MK Feiglin: Israeli Retreat from Sovereignty on Temple Mount Will Bring War to Entire Country

“When ‘security officials’ point an accusing finger at the public representatives who lawfully take action to preserve Israel’s sovereignty in the heart of its capital – the forsaken Temple Mount – they reward terror and ensure its escalation,” said MK Moshe Feiglin. “According to the logic of the anonymous officials, Israel’s first PM Ben-Gurion was a pyromaniac when he declared Israeli independence and triggered an escalation of violence.”

“An Israeli retreat from its sovereignty on the Temple Mount will not stop at the gates of the Mount,” Feiglin continued. “Israeli society must decide if it is willing to pay the price of preserving its sovereignty on the Temple Mount and in our entire Land.”

“The Temple Mount front is not the cause of the war; it is the place where the war is currently being conducted. The weakness displayed by the ‘security officials’ on the Temple Mount is bringing the war front to the entire country,” Feiglin concluded.

Moshe Feiglin: Fear, not Sovereignty, Breeds Violence

The fear expressed by the leftist MKs toward my demand to actualize Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount is real. Many feel fear because they believe that the Temple Mount is a powder keg. But just the opposite is true. The Temple Mount (and the entire Land of Israel) are a powder keg because of our fear.

What is the source of this fear?

The fear stems from our loss of  confidence in the justice of our cause. Those who do not believe that the Temple Mount – and essentially the entire Land of Israel – are ours, those who feel that they are guests here – are constantly gripped by fear. It is this fear that invites violence.  When the Oslo Accords were signed, the accepted axiom was that the violence was fueled by despair. “If we give our enemies ‘hope’, they will lose their motivation for violence,” was the mantra of that period. Reality, of course, proved otherwise; the Oslo Accords plunged us into a horrific cycle of blood and tears.  Despair does not cause terror: Hope does: The hope for the destruction of the State of Israel.  When Israel strongly re-affirms its sovereignty – especially on the Temple Mount – it closes the window of hope for the destruction of our State. In the short term, we will bear the brunt of threats of violence. But if we remain firm, we will once again enjoy the fruits of our determination, as we did when we opened the Western Wall Tunnels and returned to the City of David despite Arab violence. The same will hold true for any future tests. Our determination will bring us both sovereignty and peace.

Urgent Call to Action! 

For the first time since the Temple Mount was liberated more than 40 years ago, the Knesset will deliberate on the state of Israel’s sovereignty on the Mount: the most holy and important place to the Jewish Nation. The special Knesset session, requested by Moshe Feiglin, will take place this Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25th.

It is imperative that all the nationalist MKs attend this historic Knesset deliberation and vote for the proposed resolution declaring that Israel is the sovereign on the Temple Mount. The MKs are under tremendous pressure not to attend. They need all the support and encouragement they can get. Please send emails (English is fine) to the nationalist MKs.  Click here for the list of emails, send your emails to the MKs and get the word out on your social media. The success of this historic opportunity is in our hands!

Here are two sample letters that our readers have already sent, to get your creative juices flowing:

Dear Honorable Prime Minister Netanyahu and Knesset Members,

Can You imagine Muslims relinquishing their sovereignty over their holiest site- Kaabeh in Mecca, or Christians over Rome? They would lose any respect and credibility for all they stand for.

Please stop the myopic appeasement.

 and/or

Honorable PM Netanyahu and Knesset Members,

On Tuesday, you will have a rare opportunity to rectify an historic injustice and restore Israeli sovereignty to the Temple Mount. With your vote, we can rescusitate the beating heart of the Nation and Land of Israel. Please do not allow short-term considerations to cloud the greatness of the hour.

With thanks and anticipation to see you voting in favor,

Survey: 75% of Israelis Want Israeli Sovereignty on Temple Mount

Despite the mini-riot organized by the Jordanian wakf this morning on the Temple Mount as a preface to the Knesset session on Israeli sovereignty there scheduled for early evening, Israelis are not backing off. In a survey taken on the Avri Gilad morning show, the hosts asked the viewing audience if they think Israel should actualize its sovereignty on the Temple Mount. The results of the survey are as follows:

50%: Jews must be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount
25%: The Arabs must be removed from the Temple Mount
17%: No sovereignty
6%: The Temple Mount belongs to the Arabs.

