Can the Muslims live in peace in Palestine?

Questions :
I am speaking under correction. Please do correct me if I don’t have my facts right:
According to The Bible there is no country such as Israel, only Palestine. The Jew and the Arab, both stemming from Abraham is in fact half brothers. So why can they not live in harmony in a new country called Palestine?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Your question may be answered by the following points:

There is no doubt that the Prophet of Allaah Ibraaheem (Abraham) was a pure monotheist, and he was not among the polytheists and disbelievers. Although the Jews are among the offspring of Ibraaheem (peace be upon him), they went against his way by associating partners in worship with Allaah and claiming that ‘Uzayr (Ezra) was a “son of God.” They said that God is miserly and that His hand is “tied up”, and they said, “He is poor and we are rich.” They also said that when God created the heavens and the earth in six days, He got tired, so He rested on the Sabbath day – exalted be Allaah far above all that they say about Him. They also likened the attributes of God to human attributes (anthropomorphism) and killed the Prophets, etc., etc.

Arabs hope for Obama change, Israelis expect more of same

21 January 2009 – Yahoo News
Arabs were hopeful on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will make changes to US policy on the Middle East, in stark contrast to Israel in the wake of the Jewish state’s deadly assault on Gaza.

“This region is looking forward to your handling of the Palestinian cause from the first day of your tenure,” Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in a cable to congratulate Obama on his inauguration.

“It is an urgent priority and the key to all the other difficult crises of the Middle East,” said Mubarak, whose country is hoping to negotiate a lasting ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.

Why Do Muslims Support the Palestinians?

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters attend a rally marking the 21st anniversary of the Islamist movement�s creation on December 14, 2008 in Gaza City. In an address to the crowds, Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas administration in Gaza, boasted that US President George W. Bush’s administration had failed to defeat his movement, which had only grown stronger. Busloads of demonstrators flooded into Gaza City from across the densely populated coastal strip to hear Haniya’s speech, waving the green flags of the Islamic Resistance Movement. The rally, which Hamas television said drew hundreds of thousands of people, was intended as a show of strength in the Islamists’ standoff with Abbas’s West Bank-based administration.[Images by AFP/Getty Images]

Name of Questioner : John – United Kingdom
Date : 30/Dec/2008
Topic: Human Rights
Name of Counselor : Shahul Hameed

Question :
“Why do Muslims who are not Palestinians and not Arabs get so angry and worked up about what is happening in Gaza (Israel’s air strikes) now? Last time I checked, supporting Palestinians is not the sixth pillar of Islam. ”

Answer

Salam, John.

Thank you for your question.

The answer to the question can be simply put thus: It is because Islam more profoundly than any other religion has taught its followers to be the upholders of justice, that they cannot tolerate the kind of brutal injustice inflicted by the Israelis.

And here is Allah’s command about justice:

*{O you who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you swerve, and if you distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well- acquainted with all that ye do.}* (An-Nisaa’ 4:135)

This verse, among others, emphatically teaches Muslims to establish justice as witnesses for Allah (God). And Allah Almighty warns us against the tendency to follow our own lusts which may prompt us to avoid doing justice.