The Library of Congress collection includes pictures of Jews being evacuated during Arab riots and pograms in 1929 and 1936. In 1948, Life Magazine's John Phillipsphotographed the heart-wrenching pictures of Jews of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem captured by Jordanian soldiers or being expelled.
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A group of Orthodox Jews fleeing Old City in 1936
guarded by Jewish policemen and British Tommy |
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| The expulsion of Jews from the Old City under the guns of Jordanian soldiers (John Phillips) |
Policy-makers in European capitals and in Washington oppose Jewish construction in all sections of Jerusalem. Radical leftist tourists fly in to Jerusalem to join Palestinian demonstrators protesting Jews returning to homes they were chased from in 1929 and 1936.
The actual photos presented here may not be seared into the Jewish people's collective memory. But they are permanent scars on their collective heart. It's a fact that those policy-makers should bear in mind. It's another important emotion behind the declaration, "Never again."
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| Jews streaming into the Jewish Quarter 2011 |
This picture on the right was taken earlier this month in Jerusalem during Jerusalem Day celebrations commemorating the reunification of the city during the 1967 war.
For millions of Jews, it represents actualization of the age-old prayer, "And to Jerusalem, Your city, in compassion may You return, and may You abide within it as You have spoken. May You rebuild it soon in our days as a structure that is eternal..."
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One of the most disturbing end times propaganda being promoted today is the absurd notion that the Jews never had a presence on the famous Temple Mount area in Jerusalem. Anyone who is knowledgeable about history and aware of the recent archaeological discoveries on the Temple Mount area over the years knows that the propaganda being perpetuated by the Islamics, United Nations, and other ungodly organizations is simply a political ploy to deny the Jews their historical capital of Jerusalem and the sacred Temple Mount area. The Temple Mount area is the holiest place in Judaism and the remnants of the Second Temple area visible in the form of the "Wailing Wall" where religious Jews flock from around the world in order to pray near the site of the First and Second Temples. Some of the outstanding quotes from the official Temple Mount Guide are as follows:
“The site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest times. Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings” (2 Samuel 24:25).
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