Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Holy Land Message-ID: <1702@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 12:51:45 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1702 Posted: Thu Jul 7 12:51:45 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jul-83 00:34:30 EDT References: <41@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 18 To reiterate Danny Sykora's point: not only are all holy places under Israeli sovereignty open to those of all faiths, but Ma'arot Hamachpelah, where Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah are buried is a holy site to both Moslems (because of Abraham) and Jews. There are times of the day when Jewish visitors are not allowed in, because Moslems are praying there. And this is under Israeli sovereignty. In contrast, when Jordan was in control of the "West Bank" (what? you don't remember the cries for a Palestinian state on the West Bank then? I wonder why?), Jews were not allowed to go to their holy sites, including the Western Wall (Cotel Hamaaravi) in Jerusalem. And Jewish synagogues, yeshivahs and cemetaries in the Old City were systematically destroyed by the Jordanians. I think history makes it clear who has the better moral right to control of the land. Dave Sherman Toronto