tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post3669692370739017388..comments2024-03-16T10:05:23.129-07:00Comments on LA Quaker: The first day of the Parliament of the World's Religion: the dawn of a new age, or just talk?LA Quakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-74340223812725907012015-11-01T07:47:47.110-08:002015-11-01T07:47:47.110-08:00Also see this http://rhr.org.il/eng/ and
http://w...Also see this http://rhr.org.il/eng/ and<br /><br />http://www.btselem.org/Daniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-31516925062893995462015-11-01T07:43:23.107-08:002015-11-01T07:43:23.107-08:00? I don't understand your responses. I complet...? I don't understand your responses. I completely agree with your comments! Check out my last few posts on my blog. My last one a couple of days is about Rabbis for Human Rights.<br /><br />We agree completely on that.<br /><br />What we don't agree on is that everyone should also address the facts and oppose that most Palestinians support killing INNOCENT civilians in the name of God, call murderers "martyrs" (, Fatah, HAMAS, Islamic Jihad, etc.:-(<br /><br />No matter how many terrible wrongs and killings that the Israelis and the U.S. it doesn't justify<br />murders by knife and car of innocent people.Daniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-40925982961776209682015-10-28T16:08:01.583-07:002015-10-28T16:08:01.583-07:00It broke my heart today to read of the burning of ...It broke my heart today to read of the burning of Palestinian trees by Jewish colonists. See http://www.mintpressnews.com/as-harvest-season-begins-israeli-settlers-burn-100-palestinian-olive-trees/198011/ According to this article, “The settlement hosts a religious school and a religious center that issues edicts that call for killing Palestinians and stealing their land,” the official said. This is the kind of bigotry and hatred that people of faith and conscience need to oppose, whether it's by Muslims, Christians, or Jews. I am grateful to rabbis like Lynn Gottlieb who are trying to build bridges, not point fingers.LA Quakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-77221495935895822172015-10-28T08:42:37.277-07:002015-10-28T08:42:37.277-07:00Daniel, I am not sure why you like to cite hateful...Daniel, I am not sure why you like to cite hateful comments by Muslims. I could easily cite similar comments by Jewish rabbis, or even by Netanyahu himself, who tried to blame the holocaust on the Palestinians. But the actions of the US and Israel speak louder than words: "Despite Israeli-inflicted shootings and injuries to over 200 Palestinian children over a 6-day period earlier this month, the U.S. has promised to boost military aid to the country by at least $1 billion a year to a total of over $4 billion. The announcement comes on the heels of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both of whom are condemning the Palestinian response to Israeli attacks. In the meantime, the Obama administration has cut humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority by $80 million, reducing their annual aid package to $290 million." Such actions are what provoke angry responses from Muslims and others concerned about justice.LA Quakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-80152919651191984022015-10-24T13:13:04.039-07:002015-10-24T13:13:04.039-07:00You wrote, The imam then quoted a Muslim source sa...You wrote, The imam then quoted a Muslim source saying if you harm one human being you harm the whole world."<br /><br />But what would that imam say to this world Muslim leader?<br />Dr. Subhi Al-Yaziji, leader of Quranic Studies at Islamic University: “The Jews of Palestine are fair game today — even the women…every single Jew in Palestine is a combatant — even the children…bombings should be carried out in the very heart of the enemy, in Haifa, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and Hadera, as was the case in the past, because that is what hurts the Jews.”<br />Daniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.com