reply to post by felonius
If the jews had wanted to be total asses, they would have leveled the al aqsa mosque when they had the chance.
International pressure and all out war has kept them from leveling the Mosque. The Mosque is still on Palestinian territory. I have no doubt in my
mind that Israel has every intention of bulldozing the Mosque and rebuilding the temple. In fact, they already have the blue-prints to rebuild the
temple. They just need to do it in steps.
When Israel won the Sinai during the war, they gave it back. They didn't have to. The ONLY reason I think it was a good thing they did was I
believe it was instrumental in the warming relations with Egypt.
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I actually studied this issue in college and then later in the army, as I was part of the
MFO (Multinational Force and
Observers) effort.
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The
Camp David Accords of March 26, 1979, was an agreement between Israel and Egypt, partly
pertaining to the Sinai. The agreement to give the Sinai back to Egypt was reluctantly agreed to by Israel because it was the main sticking point for
Anwar Sadat. Sadat would not agree to anything if Israel had a presence on the Sinai Peninsula. Israel's presence there threatened the security of
Egypt.
The
Camp David Accords were ultimately beneficial to Israel, as they lead directly to the
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, which would ultimately normalize relations with Israel's
neighbor and stop international condemnation of Israel.
You see, the United States sponsored the
Camp David Accords, which was a secret 12 day
meeting of negotiations at Camp David. At that time, the world was putting pressure on Israel and Egypt both to leave each other alone, in essence.
Where the rubber meets the road, Israel has only held back as much as needs to, to not draw absolute condemnation by the rest of the world. They are
pushing the envelope to the maximum of what they can get away with but that does not deter their ultimate goal. They just have to do these things in
steps. Israel has, for a very long time now, tries to rid the region of Palestinians. Once they have accomplished this goal, then they may tear the
mosque down without absolute condemnation. If they go for broke, the world would step in and stop them, but if they do it slowly, step-by-step, then
they just may be able to accomplish their goal of having an entire and complete Jewish Israel to rebuild the Temple.
It's just like that old saying about boiling a frog. If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will automatically jump out. However, if you put
the frog in a pot of luke warm water and then turn up the heat slowly, it will sit there until it is too late and alas, you will be able to boil your
frog.
--airspoon
More to come later, after I pick my children up from their schooling...