 At a time when so many children are being killed in a horrific war, it is imperative that the world know the truth, however inconvenient and upsetting. We at Viewzone have been shocked that such blatant atrocities and war crimes could be committed in the 21st Century with so little attention or cricism by the world's news and media. This is why we have taken it upon our mission to show you what is happening with graphic photos from inside Gaza.  I am not old enough to know, but is this what happened when the Nazi's were committing their crimes? Did the world turn away from reports of mass murder and focus on the equivalent of CNN's Larry King, who interviews Donny and Marie or "Joe the Plumer" while babies are dying in Gaza? Is this history repeating itself? Since it appears obvious that the people committing these crimes do not care about the legality or morality of their acts, we need to explore the reason behind their disregard for the lives of innocent Palestinian children, women and men. What's going on? We received the following e-mail from inside Gaza. It describes the perception of many Arabs that the Jews do not consider the Palestinians as part of the human race. That's a pretty outrageous statement but the writer included some quotes to support his claim. Frankly, we were suprised to see these facts, and can only consider them as blatantly racist. But facts are facts and the truth needs to be published out without our fear of being called "anti-semitic" or "hateful." Our only concern is that the killing of little children should stop. The writer asks us to re-examine the ideology of the Israelis. Do they really believe, as these quotes suggest, that murdering Palestinian children is somehow justified by virtue of the "superior" status of Israelis? Before posting the following e-mail, we checked the references for many quotes from the Sacred Talmud. While the exact translations may vary slightly, the meaning is correctly stated or paraphrased. It is, much to our surprise, factual.
If these same statements were made about African-Americans or any other ethnic race of people, they would be unilaterally condemned as hateful and racists ideologies. Yet these are apparently the "sacred" law books of Israel -- a country and people we support. We present this information to you, the reader, and let you decide. As always, we welcome your comments and corrections. Let us know what you think. We in no way are attempting to encourage racism or hatred. On the contrary, we think all God's people should learn to live together and treat each other with respect and dignity and we are patently against any group, race or nationality expressing superiority over another. At the bottom of this page you will see some equally shocking quotes from basic Islamic law, or Sharia.This kind of religious hatred should be equally condemned by humanity. In short: we're all in this life together so let's try to get along. (myristicin at hotmail dot com) --editor / viewzone
Dear Viewzone:
Thank you for letting the world know about what is happening in Gaza now. But many will see this and ask "Why? How can this be justified?" I wish to tell your readers that they need to understand that the Jewish scriptures clearly consider non-Jews as "sub-human"... Yes, you will not want to believe this because it is so hateful. But I only ask you to look at the scriptures from their Holy Book to see if I am wrong. I have quoted these below. And I start with a famous quote by the first leader of the State of Israel. Yes, I know you will be shocked, but here is the truth.
- Menachem Begin. (Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in a speech to the Knesset [Israeli Parlament], quoted by Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the Beasts," New Statesman, June 25, 1982)
"Only the Jews are humans, the Non-Jews are not humans, but cattle"
(goyim = human cattle) [1]
"The Non-Jews have been created to serve the Jews as slaves" [2]
"The Non-Jews have to be avoided, even more than sick pigs"
"Sexual intercourse with Non-Jews is like sexual intercourse with animals"
"The birth-rate of the Non-Jews has to be suppressed massively" [3]
"As you replace lost cows and donkeys, so you shall replace dead Non-Jews" [4]
"To box an Israeli on the ear, is like to box on the ear of God"
"God (Jahveh) is never angry about the Jews, just about the Non-Jews"
"The human (the Jew) has to pray every day three times, because Jahveh didn't make him a goyim, not a female and not an ignorant"
"Towards a Non-Jew the Jew doesn't cause an adultery... Punishable for the Jew is just the adultery towards his next, that means the wife of a Jew. The wife of the Non-Jew is excluded"
"There is no wife for the goyim, they really aren't their wives"
"You (the Jews) have made me, Jahveh, the only true lord in the world, so I will make you the only ruler in the world"
"Jews always have to try to deceive Non-Jews" [5]
"Non-Jewish property belongs to the Jew who uses it first"
"If two Jews have deceived a Non-Jew, they have to split the profit"
"Every Jew is allowed to use lies and perjury to bring a Non-Jew to ruin"
"The possessions of the goyim are like an ownerless desert, and everybody (every Jew) who seizes it, has acquired it"
"The Jew is allowed to exploit the mistake of a Non-Jew and to deceive him"
"The Jew is allowed to practice usury on the Non-Jew" [6]
"When the Messiah comes, all will be slaves of the Jews"
"Whoever disobeys a Rabbi deserves death... Whosoever disobeys the rabbis deserves death and will be punished by being boiled in hot excrement in hell."
