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Biblical Jewish Claims to the Land of Israel
by Rabbi Dr A. Abrahami
Biblical Briefs
1. Jerusalem and Zion are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
809 times, but not mentioned even once in the Koran . (The figure
for mentions of Jerusalem alone is 656 times.)
2. The land of Israel has been promised to the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the Jewish people alone - many,
many times (e.g. Genesis 12, 26, 28, Psalm 136); not to any other
nation in the world!
3. Psalm 132: "Zion is my dwelling place forevermore,
there I shall give rise to the Messiah from the seed of David."
(No one else!)
4. Our forefathers and kings paid for the land of Israel with
solid gold and silver.
- Abraham bought the Machpela cave and its neighbouring area in
Hebron (Genesis 23,10-20; 25, 9-11) for 400 pieces of pure best
quality silver.
- Jacob bought part of Shchem - Nablus (Genesis 33) for 100 Ksita
(high quality ornamental coins).
- King David paid 600 gold Shekels for part of Jerusalem (I Chronicles
21, 25).
- King Omri bought Mt Shomron for 2 talents of silver, to build
his capital Shemer (I Kings 16; 24).
After the exile of the Jews from the holy land in 70 CE, other peoples
moved into the vacuum.
Koranic and Islamic Sources on the Land of Israel
1. It is written in the Koran (Sura 5 - The Dinner Table,
21)
"Moses said unto his people [of Israel]; Allah (G-d) made you
kings and gave you that which He
gave not to any other of His creatures. Oh My people, go unto the
holy land Allah has ordained for you".
(Therefore, Muslims cannot claim Israel, because it is not
their land)
2. It is further written in the Koran (Sura 17 -The Children
of Israel, 104):
"We [the Muslims] said to the Children of Israel; dwell
in the [holy] land and when the time of promise of the latter days
comes, we [the Muslims] shall bring you together again out of the
various people".
(Reality check: Muslims are commanded to help the Jews return
to Israel!)
3. The Muslim claim to Jerusalem is supposedly based on the Prophet
Mohammed's dream that he ascended to Heaven on his nocturnal journey
from the famous mosque on the Temple Mount - Dome of the Rock (Al
Aksa):
(Sura 17 - The Children of Israel,1) "Glory be to
Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque
to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so
that We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing,
the Seeing."
However: Mohammed died 60 years before the mosque was constructed;
at that time, there was a Byzantine church on the Temple Mount.
Furthermore: There is no trace of the story about Mohammed's
ascent in the elaborate inscription on the mosque.
4. Says the famous 13th century Arab geographer Yakit: "Mecca
[in Saudi Arabia] is the holy place for the Muslims and Jerusalem
is the holy place for the Jews".
Rabbi Dr Abrahami is a post-graduate of Jews' College, London;
he is a prolific author in many fields and has spoken in Europe,
Israel and USA. His professional qualifications and experience are
in engineering, business studies, IT, natural medicine, psychology,
Torah and
Kabbalah, Brantridge Forest School - PhD in Homoeopathy.
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