The State of Israel & the Muslim World

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A Quick Primer on the State of Israel and the Muslim World :A Quick Primer on the State of Israel and the Muslim World


This is the Muslim World :This is the Muslim World There are more than 1,100 million Muslims in the world.


This is the Muslim World :This is the Muslim World There are more than 1,100 million Muslims in the world.


This is the Muslim World :This is the Muslim World These are the countries of the world governed by Muslims.


This is the Muslim World and Israel :This is the Muslim World and Israel Israel is in blue – can you see it?


This is Israel :This is Israel Israel is the only country in the world governed by Jews.


This is Israel :This is Israel Israel is one-thousandth the size of the Muslim countries.


Slide 8:This is still too big for the Muslim countries.


If Israel was the size of a dot… :If Israel was the size of a dot… This would still be too big for the Muslim countries.


Slide 10:The Muslim countries said so back in 1948.


Slide 11:They said so in the four wars they fought against Israel.


Slide 12:They still say so today.


Some people say… :Some people say… …that Israel is a “mistake”.


Some people say… :Some people say… …that this tiny country shouldn’t exist amid the Muslims.


These people either don’t know history, :These people either don’t know history, …or they have chosen to ignore history.


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …the Jewish Nation thrived for a thousand years.


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …the Jewish people were forcibly expelled from Israel.


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …even so, tens of thousands of Jews managed to stay.


They don’t know that… : Jerusalem They don’t know that… …Jerusalem has always remained the center of Judaism.


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …in the 2,000 years since the Diaspora…


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …no other people created a country to replace Israel.


They don’t know that… :They don’t know that… …Israel is the only nation to have ever stood here.


Now that Israel has been reborn… :Now that Israel has been reborn… …the Muslims suddenly have a keen interest in the land.


The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation… :The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation…


The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation… :The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation… …is now claimed by Muslims to be their “birthright”.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Jerusalem was built by the Jewish people.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Jerusalem is not Islam’s holiest city – Mecca is.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Jerusalem is not even their 2nd holiest city – Medina is.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Jerusalem has always been Judaism’s holiest city.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Jews everywhere have always turned to Jerusalem to pray.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Muslims everywhere turn to Mecca to pray.


This, despite the fact that… :This, despite the fact that… …Muslims east of Israel turn their backs on Jerusalem.


But, because tiny Israel lives again… :But, because tiny Israel lives again… …the Muslims cannot tolerate a Jewish state.


Muslim lands a thousand times larger… :Muslim lands a thousand times larger… …are not enough for them.


And a Jewish homeland a thousand times smaller… :And a Jewish homeland a thousand times smaller… …is too much for them.


They want to extinguish it… :They want to extinguish it… …like this.


Thank you for watching. :Thank you for watching.