Great Britain wanted to preserve good relations with the Arabs to protect its vital political and economic interests in Palestine.
Soon after President Truman took office, he appointed several experts to study the Palestinian issue. In the summer of , Truman established a special cabinet committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Henry F. Grady , an Assistant Secretary of State, who entered into negotiations with a parallel British committee to discuss the future of Palestine.
In May , Truman announced his approval of a recommendation to admit , displaced persons into Palestine and in October publicly declared his support for the creation of a Jewish state. Throughout , the United Nations Special Commission on Palestine examined the Palestinian question and recommended the partition of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. He proposed that al-Adil marries his sister Joan.
Saladin gave it his blessings. The proposed deal stipulated that the royal couple [al-Adil and Joan] take Jerusalem as their capital and rule together over Palestine. The deal ultimately fell apart because of the rejection of Rome; at the time, the Popes were adamant on fighting the Muslims and sabotaging any peace some Crusader leaders tried to make with the Muslims. This deal was not completely dead. In my opinion, it was this peace that ultimately ended the Crusades in the sense that it made many leaders in Europe reluctant to fight the Muslims.
The alliance al-Kamil and Frederick negotiated in — assured the Muslims their rights to run the affairs in the Muslim quarter [including the Haram al-Sharif], and the Christians their rights to manage the affairs in the Christian quarters which also extended to Bethlehem.
A case in point is the historical rights that the Jewish communities had to worship at the Western Wall. Another example is an incident which unfolded in November and lasted until August between the local Muslim and Jewish communities. It gives us a clear idea about the way Muslim rulers felt obliged to protect Jewish rights in Jerusalem, even at times when they could have easily succumbed to popular calls to confiscate Jewish property and the Jews were defenseless and lacked any political power.
The incident in question emerged following a heavy rainstorm in November , which caused the collapse of a Jewish-owned building in the Jewish quarter of the city. Local Muslims thought to confiscate the lot to use it as an entryway to a mosque next door. Infuriated by the rejection of the sultan to give them the Jewish lot, a group of Muslim mobs in Jerusalem destroyed the Jewish synagogue.
He convened a council of religious jurists who ruled that the Jews have a right to their synagogue and their lot, and they should be allowed to rebuild them. The incident ended in August and the synagogue was allowed to be reconstructed. This case, like the other ones discussed in this paper, shows how the notion of custodianship sustained its dominance among Muslim political and religious elites for centuries, and were not restricted to a particular ruler.
They felt obliged to protect the rights of Christians and Jews, even at times when they could have easily succumbed to popular demands or historical opportunities to confiscate them.
In contrast, today we see the government of Benjamin Netanyahu emboldened by the US , European and Arab governments, and using its military advantage to confiscate Jerusalem and make it an exclusive property for some Jews, which is an affront against historical Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
It is rather ironic that the period we call the Middle Ages—which, because of its euro-centricity, evokes notions of barbarism and religious fanaticism—can offer lessons about statesmanship that are dangerously lacking in the world of today.
Trump, Netanyahu, and many similarly crass world leaders behave like the Babylonians or the Romans, as if their powers will endure and their say is the law. However, it will never work if Israeli governments insist on stripping the Palestinians of any rights in Jerusalem and Palestine. For it to work, we need to go back to the concept of custodianship, where the political ruler of Jerusalem is obliged to be a host, a generous host. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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