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Understanding the Arabs' Religious War Against the Jews

(Makor Rishon-Hebrew, 20March 2025) Idit Bar interviewed by Orly Goldklang - Idit Bar, 59, an Israeli expert on Arab society and culture, explained in an interview how the understanding of "two states" is totally different in Arabic and in the West. "The Arabs repeatedly insist that for them, there can never be a Jewish state in the Middle East. When they speak of two states, they mean one Arab state that is cleansed of Jews, next to a state that is in no way a Jewish state. And they want to send the refugees to that state to change it into one with an Arab majority. This is not my analysis; this is what they say explicitly. We just need to listen." "Take, for example, the slogan "from the river to the sea." That sounds nice in English, but the exact translation from the original source is 'Palestine is Arab from the river to the sea.' It's a declaration of ethnic cleansing. What is "Free Palestine"? Freed from what? From the Jews." "When you pay attention to the Koranic verses that their leaders cite in their speeches, you can understand the cultural connection....The ideological aspect overcomes any other benefits. There is a goal and a vision, and that's the direction they are following." "We're not willing to understand the nature of a religious war that's wrapped inside a political war. But we need to understand that Muslim fanatics cannot accept the fact that the Jew, who was always humiliated and discriminated against in Arab lands, has established a state in the heart of the Middle East. That is something they are not prepared to accept." "Let it be clear: if elections were held in Judea and Samaria today, Hamas would win, and we need to act accordingly....Israel needs to open its eyes and recognize that they want to kill us and we need to prepare for that....The destruction in Gaza does not deter Hamas in Judea and Samaria, nor the local residents. They are prepared for any hardship, even to live in tents, as long as they can destroy us."
2025-03-30 00:00:00
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