We have always realized, as Israelis and as Jews, that we are not fighting Islam and thus avoided turning the Temple Mount issue into a war of Jews against Muslims.
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Factually, the Temple Mount is the precise location of the Temple. It's the holiest place in the world for Jews. It's the third holiest place for Muslims. And we need to respect each others' rights, freedom of religion.
Jerusalem should not tolerate any religious war.
We are not at war against Islam.
I would never agree to an exclusive Muslim sovereignty over areas that are religiously important to Jews and Christians.
And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq.
We must remember that Islam is not an enemy, and we have no war with Islam.
I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.
Terrorism attacks Jews, but it targets all countries and Western values. Israel is just an hors d'oeuvre.
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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