The Temple Mount: Moshe Feiglin's Response to a Supporter

I was very moved to see how you - on the other side of the globe and from an entirely different background than mine - reach the same conclusions about which I have been writing for the last fifteen years. The fact that you understand the true significance of the Temple Mount is particularly compelling. I wish that here in Israel, there would be more people who would reach your level of understanding.

The Jewish Nation is the strongest testimony to the fact that G-d exists. "You are children of Hashem, your G-d," it says in the Bible. Those are not empty words. The Jews are the sons whose very existence testifies to the existence of the Father. That is also the root cause of anti-Semitism. "The Jew brought conscience to the world," said Hitler. "That is why he must be destroyed."

The State of Israel is attempting to detach Jewish identity from Israeli nationality. It would like to be the "Singapore of the Middle East," in the words of Shimon Peres, or a state of all its citizens, as per the proposal of ex-Chief Justice Aharon Barak - with Judaism relegated to the status of quaint folklore.

Well, we established a really successful Singapore, in many respects more successful than the original. Israel is strong and economically sound. The only problem is that we can no longer justify the fact that we exist. The greatest danger for Israel today is not the Iranian nuclear missiles threatening our country, but the international illegitimacy of our existence as a Jewish state.

The Temple Mount is the key to this issue. Our testimony as a nation to the existence of G-d, of a moral Archimedes point outside of man - begins and ends at the Temple Mount. Just as you perceive the inner significance of the Temple Mount, the rest of humanity subconsciously understands the physical and meta-physical connection to G-d that is at its inner core. It is no coincidence that whoever controls the Temple Mount sees himself as the herald of (his version of) Divinity.

When Israel surrendered sovereignty of the Temple Mount to the Moslem wakf, it empowered Islam. There is only one way to stop the Moslem conquest of the world: Israel must re-claim its sovereignty over the Temple Mount.

I thank you for the compliments in your letter. Clearly, my path will triumph simply because the Nation of Israel is eternal. It has no choice but to choose leaders who are committed to G-d's directives and the visions of the prophets. That is the only way that we will ultimately merit peace and prosperity in Israel and the entire free world.

I am happy to see that there are those outside the Holy Land who understand this as well!

May we merit to perfect the world in the Kingdom of Heaven!

Blessings and best wishes,

Moshe Feiglin