by Hillel Fendel
"We have been stunned and shocked to hear of the intentions of our enemies from
within and without, who speak openly about giving away and abandoning the Temple Mount and
parts of the Jewish People's eternal capital."
So begins a declaration issued today by the Yesha (Judea and Samaria) Rabbis Council,
headed by Rabbis Dov Lior and Zalman Melamed.
"The very thought of foreign defilement and control of the Mountain of G-d's Abode
and in holy Jerusalem is shocking to every Jew. The Nation of Israel, charged with
preserving the sanctity of the Temple Mount, the Western Wall and all of Jerusalem - east
and west - throughout the generations, will not allow these destructive, catastrophic and
irresponsible intentions to be implemented, Heaven forbid."
"Those who even mention the possibility of abandoning the Temple Mount and of
dividing Jerusalem will be forever remembered in ignominy by the Nation of Israel."
Rabbi Rosenne's Call
Rabbi Yisrael Rosenne, head of the Zomet Institute for Jewish Law, Technology and Modern
Society, registers his own call to preserve Jerusalem - but throws in an unexpected
add-on. In his weekly column in Zomet's "Shabbat B'Shabbato" synagogue pamphlet,
Rabbi Rosenne writes:
"...Once again Jerusalem is under the knife on the operating table! ... Once again a
trial balloon is sent off towards the Israeli public to see how it will respond to major
concessions... But Master of the Universe, from how many national and security assets
must we divest ourselves? We have conceded and conceded, and made gesture after gesture,
and have 'come towards' again and again; we have given up the flowering Gush Etzion, and
the Philadelphi Route, and we have freed thousands of dangerous terrorists - but did all
this move anyone on the other side? Have we heard even the slightest peep of true peace
over there? ..."
Rabbi Rosenne then changes tone by writing, "In truth, if I thought there was on the
horizon a chance for true negotiations that would bring a lasting resolution, I would not
balk at the idea of trading territories and their populations. Given the situation in
which we live, there is room to talk about transferring Um El-Fahm and environs [the
Arab-populated areas between Hadera and Afula known as The Triangle - ed.] to Palestinian
Authority responsibility, in exchange for the settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria."
He later clarified to Arutz-7 that he was not referring only to the three settlement blocs
that the government is currently insisting on retaining - namely, Maaleh Adumim, Gush
Etzion, and Ariel. "Of course I mean also western Shomron, and the Binyamin areas,
and Kedumim, etc.," the rabbi emphasized. "I certainly don't mean to imply that
we should withdraw from areas that are not considered 'blocs.' My main point is that we
are always willing to make concessions, while the other side doesn't respond in kind at
all."
Rabbi Rosenne's article then continues, "I write this [idea of trading territory]
with a heavy heart, but with a clear mind. If you will, we can learn from this week's
Torah portion [in which the Patriarch Abraham offers to divide the land with his nephew
Lot]... but G-d later comforts Abraham and says, 'Don't worry! There is yet time for the
dream of the Complete Land of Israel to be fulfilled! 'For all the Land that you see, I
will give to you and your descendants.'"
"But even if trading territory can be discussed, the idea of dividing Jerusalem can
never be! ... Once the idea is even raised, our enemies hear and absorb - and later it
will be too late for us to say that we didn't mean it or that it was taken out of
context... The final word is that may his tongue cleave to his palate of anyone who dares
speak of separation and division in Jerusalem."
Yesha Rabbis' Conclusion
The Yesha Rabbis call upon "Cabinet ministers, Knesset Members, the Torah world and
all of Israel to wake up and make sure to thwart, no matter how, these evil plans, and to
add sovereignty and strengthen Jewish presence in the Temple Mount - the heart of our
nation - and in all of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish People, by building
and settling throughout, and to visit the Halakhically-permitted places on the Temple
Mount and build a synagogue there - for if there is no Temple Mount, there is no
Jerusalem, and if there is no Jerusalem, then there is no State of Israel, Heaven forbid.
(emphasis in the original)
And this eternal life
That they believe on Thee the only true G-d
And Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
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