Emet News Service

This month [October], Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reversed the previous government’s decision to recognize western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The question that should be asked is why that recognition was controversial at all. No fair-minded person who believes in two states for   read more ...

Summary ... This myth of Jerusalem as Islam's third holiest city based upon the mythical ascension of Mohammed from Al-Aksa to Heaven has grown exponentially in the recent telling since 1967. When you tell a Big Lie and repeat it often, it achieves credibility and legs of its own. In Islam, telling   read more ...

Here are some of the weekend headlines on the reaction to President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. USA Today: “Thousands of Indonesians rally at US Embassy over Jerusalem” The Jordan Times: “Jordan, Turkey to lead Arab-Islamic pro-Jerusalem action” The   read more ...

Jerusalem Day is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the 1967 reunification of the city of Jerusalem. Below are ten websites which focus on Jerusalem Day. Some of them tell the history of what happened, others provide documents, pictures, and other information. Jerusalem was divided in the   read more ...

Summary ... The issue of Jerusalem, and the Temple in Jerusalem, is particularly sensitive and a topic of dispute in every negotiation. Distortions, half-truths, and outright lies are frequently voiced about the struggle for and Israel's right to Jerusalem. This runs counter to the reality that   read more ...

Israel and the Palestinians [sic] are once again negotiating their future relationship. One of the most difficult issues they confront is the status of Jerusalem. On September 22, [United States] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated Saudi King Abdullah on the occasion of his country's   read more ...

I never cease to be astonished by the arrogance of Israeli Prime Ministers whose policies suggest that they own the Land of Israel and can dispose of parts it — why not all of it? — to whomsoever they please. Of course they count on the pliancy of cabinet ministers and on the pusillanimity of   read more ...

Summary ... The Muslim claim that the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is the "furthest mosque" mentioned in the Koran is completely false; the Al Aqsa Mosque was not built until 80 years after Mohammed's death. The Muslim "claim" to Jerusalem is based on what is written in the Koran, which although   read more ...

Falso El Reclamo Musulman Sobre Jerusalen Summary ... En resumen, Jerusalén nunca fue considerado lugar sagrado para el pueblo musulmán. Jerusalén ha tenido esta significación únicamente para los judíos y el pueblo de Israel. Las afirmaciones y "reclamos" del pueblo musulmán sobre la ciudad   read more ...