The Road Between Saudi Arabia and Israel Passes Through Al-Aqsa (Temple Mount)

• This article is largely propaganda to sell the take over of the custodianship of the temple mount by Saudi Arabia as a great thing. As I have mentioned in previous posts, it has been agreed that Saudi Arabia will take over control of the temple mount away from Jordan (Hashemites) to facilitate the construction of the endtimes 3rd temple.
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• The Road Between Saudi Arabia and Israel Passes Through Al-Aqsa
  by Abd-al-Hamid al-Ghabin is a Saudi writer and analyst, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  The Arab-Israeli conflict was a delusion fed by tyrannical forces; today there is a dazzling historic opportunity to achieve peace
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  Saudis often quote a statement by Muhammad bin Salman: “Success stories always start with a vision. The most successful visions are those founded on reservoirs of power.”
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  The question of whether everyone – Israelis and Arabs – will keep seeking the same problematic solutions, as they have over and over again for 70 years, for the same demands and with the same outcomes, remains unanswered. Wasn’t it  the Jewish scientist Einstein who said defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results?
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  Everyone has gone down the wrong path and this has inarguably hindered development, cooperation and stability. Everyone has delved into the past in search of their historic rights, when they ought to have dealt with reality in order to secure the present and build for the future. Today, we have to offer a new and realistic vision. But before we can put that vision forward, we have to recognize the new face of Saudi Arabia, one that is capable of creating nothing less than miracles. Saudi Arabia is the spiritual reservoir of power in the Islamic world, the lungs of its economy, and the greatest source of its energy.
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  If we look at the miracle His Royal Highness Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman has brought about in Saudi society, we can see him for the historical figure that he is. He has managed to transform and modernize the precepts of a closed society, recognizing the narrow-minded religious perspective that the Muslim Brotherhood has cultivated for 50 years for what it is: one that rejects all the values of modernity and turns women into objects, devoid of rights. It is the mentality of a society that was built on takfir, on falsely deeming others to be non-Muslims, even though they are. It views the Jews as the root of all the evil, scourges, and humiliation that the Arab nation has experienced. It promotes hate speech and judging others by their doctrines, intellectual background, and ethnicity, not their value as human beings.
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  Many Saudi and Muslim scholars have no objection to establishing diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties with Israel. The Arab-Israeli conflict was a delusion fed solely by certain parties and dictatorial regimes that wanted to remain in power, and to enforce their tyranny, by raising the banner of liberating Palestine. The slogan and narrative of liberating Palestine is no longer realistic. We should erase it from the lexicon and recognize that Israel is an independent state, part of the region, and an important element in establishing stability and security; in this light, we have great interest in partnering with Israel.
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  Muhammad bin Salman has been the only Arab leader in history to affirm the right of the Jews to have their national homeland. “I believe that each people, anywhere, has a right to live in their peaceful nation,” he told The Atlantic. “I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land.”
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  But what about Jerusalem or, more precisely, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a holy site for both Muslims and Jews? For 70 years, the Arabs have not wanted to address this issue realistically. Indeed, most dictators, from Gamal Abdel Nasser to Saddam Hussein, have used it as a slogan, manipulating phony emotions in order to consolidate their power. The consequences have been catastrophic for the Arab nation. Today, Iran is destroying Arab states under this banner.
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  Realism means acknowledging that no Arab state in its present form existed before Israel did, and that its independence preceded that of most Arab countries. Jordan has failed to administer this holy site properly, to develop it and turn it into an attractive site for religious tourism, peace, and tolerance, rather than a platform for hatred. It is time for it to be under Saudi administration, managed along with the Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia has great ideas for the Temple Mount, to turn it into a tourist landmark and a center of peace and love, to connect these holy places – Mecca, Medina, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque – by train, so that pilgrims, visitors, and tourists can visit them all in one day, thereby developing economic and employment opportunities on all sides.
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  Sometimes, we need to move beyond our pain and put an end to futile wars and hatreds that, unchecked, could continue for generations to come. Today we find ourselves at a moment in history when we can achieve peace, especially with a leader as great as Muhammad bin Salman, someone who will continue to be an outstanding historic figure for a long time to come. He is the one person capable of taking historic decisions and reaching a comprehensive peace with Israel. Such a peace will be unique because it will rest on popular support. It will be a people’s peace more than a political one, and Israel’s leadership must recognize and seize this dazzling historic moment.
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