Muslim Leaders from Europe Meet Israeli President to Promote Peace

[ad_1] Muslim leaders from throughout Europe met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem to advertise a message of peace on Monday.

President Isaac Herzog met this morning, Monday, on the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, with a delegation of Imams and Muslim group leaders from France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and the UK. The delegation, led by ELNET, introduced collectively main Muslim figures who got here to Israel to advertise a message of peace, coexistence and partnership between Muslims and Jews, and between Israel and the Muslim world.

The President confused the significance of the delegation, and Israel’s dedication and robust need to advance to a brand new period of inclusion and peace within the Center East. The President confused the very important function of the Muslim inhabitants in Israel, which he famous was an integral a part of Israeli society.

The group spoke with the President concerning the significance of their go to, their love and friendship for Israel and the Jewish folks, and of the necessity to present an alternative choice to extremism. They ended with an emotional prayer for peace and singing of the lyrics of Israel’s nationwide anthem the Hatikvah.

The President acknowledged: “We're all youngsters of Abraham, and I consider the historic progress in our area is a progress of dialogue—between Muslims and Jews, and Jews and Muslims. Within the face of radical forces that attempt to block this progress and the true need of Isaac and Ishmael to reside collectively, there are different forces—rising stronger on daily basis alongside the arc of historical past—which might be advancing this imaginative and prescient. And what you’re doing on this go to, and in *your brave work, displays the silent majority within the Center East and all over the world who yearn for this sort of shared life.

“Right here in Israel, we see shared life in motion. It’s unimaginable to witness. You talked about October 7—I can let you know that on October 8, I used to be at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, and I used to be there once more three weeks in the past when a rocket hit the hospital. The workers—Jews, Muslims, Christians, folks of all faiths—merely labored collectively in a method I want the entire world may see.

“You might be folks of spirit, folks of religion, spiritual leaders—you carry an necessary message of affection for humanity, and “love your neighbor as your self.” That is how we restore the world. I ask you to convey again to your communities and societies a message of peace—salaam—maybe even a message of peace but to return. I hope that peace will include Syria, with Lebanon, inshallah even with Saudi Arabia, and that we are going to proceed transferring ahead.

“Please inform your leaders: Right here in Israel, we wish peace. We need to see all our hostages again house, and we need to see an finish to the struggling of the folks in Gaza too*. We need to see higher lives for everybody. Inshallah, might all of us pray collectively—for peace, for love of humanity, and for a life shared by folks of all faiths, right here within the Holy Land, within the Center East, and all over the world.”

Main the delegation, Chairman of the Convention of Imams of France and Imam of Drancy, Imam Hassen Chalghoumi thanked the President and mentioned: “My message to you is considered one of deep affection—for you and in your outstanding folks. It's a message of brotherhood and solidarity, and a heartfelt prayer that the hostages will return house in peace, and that the ache and struggling of harmless civilians in Gaza will come to an finish.”

He added, “What we've got witnessed since October 7 will not be merely a battle between Israel and Hamas, nor between Israel and Hezbollah—the so-called ‘Celebration of Devil’. Moderately, it's a confrontation between two basically completely different worlds. You symbolize the world of brotherhood, of humanity, of compassion. You stand for the values of democracy and liberty.”

The assembly occurred as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, DC, to satisfy with U.S. President Donald Trump to debate methods of ending the continued battle that began on October 7, 2023.