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January 29, 2003
That's MY toy. Gimme! Ben Shapiro has a fine column out with a nice succint history of the Temple Mount, and the modern point of controversy. Here is a point that caught my attention:
Any site of any value to anyone who is not Muslim will eventually become a "holy site," targeted for mosque construction. Muslims claim as holy sites the Church of the Nativity, Hindu shrines in India, the sites of statues in Afghanistan, the Tomb of Joseph, and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, among others.
Allow me to extrapolate and offend by noticing the truth: Many modern Arabs, and particularly Palestenians insist on acting like petulant children.
Children frequently show no interest in some particular toy- until another kid picks it up. Then it belongs to them, and they want it. They want it now, and they'll have fits about it if they can't take it away from the other child.
Muslims wouldn't care a thing about the tomb of Joseph if it weren't a holy site to the Jews. Indeed, nobody in the region really gave a rat's ass about what is now the modern nation of Israel until the Jews moved back. Now it's all super special sacred holy grounds of great significance.
The difference between Arabs having childish fits versus other children having childish fits comes in how they express their frustration. A child who can't have a toy will pout and cry, maybe have a little shoving match or fist fight with their opposition. Whereas on the other hand, if an Arab decides that it's THEIR toy, they're liable to... Well, you know, intifada and jihad and such.
