Defeating Jihadism Requires More Than Killing Terrorists
Who’s really being naïve about nation-building?
September 1, 2017
And counter the Islamist plan to erase Jewish history.
In 1999, the Islamic Waqf—the Jordanian-controlled organization that administers the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem—together with the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement—the Israeli chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood—decided to build a new, subterranean mosque underneath al-Aqsa. To do so, they destroyed the structure known as Solomon’s Stables, built by King Herod around the beginning of the Common Era. Israeli archaeologists have since then been trying to rescue artifacts that were displaced in the process, but their funding has recently run dry. David M. Weinberg writes:
Who’s really being naïve about nation-building?
The deal isn’t being enforced by its own standards.
And counter the Islamist plan to erase Jewish history.
Rational and irrational hatred.
The Rachel Corrie revival.
In 1999, the Islamic Waqf—the Jordanian-controlled organization that administers the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem—together with the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement—the Israeli chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood—decided to build a new, subterranean mosque underneath al-Aqsa. To do so, they destroyed the structure known as Solomon’s Stables, built by King Herod around the beginning of the Common Era. Israeli archaeologists have since then been trying to rescue artifacts that were displaced in the process, but their funding has recently run dry. David M. Weinberg writes:
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