Word of advice
People of Israel, Ehh, I was going to write something fancy, but there is really no need. Just don't allow the building of a Museum of Tolerance over a muslim Cemetery, ok? Trust me on this. Just..don't! Thank you for listening, The Sandmonkey
posted by The Sandmonkey @ 2/18/2006 10:29:00 AM
13 Comments:
So what have we got here:
- people who want to built a museum of tolerance and are in a position they can hardly change their plans;
- people who do not want to have this museum built on a muslim cemetry
- people who offered to replace the cemetry to another spot and paying for it
- people who dont want to accept this offer.
Now,..
What about making the cemetry "part" of a museum? In the garden or so. Havent seen the plans myself, but can't they overcome this issue somehow anyhow? Their must be a solution. And yes, it sound awkward to "just move" the cemetry because a museum of tolerance should be built there.
But again, I don't know the exact details. So can't be the judge here ;)
Am with elengil.
Cemetaries should never be desecrated.
:(
Hopefully they will rethink.
Israel is a small and old place. Take a shovel, dig some and you will find an archeological remains or a grave.
It happens all the time. This time they have found Muslim graves.
Let's hope this issue will get resolves peacfully.
Let's hope Israeli embassies will not get burnt in Beirut, Teheran and Dammascus over this issue.
haha, do you seriously think they'll listen? :P
These are the people who attacked the USS Liberty in'67 and killed 34 Americans and wounded 100+ more because they were listening to Israeli military radios and knew of the attrocities they were committing. Then there was Jenin(spelling?). No love for anyone who kills for either political or racial reasons. No chance that they will not build it either.
Sandmonkey,
Use your logic. Jerusalam is a very old city. It doesn't matter where you build anything in Jerusalam. You are always going to be building over someone's bones. For petes sake, it's a parking lot now!!!
If it's not a Museum for tolerance, then it'll be a shopping center, office park, apartment, etc...
How old are these graves? 50, 100, 200 years??
I say build the damn building. You can never have enough tolerance. Tolerance should be forced down people's throat... or else!!
Perhaps they prefer to keep it as a parking lot, instead of a museum of tolerance :)
I'd say, make it a part of the museum or move everything to another place at costs of the museum/Israeli state.
Anyway, damage has already been done, because many news papers were writing already that Israel is going to built a Tolerance museum on a muslim cemetry, without mentioning it is a parking lot now and without mentioning later it had been put on halt, because of the discovery.
Cemeteries are moved all the time, even some that are really old. Just remember to put up a "BEWARE OF GHOSTS" sign and it will be okay.. but this was maybe not the issue :) //ab
Actually SM, the egyptian government had to divert the whole path of a bridge in the mid eighties because while they were drilling for the soil investigation they found out that an old jewish cemetery lies on it's path.
Be fair again and again and again.
Another lie to regurgitate..OK, check out the HRW website and B'Tselem.."since the beginning of the intifada, 9/2000, outside combat situations 1,722 Palestinians have been killed and more than 33% were children" says B'Tselem. I was highlighting Israeli mindset not your American pro Israeli leanings.If you smell something it's because of where your head is. OK, that's not fair. Hey, Hamas aren't proscribed without reason, their actions are a crime against humanity but don't criticise people who say that there have been wrongs on both sides. BW
@Anon, yes. It's sad. And without saying it was right to do, Palestinian parents should stop buying military toyguns which look very much like a real gun. I believe that will reduce the amount of innocent victims as well.
I've seen what bullets do..indoctrinating children to kill is child abuse and I agree with you Suzanne. What scares me is that some sick f***s might have bought them toy guns to bring about just that situation. 'I see dead people'. BW
I'm sure that, despite the US Treasury saying in 2003 that the Al Aqsa Foundation was proscribed because they were channeling funds to Hamas, the foundation is not trying to annoy the Simon Wiesenthal Foundation by delaying the building of the museum. No way. They wouldn't conveniently forget that over 40 years ago that the site was no longer considered holy ground by the Moslems. No way. Despite what some might think I respond to this to try and give a subjective viewpoint. You are right, it appears that they are doing it because they can and because Israel is involved. BW
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