"If a Jew is tempted to do evil he should go to a city where he is not known and do the evil there"
"Non-Jews are Not Human. Only Jews are human ("Only ye are designated men")
"Jews are Divine. If a heathen (Gentile) hits a Jew, the Gentile must be killed. Hitting a Jew is the same as hitting God"
O.K. to Cheat Non-Jews. A Jew need not pay a Gentile ("Cuthean") the wages owed him for work
"If an ox of an Israelite gores an ox of a Canaanite there is no liability; but if an ox of a Canaanite gores an ox of an Israelite...the payment is to be in full."
Jews May Steal from Non-Jews
- Baba Mezia 24a
If a Jew finds an object lost by a Gentile ("heathen") it does not have to be returned
God will not spare a Jew who "marries his daughter to an old man or takes a wife for his infant son or returns a lost article to a Cuthean..."
Jews May Rob and Kill Non-Jews. When a Jew murders a Gentile ("Cuthean"), there will be no death penalty. What a Jew steals from a Gentile he may keep
Gentiles are outside the protection of the law and God has "exposed their money to Israel."
Jews May Lie to Non-Jews. Jews may use lies ("subterfuges") to circumvent a Gentile
Non-Jewish Children Sub-Human. All Gentile children are animals
Gentile girls are in a state of niddah (filth) from birth
Gentiles prefer sex with cows
A Jew may marry a three year old girl (specifically, three years "and a day" old).
A Jew may have sex with a child as long as the child is less than nine years old.
"When a grown-up man has intercourse with a little girl it is nothing."
"Murdering Goyim is like killing a wild animal."
"Even the best of the Gentiles should be killed."
"To communicate anything with a Goy about our religious relations would be equal to the killing of all Jews, for if the Goyim knew what we teach about them, they would kill us openly."
"Sexual intercourse with a little girl is permitted if she is of three years of age."
"Jesus is in hell and is being punished by being boiled in semen. Christians are boiled in dung"
"If it be proven that someone has given the money of Israelites to the Goyim, a way must be found after prudent consideration to wipe him off the face of this earth."
"A Jew may keep anything he finds which belongs to the Akum (Gentile). For he who returns lost property (to Gentiles) sins against the law by increasing the power of the transgressors of the law. It is praiseworthy, however, to return lost property if it is done to honor the name of God, namely if by so doing Christians will praise the Jews and look upon them as honorable people."
Am I not wrong? What other ideas or beliefs could account for what has happened in Gaza to innocent, unarmed civilians and children. I open my eyes and ears to hear this answer.
K.AJ -Gaza City
Eliyahu advocates carpet bombing Gaza
Matthew Wagner , THE JERUSALEM POST
Eliyahu ruled that there was absolutely no moral prohibition against the indiscriminate killing of civilians during a potential massive military offensive on Gaza aimed at stopping the rocket launchings.
The letter, published in Olam Katan [Small World], a weekly pamphlet to be distributed in synagogues nationwide this Friday, cited the biblical story of the Shechem massacre (Genesis 34) and Maimonides' commentary (Laws of Kings 9, 14) on the story as proof texts for his legal decision.
According to Jewish war ethics, wrote Eliyahu, an entire city holds collective responsibility for the immoral behavior of individuals. In Gaza, the entire populace is responsible because they do nothing to stop the firing of Kassam rockets.
The former chief rabbi also said it was forbidden to risk the lives of Jews in Sderot or the lives of IDF soldiers for fear of injuring or killing Palestinian noncombatants living in Gaza.
Eliyahu could not be reached for an interview. However, Eliyahu's son, Shmuel Eliyahu, who is chief rabbi of Safed, said his father opposed a ground troop incursion into Gaza that would endanger IDF soldiers. Rather, he advocated carpet bombing the general area from which the Kassams were launched, regardless of the price in Palestinian life.
"If they don't stop after we kill 100, then we must kill a thousand," said Shmuel Eliyahu. "And if they do not stop after 1,000 then we must kill 10,000. If they still don't stop we must kill 100,000, even a million. Whatever it takes to make them stop."
In the letter, Eliyahu quoted from Psalms. "I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them and I will not desist until I have eradicated them."
