Did the Zionist against the Arab people of Palestine commit the crime of burning Al-Aqsa a normal daily aggressive act, as all the usual hostile acts? Or was it a corner stone in the Zionist mentality?
Certainly the answer is not so intricate.

Theodor Hirtzel, founder of Zionism stated in Basel conference in Switzerland: "If we conquer Al Quds one day, and if I am still alive and able to do something, I'll wipe anything which is not sacred to the Jews, and I'll destroy ancient memorials". A prominent Rabbi, Shlumo Gourin, says in the same context: "Zionism and its goals will remain vulnerable, as long as Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock mosque stand before the eyes and souls of Muslims, therefore they must be wiped out".

The fundamental interest of Israel will remain, the search for legitimate status for the existence of Zionist entity, by holding to the illusion and delusions, and fabrication of "facts" and "incidents" that may wedge same bases for it. This is done through stealing the history of the original people of Palestine that dates back to thousands of years. Thus when pioneers of Zionism talk about wiping out of Al Aqsa, deep inside they know that they are speaking nonsense because this sacred memorial doesn't only represent the most important part of the essence of Islam, but also the memory of the Arab people's generations both inside and outside Palestine.

There are also many other Islamic and Christian monuments, scholarly, architectural and historical landmarks, scattered all over the homeland of Palestine. Therefore, Israel tries relentlessly to destroy most Islamic and Christian monuments and to steal their properties, manuscripts, (documents and archeological peerless treasures), in an effort to destroy Arab originality that is rooted deep into the Palestinian soil. On the other hand, Israel tries for .vague to prove the existence of the alleged Old Testament scriptures in old historic sites. Despite digging and destructing excavations, which began in 1948, and widely expanded in 1967, Israel could not find convincing evidence for any profounder historical ties with Palestine, as depicted in the Torah. The Zionist Haarits newspaper on 28/10/1999, stressed the fact that the search for the Torah facts is but an illusion. The newspaper article stated: "after seventy years of concentrated excavations in Palestine, not one evidence was found to prove the stories of the Old Testament. Following seventy years of intensive excavation efforts, a stark result was obtained, namely that the Torah era has never occurred.

This fact was asserted by archeologist professor z'ieve Hertzug, at Tel Aviv university, where he said in an article published in Haarits: "during the past twenty years, an upheaval has happened in the scholars' stand towards the consideration of the Torah as a historical resource. According to z'ieve's most Israelis & Torah scholarly investigators, which carried out researches and excavations to enhance the reality of the Old Testament stories, agreed to the fact that the stages of the Israeli people's formation were completely different of those stated in the Torah. Yet Israeli society is not ready to discuss such a subject; and prefers to ignore the whole matter altogether. Hirtzug wrote: "it is difficult to accept this fact, yet it is clear to all scholars today that the Israeli people had never lived in Egypt had never gone astray in the desert, or occupy Palestine by via a military troop; and had never left it as an inheritance to twelve offspring of Israel. What is most difficult of all is to accept the fact that the unified kingdom of David and Solomon, which was described in the Old Testament as a regional main-power, was but a simple small hierarchy at its best.

This article is never considered now as abnormal among Israeli scholars, but the overwhelming fact. This led to the emergence of "the new historians" who are researching into different reconciliatory history. Nevertheless memory still denies the connubial relation between illusion and fact.

Head of Arabcin
Dr. Abdel Majeed Al Rifai