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Will European Countries Vote to Deny Christianity's Roots in the Holy Land?
(Israel Hayom) Amb. Dror Eydar - One of the 15-20 anti-Israel resolutions voted on at the UN every year states that Israel violates the human rights of the Palestinians on al-Haram al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, which is the Muslim term for the Temple Mount. Incredibly, the English term "Temple Mount" does not appear. The Palestinians insist on this in order not to affiliate the Mount with the presence of the Jewish Temple. Every year, Israeli ambassadors debate with the foreign ministries of European countries to get the English name included in the resolution. As Israel's Ambassador to Italy, I asked my Italian interlocutor, "If there are no Jewish roots on the Temple Mount, where did Jesus preach? On the moon?" By not insisting on the inclusion of the term "Temple Mount," the Europeans for all intents and purposes are voting to deny the Christian world's roots in the Holy Land. That is not the way a civilization that wishes to live behaves. Both the U.S. and Europe constantly repeat their belief in the two-state solution. But the Palestinians have erased the second part of the phrase, which is "Two States for Two Peoples." To this day, the Palestinian Authority (and Hamas) do not recognize Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.