Eliyahu wrote that "This is a message to all leaders of the Jewish people not to be compassionate with those who shoot [rockets] at civilians in their houses." Another view:
Roots of the Gaza Conflict
By Nonie Darwish
With the explosive current events in Gaza, the world needs to understand the roots of this eternal conflict, otherwise we are all kidding ourselves with hopes of peace.
For decades, Arabs had demanded that Israel end the "occupation," and in 2005, Israel did so, disengaging unilaterally from Gaza. With their demands met, there was no "cycle of violence" to respond to, no further justification for anything other than peace and prosperity. With its central location and beautiful beaches on the East Mediteranean, a peaceful and prosperous Gaza could have become another Hong Kong; a shining trade and commerce center. But instead of choosing peace, the Palestinians chose Islamic jihad. They rolled their rocket launchers to the border and started bombing Israeli civilians.
Understanding the reasons why the Palestinians chose violence over peace requires connecting the dots from the behavior of Muslim states back to the laws of Islam: Sharia. Mainstream Sharia books define Jihad as: "to war against non-Muslims to establish the religion." (Shafi'i Sharia o9.0). Jihad is not just the duty of the individual Muslim, but it is also the main duty of the Muslim head of State (the Calipha):
"A Muslim calipha is entrusted to take his people into war and command offensive and aggressive Jihad. He must organize Jihad against any non-Muslim government, which prevents Muslim da'wah (meaning preaching and spreading Islam) from entering its land." (Shafii Law o25.0 to o25.9).
Sharia law# o25.9 states:
"(When the caliph appoints a ruler on a region, his duty includes) if the area has a border adjacent to enemy lands, (he will) undertake Jihad against enemies, dividing the spoils of battle among combatants and setting aside a fifth for deserving recipients."
Also:
"The Caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax provided he has first invited them to enter Islam or pay Jizya, the non-Muslim poll tax, (in accordance with the word of Allah Most High Chapter 9 verse 29)."
Zia-Ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan, said "jihad in terms of warfare is a collective responsibility of the Muslim Ummah."
One of Islam’s eminent 20th century scholars, Sheikh Maolana Maududi said:
"Islam wishes to destroy all states and governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of the country or the nation which rules it. The purpose of Islam is to set up a state on the basis of its own ideology and program … the objective of Islamic jihad is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish instead an Islamic system of state rule. Islam does not intend to confine this revolution to a single state or a few countries; the aim of Islam is to bring about a universal revolution."
Some people seem to think that such laws are just historical relics, on the books but not in practice or in control of the minds of Muslims. But that is the kind of denial we cannot afford; these laws rule the hearts, minds and actions of a majority of Muslim individuals and states around the world today. These scriptures are taught, preached and promoted as the incontrovertible and eternal word of God and funded by Saudi petrodollars throughout the world, including Western nations such as the U.K. and the United States.
No Muslim leader can survive in a Muslim country if he announces the end of Jihad against non-Muslim countries and states that all references to Jihad in Islamic law do not apply today. Treating non-Muslim neighboring countries and individual as equals, with respect and in peace without trying to convert them to Islam, is simply against Islamic Law.
Muslim leaders who dare to go against this theology are called traitors and puppets of the "Great Satan" West. That is a description that no Muslim leader wants to be labeled with. When president Anwar Sadat of Egypt signed the peace treaty with Israel in 1979, he told his confidants that he knew he was signing his own death warrant. He understood that under Sharia he must have permanent war with non-Muslim Israel.
How can a Muslim leader or individual avoid the hundreds of Quran and Hadith commandments to Muslims to kill Jews and Christians? Q 9:29: "Fight those who believe not in Allah until they pay the Jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued." Q 9:5: "Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them". Q47.4: "When you encounter the unbelievers, Strike off their heads."
A Muslim leader cannot face his devout Muslim subjects after making a decision to engage in friendship and peace with Jews. Mosques all over the Middle East, after all, recite Mohammed's commandment to Muslims:
"The Hour [Resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews, and kill them. And the Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah (PBUH), this is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!" (Sahih Muslim 41:6985, also Sahih Bukhari 4:52:177)
This Hadith, issued by Mohammad (PBUH), makes a whole group of people illegal to exist. It was issued in the 7th century, not after the 1948 creation of the State of Israel. It is not a response to modern-day grievances; it is a permanent commandment.
Many Muslims claim that Arabs and Jews lived well together for many years before 1948. But that claim ignores the fact that Jews had to live as "dhimmies" under Islamic Law and were never allowed to rule themselves separate of the Islamic Sharia. When Muslims were weak they often treated their dhimmi subjects well and ignored the commandments to kill, subjugate and humiliate them. But Jew hatred is intrinsic to Islamic scriptures that do not permit reformation under the penalty of death.
