Friday, February 09, 2007

JERUSALEM - VOLATILE CITY OF IRONIES.


The Gods, if there were such things, would be having a good laugh at human expense when they look down and see the human strife that emanates from a small area which three of the world religions all claim as being among their holiest sites. Yes folks, the Gods, those mythical beings, like some humans I know, have rather a mischievous, ironic, yet slightly malevolent, twisted sense of humour.

The photo shows clearly the Wailing Wall beloved by the bobbing Jews and, with the Temple Mount, is their most holy site. Nearby is the al Aqsa Mosque which in combination with a compound called the Holy Sanctuary, is the third holiest site to Muslims. And squeezed in there somewhere is the site said to be where Jesus drove the moneychangers from the temple, a site holy to Christians. Talk about a nightmarish cocktail!

Yet, given the centuries old simmering tensions over ownership/control of the area, and despite protests across the Muslim world, Israel, using mechanical equipment, is excavating in the vicinity of the Mosque and underneath the Holy Sanctuary compound claiming that it is looking for the remains of a Jewish temple or artifacts. It is also buying up property in East Jerusalem from Christians which some see as an attempt to gain complete control of the area and further dispossess the Palestinians. Olmert of course rejects all complaints with typical Jewish arrogance (they are, after all, the Children of God) and the excavation work continues despite the vocal Palestinian protesters.

This volatile situation, in combination with the brutal, inhumane, four-decade long occupation of the Palestinian Territories plus the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan by 'Christian' America and its allies, has caused, and is causing predictable outrage in the Muslim world and further inflames the hostility between rival religions and, dare I mention it, civilizations.

With an attack on Iran imminent, the scene is set for fireworks of the nuclear kind. Unlike New Year celebrations, the outcome will be very, very ugly.

5 comments:

Daniel said...

Chimps, this is an adult-only blog. Monkeys and precocious children are not welcome.

xyz said...

I say bomb the city that has been the source of misery for centuries. How many people have died for/because of this god forsaken place? Nuke Jerusalem.

Daniel said...

Now, D.P., it can't be a god forsaken place when three gods are vying for top dog status there.

Besides, the Christian George and the Jewish Olmert have their hawkish eyes on Iran. Any nuking will have to be done there first to ensure that American 4WD drivers can spend their vacations wherever they choose.

Cheers!

Anonymous said...

Do you believe that with all the tooing and froooingg that takes place at the wailing wall that any common sense thoughts actually prevail about peace as they prayer?

What do they pray to? or for? or about? God?, with his earplugs recharged, alternately between the Jews and the Muslims and not wanting to offend either, by switching off from both these pesky ongoing squabbling neighbors? Is it peace? or is it for absolute control on this Holiest of Lands which has seen nothing but blood shed on its soil in God's name?.

Secretly I've wished for ten years that a giant earthquake would demolish the lands which will bring peace to the region because there would be nothing left to fight over except the rocks...Are rocks even safe from God's warriors?

Daniel said...

Hi, Mary! No, not even rocks are safe from God's warriors, so deluded are they.

You want an earthquake. D.P. wants Jerusalem nuked! Jerusalem is a symbol of the absolute, infinite stupidity of the bulk of human beings.

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