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PA Denial of Jewish Connection to Jerusalem an "Offendable" Moment

(Jewish Journal of Los Angeles) David Suissa - The Palestinian Authority announced last week that they are adamantly opposed to Natan Sharansky's plan to build an egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall. Specifically, they will not permit Israel to change the entrance to the Temple Mount - which adjoins and looks down on the Wall Plaza - in order to expand the area for an egalitarian service. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has already gone on record as denying a Jewish connection to Jerusalem. Jews rarely get offended by Palestinian insults that touch the core of our identity. Instead of acting insulted, we prefer to act stoic. I would call this an "offendable" moment, a moment when Jewish groups the world over ought to draw a big red line and say loudly and clearly: "We are deeply offended that the Palestinian Authority is denying the 3,000-year Jewish connection to Jerusalem." Acting insulted when you feel insulted helps your case by making you look more real and more human. If a Palestinian leader has the chutzpah to tell the world that Jews have no connection to Jerusalem, we have every right to be deeply insulted and to call him on it.
2013-06-24 00:00:00
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