The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 251
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order History stands as a witness that even during the period when the Muslims were at the zenith of their power, the Jews were never maltreated. Muslims twice occupied Palestine. They proclaimed a general amnesty regarding liberty, life and property, and did not persecute any Jew or Christian. The first occupation of Palestine was during the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar while Sultan Salahuddin occupied Palestine for the second time. The historians agree that with these two exceptions of Muslim occupation of Palestine, there was never a time when Palestine was occupied by any alien army which did not conduct a massacre. For instance, when Richard- the Lion-hearted who was a British King, occupied a part of Palestine, he carried out a genocide of all Jewish men, women, children, as well as Muslims. None was left alive. So this is the history of justice, human values and mercy of this nation which forced the Jews and led Herzl to consider that they were not in peace and should therefore have a separate state. This is strange that if they were not in peace in Europe, then there should have been an en-block exodus of all Jews, but what is this unusual solution that they continue to inhabit Europe and in fact have increased their grip and influence on that continent and then went on to carve a niche in the heart of Muslim lands. This is no solution at all. This is like the case of someone who gets kicked by a donkey, and in his anger, would go and hamstring a camel. This is like a person getting flogged by someone and his taking revenge from somebody else. This is great transgression and there is no logic in it. I think that in the current decisions regarding waging this war in the Middle East this has become a psychological perspective for the Christian powers, but one must try to find out as to why the Jews were repeatedly and so frequently subjected to these cruelties. It appears that the historical heritage of an "eye for an eye" exists in Jewish tradition, therefore it may be that as a result of these cruelties against them they may have resorted to taking revenge in some secret way. It is not possible for them to have forsaken their history and heritage for two thousand years and abandon this revengeful aspect of their attitude out of their nature. It just cannot be. Although that part of history is not preserved for us to look at, and we don't know, but what we do know is that certain allegations and charges were made against them and as a result of that they were subjected to cruelties. 251