Jana, Jana, Jana... You surely notice the 1997 date on that story. Do you know why nothing more has been heard about this matter? It's because the Israeli authorities put a stop to this nonsense. There are fanatics in every religion, that doesn't mean that the leadership supports them. As I remember, the children that these fools wanted to raise on this "priest farm" were taken away, and probably put in foster care.
The subject of the Jewish Temple seems to bring out the worst kind of fanaticism in Israel. There have been a number of arrests over the years of people who want to blow up the Dome of the Rock and associated Muslim holy places that now sit on the former Temple Mount, in order to prepare for the building of a new Jewish Temple. The Israeli authorities are quite determined to prevent any such thing from happening. So you see, Jews, and Zionists, are not a monolithic force. The "Temple Mount Faithful" and similar groups are about as representative of Jews as the people who murder abortionists are representative of Christians.
Incidentally, there is nothing terribly secret about the practice of destroying 1% of certain foods, in order for them to meet strict Orthodox kosher standards. The packages of these foods contain the notation "Challah is taken", which is an indication that this has been done. As for the red heiffer, it was eventually ruled not to be 100% "without blemish" after all, and was sent back to wherever it came from.
But why do you, as a Christian, give such credence to a site run by "Radio Islam"? Surely you can see that they are not exactly an unbiased source?
You are right, though, when you say that there is hypocricy in the American Jewish community regarding Israeli treatment of Arabs. The fact that a major portion of all land in Israel is off-limits to even Israeli citizens who are Arabs is something you rarely hear about in the U.S. I first heard about it a couple of years ago, and I found it disturbing, since it seemed to directly contradict what I had been taught, which was that Arab citizens of Israel were treated as the full equal of Jewish citizens. Clearly, this is not quite true. The blowing up of homes of Arabs accused of "terrorism", and the use of torture in Israeli jails, are other clear examples that Israel is not the paragon of justice that it pretends to be. But neither is it the font of all evil.
My parents, in their youth, were ardent Zionists. They met at a Zionist summer camp, where they both became acquainted with Ezer Weissman (sp?), who would go on to become Defense Minister of Israel. I was raised as a Reform Jew. Support for Israel was sometimes treated as if it were part of our religion, which I must say bothered me since it clearly is not. At the Temple where my mother was, until recently, Sisterhood President, two flags flanked the Ark where the Torahs are stored - an American flag on one side, and an Israeli flag on the other. I think this is fairly common, and it is something I am not entirely comfortable with.
As the articles by Barry Chamish have shown, Israel has its own problems with deceptive news media and the deliberate falsification of current events, just as we do in America. What the solution is I don't know, but if it is to be solved, people must be willing to open their minds and not be blind followers of either religious or political doctrines. In general, religion and politics don't mix well. That is why we have the First Amendment in this country, and why it is so important that it be protected and preserved. I do not want to live in a country dedicated to any one religion - Jewish, Christian, Islamic, or any other. I want to live in a country dedicated to human liberty. That is what the United States of America was founded to be, but it is something we really aren't at the present time.
For the truth about the attitude of America's Founding Fathers toward religion, please see the article referenced below.
