(Toronto Sun-Canada) Mindelle Jacobs - The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls have just finished a six-month exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Jordanians have complained to UNESCO that the scrolls belong to them. This follows claims by Palestinian authorities last year that the scrolls belong to the Palestinians. What would the Palestinians do if they actually got their hands on the Dead Sea scrolls? Respectfully put them on display so people could see them? How long would it be before a nutbar swayed by anti-Jewish propaganda destroyed them? After all, the Dead Sea scrolls have nothing to do with Islam. What significance could this precious Hebrew collection, written by Jews from the third century BCE to the first century CE, have for the Muslim world? The Dead Sea scrolls are safe in Israeli hands. This brouhaha is just another pathetic attempt to poke Israel in the eye.
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