The State of Israel and the Muslim World

Slide 1: A Quick Primer on the State of Israel and the Muslim World

Slide 2: This is the Muslim World There are more than 1,100 million Muslims in the world.

Slide 3: This is the Muslim World There are more than 1,100 million Muslims in the world.

Slide 4: This is the Muslim World These are the countries of the world governed by Muslims.

Slide 5: This is the Muslim World and Israel Israel is in blue – can you see it?

Slide 6: This is Israel Israel is the only country in the world governed by Jews.

Slide 7: This is Israel Israel is one-thousandth the size of the Muslim countries.

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

Slide 9: 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.

Slide 13: Some people say… …that Israel is a “mistake”.

Slide 14: Some people say… …that this tiny country shouldn’t exist amid the Muslims.

Slide 15: These people either don’t know history, …or they have chosen to ignore history.

Slide 16: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …the Jewish Nation thrived for a thousand years.

Slide 17: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …the Jewish people were forcibly expelled from Israel.

Slide 18: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …even so, tens of thousands of Jews managed to stay.

Slide 19: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …Jerusalem has always remained the center of Judaism.

Slide 20: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …in the 2,000 years since the Diaspora…

Slide 21: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …no other people created a country to replace Israel.

Slide 22: They don’t know that… Jerusalem  …Israel is the only nation to have ever stood here.

Slide 23: Now that Israel has been reborn… Jerusalem  …the Muslims suddenly have a keen interest in the land.

Slide 24: The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation… Jerusalem 

Slide 25: The 3,000 year-old Jewish nation… Jerusalem  …is now claimed by Muslims to be their “birthright”.

Slide 26: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Jerusalem was built by the Jewish people.

Slide 27: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Jerusalem is not Islam’s holiest city – Mecca is.

Slide 28: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Jerusalem is not even their 2nd holiest city – Medina is.

Slide 29: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Jerusalem has always been Judaism’s holiest city.

Slide 30: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Jews everywhere have always turned to Jerusalem to pray.

Slide 31: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Muslims everywhere turn to Mecca to pray.

Slide 32: This, despite the fact that… Jerusalem  …Muslims east of Israel turn their backs on Jerusalem.

Slide 33: But, because tiny Israel lives again… Jerusalem  …the Muslims cannot tolerate a Jewish state.

Slide 34: Muslim lands a thousand times larger… …are not enough for them.

Slide 35: And a Jewish homeland a thousand times smaller… …is too much for them.

Slide 36: They want to extinguish it… …like this.

Slide 37: Thank you for watching.