The day after the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, I wrote: “My position on the Palestinian issue is humanitarian. If there are people at the ends of the earth, belonging to races that no one shares with our race, and embracing a faith that has no connection to the messages of heaven, yet they are exposed to overwhelming injustice - or fall under occupation.” He steals their land, lords over them, and flogs their backs - I can only say or do what supports their right to freedom, justice, tranquility, and sufficiency, and this is an indivisible principle, and it does not deviate from fanaticism, interest, or whims.
Many people understood what I said at the time, but two groups opposed it: the first; The religiosity of most of the political and intellectual elite in Israel towards the conflict with the Palestinians is met with a counter-religiosity. This group dives into Islamic history and texts to build its vision, as Israelis do in their return to Jewish books.
The proponents of this trend advance an argument that says: Israel has declared - explicitly - that it is a state for the Jews, and it does not hide what it adopts, but rather defends it, and sees it as a reason for its existence and the achievement of its cohesion. Therefore, Muslims, in return, must not be ashamed to refer to their faith to be present. strongly in this struggle.
You see the second category; The main body of the resistance - which confronts aggression - depends on those of the Islamic trend, whether they are represented in the "Hamas movement" or in "Jihad", and they are filled with a religious belief that gives them patience in the face of all adversities, and steadfastness in the face of attempts to uproot and remove them, and pushes them to work at night. Day in order to restore the stolen right, and make them willingly accept the high prices they pay, and the great sacrifices they make.
Political sin
But a lot of water flowed in the river, which made many people - of those of these two trends - reconsider their positions, even partially. As soon as the aggression against civilians in Gaza became brutal, consciences were stirred throughout the earth, and they were terrified by the blood, fire, and devastation, so their owners took to the streets in anger. They demand an end to the fighting, and that the perpetrators of these ongoing crimes be held accountable.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included some Torah texts in his political speech - and so do far-right politicians, and some media figures and political analysts on Hebrew radio and television stations - “Neturei Karta” - a Jewish movement that opposes Zionism, rejects the existence of Israel and sees it as a religious and political sin. - Demonstrating in the United States and some European countries.
Jaafar Abdul Karim Al Khabouri