This is the real basis of the Arab/Israeli conflict: not a conflict over land or occupation, but a divine obligation to destroy neighboring (non-Muslim) Israel, where Jews are no longer dhimmis but are free to rule themselves. We cannot ignore the root of the problem in Muslim scriptures. That is the true force behind the hate and propaganda Jihadist machine against Jews in the Muslim world.
Some Muslims tell me that they don't believe in Sharia and question why am I making a big deal about it. My answer is that Sharia is the law of the land in 54 Muslim countries and many Muslim groups are demanding Sharia in the West. In 1990, 45 Muslim countries signed the Cairo Human Rights Declaration which stated that Sharia has supremacy over the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Muslim world must look within to its sacred laws, scriptures, sermons, teaching and preaching, and reform the obstacles for peace that have condemned them to a permanent state of jihad. The non-Muslim world must have no illusions.
Comments:
Spirituality and religion are different. Spirituality is of the soul and of the soil. It is intuitive, an humane perspective on life and internal values that attribute worth respect to all forms of life and the cycle of life. It is the nature of the individual to seek meaning and to seek a higher self; the unspoiled nature of our home, Earth, is our Eden and we are either it’s central nervous system, or its cancer.
Religion is of man, ownership, laws that favor one people over another. Religion subscribes to destruction, of soil, plant, animal, and human life. Religion and evil meet at the point in the circle created by two ends of a straight line.
In the struggle between spirituality and religion, eventually spirituality will reign because it supports life. Religion will fall because of the destruction it has wrought for thousands of years. The question is, at what cost to life as a whole? How many lives, how much suffering?
Religion, practiced in the concrete, fanatic realm, is racist, no matter what name it calls itself. Look at the last eight years of the American government to understand that fanaticism practiced in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, is arrogant, destructive religion is racist.
Valorie S. Nonie Darwish's article "Roots of the Gaza Conflict" is very misleading. Apparantly Nonie did not read any verse of the Islamic holy book "The Qur'an". Nonie had used the political views (including political clergy) of the Jihad concept.
Both Judaic and Islamic beliefs have been greatly misinterpreted. Unfortunately Judaic scriptures had also been altered to fit politics. The Qur'an was vorbidden to be written in any language other than Arabic in order to prevent alterations. Even though its translations has also been altered.
The four major religions (Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have one common ancient source. They all talk about the same God. Since humans are at different levels of spirituality these religions were written symbolically.
When Judaism talks about Jews and Israel, it is meant the human race as a whole and not just one group of it. Hence developed the racial prejudiced superiority aspect of it.
As for Islam had Nonie read at least some verses of the Qur'an she/he ( sorry not sure what gender ) would have discovered that Qur'an acknowledges all prophets, claimed by other religions) starting from Adam down to Jesus Christ. They are mentioned almost in every chapter of the Qur'an. The Islamic teachings also acknowledge the "people of the book"; Judaism and Christianity, and the Qur'an states that their God and our (Muslem) God is one.
As far as the Jihad concept it is meant the struggle against the evil self, the bodily mundane desires, in order to elevate the soul to recognize God.
The fact that we all should know is that humans are God's "chosen" race to incarnate through in order to actualize self. We are all brothers and sisters, made of the same flesh and blood. None is purer than the other except in the "faith in God" and in good deeds.
Politicians and political clergies alter and misinterpret religions to lead people into wars for selfish intersts.
-- Akleh, Elias Z I completely agree with Akleh and strongly defy this article for misleading people of other religions. Remember half knowledge is more dangerous. I have read some amazing articles on viewzone.com and can’t figure out how they allowed such an article be published on their site without checking its authentication. By releasing this article Nonie has knowingly or unknowingly made all muslims appear as terrorists and has painted a completely wrong picture of islam.
Just to cut it short, when Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) invaded Mecca, he was supported by a huge army. The meccans surrendered without fighting, getting overwhelmed with Prophet Mohammed’s (PBUH) army. At that time christains, jews and many more religions were staying in Mecca. Prophet’s army demanded to kill those people or loot them, but he said that everybody is free to stay here and practice whatever religion they want. A lot of explanation can be given against this article, but than it somehow seems useless as the author himself is ignorant about true morals of islam. Anonymous
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All civilians living in Gaza are collectively guilty for Kassam attacks on Sderot, former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has written in a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
