Mahmoud Abbas repeats the antisemitic claim that Jewish Temples were never in Jerusalem ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Mahmoud Abbas repeats the antisemitic claim that Jewish Temples were never in Jerusalem

In an April 23, 2025 speech at the 32nd Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council meeting in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ... alleged that "a large part of [Israeli] history is falsified," and asserted that according to the Quran, the First and Second Jewish Temples were actually located in Yemen.

Mahmoud Abbas: "[Israel] is trying to change the historical and legal status of the Islamic and Christian holy places, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is in inseparable part of our religious faith and national identity, and our presence in our historical homeland of Palestine for thousands of years. [The Al-Aqsa Mosque] is the target of the most hideous plot by the occupation. They spread incitement for its destruction, and the building of a Jewish temple in its place. In the Noble Quran – and I believe that also in other divine books – it says that the [First and Second] Temples were in Yemen. People who like reading about religion can check it out.

The Quran says no such thing. But Palestinian and Jordanian "researchers" have made that claim before.

The first one to say this was Kamal Salibi, a Jordanian scholar, who published a book in 1982 called "The Bible Came from Arabia." This was further refined to Yemen by the early 2010s using more pseudo-scholarship and people claiming Jerusalem was in Yemen.

Denying Jewish history and denying that the Jews have a history in Israel is antisemitism.

Abbas has spouted antisemitism over a half dozen times before - and every time his words get swept under the rug. Because if the "moderate" Palestinians are proven to be antisemites, who can J-Street support and the Democratic Party support?