What Israel is doing in
Jerusalem cannot go unchecked, as
its actions have not left anyone unharmed. This became more apparent than ever
two days ago when it assaulted Palestinian Christians.
اضافة اعلان
At a religiously sensitive time, Israel has been attacking
Palestinian Christians on their way to the Holy Sepulcher, beating, arresting installing
obstacles, and shutting down roads. This is not the first time Israel has
behaved this way against Palestinian Christians, who are also being driven out
to the West by the occupation, which wishes to empty
Jerusalem of Palestinians.
There is considerable hypocrisy in the Arab world, because
the scale of its protests against attacks targeting Christians is limited. It
is as if the matter does not concern the many who believe they are making time
for the defense of
Al-Aqsa, when they are not even doing that. They are
therefore disappointing Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem, leaving them to
fend for themselves.
The same goes for Western countries, who watch the
occupation’s assaults in Jerusalem without taking any political action to
thwart it. They fail to even sympathize with Christians, as they only care
about Israel. This means that the battle has become that of Jerusalemites only.
Neither Arab Palestinian Muslims nor Arab Palestinian Christians can expect
anything more than moral support.
Israelis are gearing up for May 10 — the 28th day of Ramadan
— to storm Al-Aqsa and are calling on thousands of fanatics to do so, which
means that the Monday before Eid Al-Fitr will be a difficult, maybe bloody day
in Jerusalem.
Fanatics have chosen the 28th because it is their designated
day for Jerusalem and its unification, which is why the spokesperson for temple
organizations has called upon its supporters to retain their morale, informing
them that Al-Aqsa will be open to attacks between 7am and 11am. “Spread calls
at temples and religious schools. Tell your families and colleagues at work,
spread the invitation to storm (Al-Aqsa) by the thousands. So that we may
retrieve the Temple Mount from the Arabs and reaffirm once again that the
Temple Mount is in our hands. The Arabs think they were victorious at Bab
Al-Amoud (Damascus Gate) but the truth is they were not. Netanyahu backed down
before them, but I believe that if we were to gather by the thousands at the
Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day, they will not be victorious again,” the
spokesperson said.
These words foreshadow that the 28th of Ramadan will be a
day like never before, especially since Jerusalemites are rallying to counter
and urging all able-bodied Palestinians to be at Al-Aqsa on the evening of the
27th (May 9) so that the extremists do not arrive to an empty mosque. The fact
that Monday is a work day may affect the number of Jerusalemites at Al-Haram
but Palestinians are rallying quickly to face these groups, who believe that
assaulting the Holy City’s identity and Al-Aqsa will be a mundane task.
Israel wishes to erase Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian
identities and is moving forward with dangerous plans through all these
measures, targeting all Muslims and Christians as part of a religious struggle,
especially since the entirety of the Israeli project is founded on religious
grounds that rejects any identities other than its own. It can be said that
many countries in the Arab and Muslim world, and Western countries will not
take action to impede Israel’s plans, but will rather suffice with watching
what happens.
Jerusalemites have proven their abilities, despite the lack
of any meaningful support, to stand in the face of Israel. Even though it may
not recognize the fact, Israel is not dealing with those who are simply the
city’s residents. The occupation does not have the ability to impose its
authority over Jerusalem, and what May 10 will reveal, is that the problem is that
of the occupation above all.
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