Probably no modern-day atrocity can equal the Israeli Genocide of Gaza. Certainly, none was so heartless or so utterly sadistic. This was unique in many ways. The Germans, when they conveyed their Jewish victims to the extermination camps, took care that the trains carrying them were moved in the dead of night. Most Germans who were aware of the holocaust pretended that they were innocent of its knowledge. And when the German defeat in the war became a certainty, they bombed the camps to try and erase the evidence of genocide from the face of the earth.
But not so, the Israelis. For more than two years, they have recorded, advertised, and celebrated the event. Ninety two per cent of the Israeli population wants the Genocide to go on. The sixty-five thousand identifiable Gazans they have murdered, have been counted. And about four hundred thousand of them are buried under the rubble-- you may take the figures from the Lancet, or from a Harvard study. These are not included in the death count because they cannot be identified. This toll of death is not enough for the Israelis. They want every last Gazan to be murdered or driven out. To regale their wives and kids they have view-points set up from where they can watch the bombing of Gaza, or watch Israeli soldiers popping off the heads of Gazan kids for the sheer fun of it. Or, they can watch these kids being sniped at and killed when attempting to get food from aid trucks--a copy of the German innovation from Namibia when they drove off the locals from their villages, and then sited snipers to cover the water points where, raving with thirst, these locals would repair to get a drink of water to prolong their miserable existence.
But the one deprivation of such Israeli families of onlookers has been not being able to hear the screams of Gazan kids being amputated without anaesthesia, the supply of which has not been allowed into Gaza by the Israelis, for more than two years now.
These Israeli genocidal efforts have been supported and assisted by none other than the upholders of Western civilisation. Led shamelessly by the US, the " Leader of the Free World", [of whom Pakistan has elected to be the latest tout] followed closely by the Germans, the inventors of modern-day genocide, with the honourable exceptions of Ireland and Spain, all the governments of white Christian states have been guilty partners in this genocide-- the worst atrocity in history.
And what of the Muslims? Except for Iran, the Houthis, and Hizbullah, all have distinguished themselves by their cowardice and silence, and by looking the other way. Yet if some of them should be singled out to wear the crown of ultimate dishonour, these will have to be Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Turkiye.
In the mid-19th century the world was introduced to the phrase "Judeo-Christian Values." This term was first used to encourage Jews to convert to Christianity. In the 1930s, it began to be used to blunt the excesses of anti-semitism. And since the creation of Israel, it has been used to cover up Israeli excesses and to bless them with immunity.
At this point, one needs to ask one's Christian friends, which part of the Gaza genocide they find "Judeo", and which part "Christian"?
To determine this, one needs to find Jesus in the scriptures. Since the Jewish Bible, the Old Testament, was written well before the birth of Jesus, one must open the Talmud for references to him..
Here are some Talmudic quotes related to Jesus and Mary:
- Jesus' Execution and Punishment
- "On Passover Eve they hanged Jesus the Nazarene after they killed him by way of stoning. And a crier went out before him for forty days, proclaiming: Jesus the Nazarene is going out to be stoned because he practiced sorcery, incited people to idol worship, and led the Jewish people astray. Anyone who knows anything in defense may come and state it." (Sanhedrin 43a-b)
- "He was a mesit (someone who instigated Israel to idolatry), concerning whom the Merciful [God] says: Show him no compassion and do not shield him." (Sanhedrin 43a-b)
- Jesus' Mother and Background
- "She who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with carpenters" (Sanhedrin 106a), referring to Jesus' mother, Mary.
- "Jesus was a bastard born of adultery" (Yevamoth 49b).
- Jesus' Punishment in the Afterlife
- "Boiling in excrement" (Gittin 57a), describing Jesus' punishment in the afterlife.
- Jesus' Actions and Character
- "Jesus practiced magic and incited Jews to engage in idolatry and led Israel astray" (Sanhedrin 107b, Sotah 47a).
- "He went and stood up a brick and worshipped it as an idol... he caused the masses to sin" (Sotah 47a, Sanhedrin 107b), describing Jesus' actions after being rejected by his rabbi.
- Jesus as a Torah Teacher and Miracle Worker
- "One of the disciples of Jesus the Nazarene found me" (Babylonian Abodah Zarah 17a), suggesting Jesus had disciples who spread his teachings.
- "Jacob... came to heal him in the name of Jesus son of Pandera" (Tosefta Hullin 2:22f), describing Jesus' name being invoked for healing ¹ ² ³.
According to the Talmud, therefore, Jesus can have no place among the prophets. Yet Jesus is absolutely central to Christianity. Without him there can be no Christianity. So when there can be no Christianity, how can there be "Judeo-Christian" values. Thus, this phrase is an obvious self-contradiction. It is an oxymoronic term meant to serve one type of Jewish interest or another. And as in the case of Gaza, used for a vile end at a terrible price paid by the people of Gaza.
And central to the personality of Jesus were charity, love, fellow-feeling and care of humanity. How does all this fit in with the Genocide of Gaza? These are questions which every Christian needs to think deeply over, instead of using the term "Judeo-Christian Values" in an ad hoc, unthinking manner.
While on this subject, it would also be worth the reader's time to explore Jesus in the second scripture, the Holy Quran.
Here are some exact quotes about Jesus Christ and Mary in the Quran ¹ ² ³:
- Jesus' Birth and Mission
- "And mention when the angels said, “O Mary, indeed Allah gives you glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary – distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah].” (3:45)
- "She said, ‘My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?’ [The angel] said, ‘Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.’” (3:47)
- Jesus' Message and Miracles
- "Jesus, son of Mary, said, “O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers.” (5:114)
- "And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit." (2:253)
- Jesus' Divinity Rejected
- "They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary.’ Say, ‘Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy the Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?’" (5:17)
- Mary's Virtues
- "And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds." (3:42)
- "And she who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her through Our angel, and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds." (21:91)
- Jesus' Prophethood
- "The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was no more than a messenger of Allah and His word which He bestowed on Mary and a spirit [created at a command] from Him." (4:171)
- "And We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirmation of the Torah." (5:46)
From the foregoing, perhaps "Islamo-Christian" values may be a term entirely more plausible than the "Judeo-Christian."
It may be worth the readers' while to send this piece to their Christian friends, wherever they may be. Shedding light on ignorance can sometimes change minds by enlightening them.
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