany 09/02/07
  17.   We dont nee Muslims occupation of Temple Mount 14:19  |  David 09/02/07
  18.   just keep the Shia`ts away from jerusalem will ya please 14:24  |  Tamir Gaza 09/02/07
  19.   Yes, the al Aqsa mosque is good for Jews 14:25  |  Edith 09/02/07
  20.   # 2 David Hoffman 14:34  |  Edith 09/02/07
  21.   i agree with burston 14:37  |  flashman 09/02/07
  22.   AlAqsa 14:44  |  Naim S. Mahlab 09/02/07
  23.   Indrajaya, Sorry, You Are Not The Whole World 14:51  |  Tony Anthony 09/02/07
  24.   I Get Your Point, But Others Might Not 14:58  |  Tony Anthony 09/02/07
  25.   Parking Lot 15:05  |  Dire 09/02/07
  26.   Two State Solution my version 15:05  |  Gennadiy 09/02/07
  27.   Who Built The Wailing Wall? 15:10  |  Mazar Student 09/02/07
  28.   Bradley Burston: I Sent a Post Criticizing Everything 15:13  |  CHGODMK 09/02/07
  29.   Al Aqsa is good for Jews like Auschwitz was good for Jews 15:13  |  Yacov 09/02/07
  30.   Al-AQSA IN THE HEART OF 1.4 BILLION MUSLIMS 15:16  |  Imad 09/02/07
  31.   we`re different alright 15:25  |  Ilan Cuperstein 09/02/07
  32.   indrajaya the javenese have big problems 15:28  |  tommy suharto 09/02/07
  33.   Don`t be cynical! Misery does not exist to remind us of God 15:37  |  Gili 09/02/07
  34.   All these, and more 15:47  |  Tosefta 09/02/07
  35.   Great article......... 16:01  |  T A Sheppard 09/02/07
  36.   Comment #25 16:15  |  rhubarbpie 09/02/07
  37.   Don`t look at the mosque, Bradley 16:16  |  Tzfonit 09/02/07
  38.   TOO BAD Brad is not MUSLIM CLERIC 16:20  |  B 09/02/07
  39.   TO #26 Imad on Sharon 16:45  |  Alicia 09/02/07
  40.   To Indrajaya and Karam - Mark Twain`s response 16:55  |  Oleg 09/02/07
  41.   History 101 for Imad 16:56  |  Jacob Blues 09/02/07
  42.   Temple Mount as Katyusha launcing site 16:58  |  Herbert Kaine 09/02/07
  43.   To Mr Bradley Burston...Misery for all ? 17:09  |  abraham...mico 09/02/07
  44.   #13 David 17:16  |  Andreas 09/02/07
  45.   A Place for All Religions... 17:16  |  S. F. Grumman 09/02/07
  46.   All these, and more 17:18  |  Tosefta 09/02/07
  47.   Police action 17:18  |  Choni Davidowitz 09/02/07
  48.   Hey Bradley 17:27  |  Blinky the Fish 09/02/07
  49.   To Mr Bradley Burston...thanks 17:37  |  abraham...mico 09/02/07
  50.   al-aqsa mosque should be demolished 17:44  |  George Duraisingh 09/02/07
  51.   We don`t need a temple. 17:46  |  Jesse 09/02/07
  52.   Mugrabi Gate 18:07  |  Mary 09/02/07
  53.   The Shrill Voices of Fanaticism 18:15  |  Yaakov Sullivan 09/02/07
  54.   Arabs and Jews 18:34  |  Elias 09/02/07
  55.   Imad that is not why 18:36  |  Omar 09/02/07
  56.   #46 Tosefta 18:36  |  Boycott 09/02/07
  57.   the narrative that the extremeists promulgate? 18:41  |  bob 09/02/07
  58.   No 53 Mr Sullivan 18:55  |  Mary 09/02/07
  59.   Rambam: Jews will rebuild Temple but without animal sacrifices 18:58  |  AV 09/02/07
  60.   Evolution vs. Revolution (Boycott #96) 18:59  |  Tosefta 09/02/07
  61.   It`s A Symbiotic Relationship 19:15  |  Yosemite 09/02/07
  62.   Who will bring peace back from the dead? 19:18  |  Hannah 09/02/07
  63.   What a shame Bradley wasn`t around to tell Moses, 19:21  |  Mosheh Wolfish 09/02/07
  64.   "The al Aqsa mosque is a tribute to judaism" 19:36  |  Pilly 09/02/07
  65.   Mary, Nationalism overtaking spirituality #58 19:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 09/02/07
  66.   Rambam`s speculation on sacrifices (Av #59) 19:54  |  Tosefta 09/02/07
  67.   to karam, #3 20:28  |  citizen zero 09/02/07
  68.   to Yacov, #5,#7 20:48  |  citizen zero 09/02/07
  69.   Tosefta on animal sacrifice #66 20:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 09/02/07
  70.   TO #51 Jesse: The Third Temple 20:52  |  Alicia 09/02/07
  71.   Now THIS sounds like comments from Dubai #3 Karam 21:00  |  William 09/02/07
  72.   Israel: It`s Time to Face the Truth and Do the Right Thing 21:03  |  massaraksh 09/02/07
  73.   What the world truly said in 1947 was #1 Indrajaya 21:04  |  William 09/02/07
  74.   God 21:17  |  Religious man 09/02/07
  75.   "Bloody" mess (Yaakov Sullivan #69) 21:32  |  Tosefta 09/02/07
  76.   israel is playing with fire 21:59  |  rasha 09/02/07
  77.   5 Yakov 22:06  |  Jose Marcio 09/02/07
  78.   # 71: William : just telling you what I feel 22:12  |  Karam 09/02/07
  79.   give israel a share of mecca 22:13  |  David 09/02/07
  80.   I Believe In All Sorts Of Things But I Have My Limitations... 22:27  |  Yosemite 09/02/07
  81.   Rambam: No animal sacrifices 22:40  |  AV 09/02/07
  82.   Religious man: May God Have Mercy on YOU! 22:40  |  massaraksh 09/02/07
  83.   72 - Arabs and democracy 22:44  |  Oleg 09/02/07
  84.   Jews in exile 22:48  |  Fed UP 09/02/07
  85.   Haaretz.....my post???............................ 22:52  |  Kath` 09/02/07