Clearly, the Jewish public in Israel wants to return to the Temple Mount. Please urgently email the MKs to reiterate that you expect them to participate in the Knesset session this evening and to vote for Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount.

Anarchy Fuels War over Jerusalem

By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu | Published: November 7th, 2014

Jerusalem police found two stolen guns, 11 bullet cartridges and dozens of stolen IDF stun grenade in eastern Jerusalem Friday and arrested an Arab suspect in Jabal Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood next to the Jewish area of Armon HaNatziv.  The Israeli government has ordered a crackdown in Arab areas of the city in the wake of the new intifada, riots or Arab Spring uprising, depending on the mood of an editor.

The warning signs have been flashing for three years, but an Israeli blind eye and President Barack Obama’s overt backing for Palestinian Authority-claimed areas of Jerusalem have allowed terror to capture the fancy of an increasing number of Arabs in what is commonly referred to as “eastern Jerusalem.”

In fact, the Palestinian Authority also claims sovereignty over southern Jerusalem, home to tens of thousands of Jews in Gilo, Talpiot and Har Homa, and northern Jerusalem, where Pisgat Ze’ev and Nevei Yaakov are the homes of tens of thousands of other Jews. French Hill and much of Ramot also are in areas where President Obama has declared Jews to be “illegitimate” and “illegal.”

American ignorance of the Arab culture, especially when it comes to its attitude of a Jewish state of Israel, does not take into account that the president’s remarks, certainly not intended as incitement for violence, give the Arab world justification to ram cars into people, beat them with iron rods and throw rocks at them, at their cars and at the Jerusalem light rail trains system in order to defeat the “Zionists.”

Ambushes of Jews in “eastern “Jerusalem were reported as far back as three years ago. People were severely beaten and hospitalized, but the government ignored the incidents, encouraging the state of anarchy.  Police tried to stay out of Arab neighborhoods in order not to “escalate tensions,” a ghetto state of mind that is paralleled today by calls for Jews to stay away from the Temple Mount in order not to anger Arab Muslims.

It more or less reminds me of a little talk gave to a group of armchair Zionists in Baltimore more than 20 years ago during the Oslo idiocy. After I described the illegal hobbies of our Arab neighbors in the southern Hebron Hills, and after explaining the Jewish meaning of the word “Shalom,” one of the names of God, a very polite and stupid gentleman stood up and asked, “Well, if the Arabs don’t want leave you alone in peace, why don’t you just move to Tel Aviv?”

The Arab world has fed Arabs in Israel, and more worryingly an entire new generation, a steady diet of hatred and the notion that they are a “people” who are “stateless.” They believe Israeli is “occupying” them and would not believe how loathsome and pathetic were the lives of the grandparents and great-grandparents under the Jordanian occupation from 1948-1967.  That is part of history they never will learn. Instead, Hamas has done what Yasser Arafat did – exploit a vacuum and incite people to war.

There is war in Jerusalem, a war that Israel cannot afford to lose.  The violence may subdue tomorrow, or next week or next month, or not at all. Like most wars, there is no logic. Jerusalem Arabs received benefits from Israel that they could only dream of receiving under a Palestinian Authority regime.  They enjoy the light rail system, a cheap and efficient way of arriving to work.  But much of Arab Jerusalem is lawless. The city had allowed tens of thousands of Arab buildings to be constructed without permits. It also has discriminated against Arabs when it comes to funding for schools, parks and other municipal services.

The Palestinian Authority has educated an entire generation that they do not live in Israel and that Jews are enemies,  The lethal combination of Obama’s affirming the claim and Israel’s fear of maintaining law and order have left a ticking bomb that exploded the past several weeks.  It is the perfect scenario for Hamas, which is hell-bent on destruction and murder and could not care less about the welfare of people.  The war, or uprising, or intifada, may be over today or tomorrow, or next month, or not at all, but the coals of anarchy will not cool off so quickly.