Hebrew Voices #5 – Ambushed on the Temple Mount

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Nehemia: Shalom, this is Nehemia Gordon in Jerusalem, Israel, and I am here with a woman who is known throughout the world as Jerusalem Jane. Shalom, Jerusalem Jane.

Jerusalem Jane: Shalom! Hi.

Nehemia: Jerusalem Jane is from Denmark. She is a Christian, a born-again Christian. And apparently, that’s something that even the Islamic Waqf, who are the Jordanian-paid authorities on the Temple Mount - and I use the word “authority” in the legal, technical sense. Actually, I’m not even sure it’s the legal, technical sense. I don’t know what sense it’s in. It’s the people who claim authority over the Temple Mount. They have these guards and, I’m going to talk about who you are, Jane, and get your story, but first, you know, it’s been a really long day. What happened today, Jane?

Jerusalem Jane: Well, I’ve been in your presence all day.

Nehemia: I think we’ve all been in the presence of the Creator of the Universe. Can I get an amen on that?

Jerusalem Jane: Amen, amen.

Nehemia: What happened this morning?

Jerusalem Jane: Well, actually I went to the Temple Mount with you, my dear friend, nice and quietly, just going on the Temple Mount, two friends, being on the holiest place for the Jewish people, which always makes me in awe of my Creator.

Nehemia: But you’re not Jewish so why is it important to you?

Jerusalem Jane: Because I believe in the God of Israel, and I believe in the Bible. If I believe in the Bible, I believe God says He put His name down on that place. And for that reason, that place is holy for me.

Nehemia: Even now, even today, it’s a holy place for you as a born-again Christian.

Jerusalem Jane: Absolutely, it is. And I believe in the Jewish people’s right to go and pray because it’s their place. I have been to the Temple Mount several times. I have made videos showing the harassment of Jewish people. For that reason they kind of started to recognize me, the guards on the Temple Mount. Actually, I have had my videos and my photos taken off my phone. They took my phone…

Nehemia: Wait a minute. I’ll tell the people what I first saw, which was a video that you had taken on Tisha b’Av, 9th of Av. That’s the Jewish anniversary of the destruction of the Temple.

Jerusalem Jane: Yes.

Nehemia: And there were many Jews who came up there in a very sad state, mourning the destruction of the Temple. They just wanted to be alone. You know, they wanted to be there in the presence of God, in the place where He put His name forever. And He’s everywhere, of course, but I think anybody who goes up there knows there’s something special there and can feel it. And they wanted to be up there, not to bother other people or deprive other people of their religious convictions, and they were being harassed. How were they being harassed? Tell us about that.

Jerusalem Jane: It was horrible. I have witnessed several…

Nehemia: And who was harassing them?

Jerusalem Jane: Muslim women are being brought on the Temple Mount, together with children. They are being paid to harass Jews when they are being shown around. Jewish people need police protection to be shown around. So, whenever they are going, these Muslim women, all covered in black, and children, are trying to block their way, block their view. They are cursing at them, they’re spitting at them, they’re yelling at them.

Nehemia: They’re actually spitting at them?

Jerusalem Jane: They are doing a lot of things at them. And on this particular day I had been filming and all of these things. But on Tish b’Av… is that how you say it?

Nehemia: Tisha b’Av.

Jerusalem Jane: I’m learning.

Nehemia: It’s okay. The 9th day of the fifth Hebrew month, which the Karaites say is the 10th, but that’s not important. Go on.

Jerusalem Jane: On that day it was actually not the harassment. On that day Arabs had been inside the Mosque overnight.

Nehemia: Which Mosque? The Al Aqsa Mosque?

Jerusalem Jane: The Dome… yeah, the Al Aqsa. And they had been there, it was all over the media.

Nehemia: For those people who haven’t been to the Temple Mount, it is a massive area. I don’t know how many football fields it is, but it’s absolutely massive. I believe it’s something like… I don’t know, I’m making up numbers, but I think it’s like a half-a-mile in one direction, and a quarter mile in the other direction. And if I’m not exactly right, I’m close.

There are two really special places up there. One is the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is a very small percentage of the actual Temple Mount. And in Islam, it’s considered the third holiest spot in the world. Their holiest spot is the Kaaba in Mecca, and then something in Medina, maybe the whole city of Medina, I don’t know. And the third holiest spot is the Al Aqsa Mosque.

On top of there is also the Dome of the Rock, which historically in Islam is almost like an afterthought. It’s actually technically, in Islamic history, not even considered a mosque - it’s considered a shrine, and it’s the place where Muslims believe that Mohammed went up to heaven on a horse, or something. I’m not really an expert on Islam.

But it’s of course, where Jews believe that it was the point which began the creation of the world. It’s where Jews believe that Isaac was bound during the Akedat Yitzhak, when Abraham almost offered him up as a sacrifice in the test, in Genesis 22. And of course, it was the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and the First Temple and the Second Temple.

So that’s the most important place to the Jews, which to the Muslims historically, actually, it wasn’t all that important. The main place for them was the Al Aqsa Mosque, and really, it is today, as well. And so, you were saying people were held up in the Al Aqsa Mosque, the Muslims were?

Jerusalem Jane: They had stayed there overnight with fireworks, and all kinds of things.

Nehemia: So, they were using this as a platform to launch attacks against Jews?

Jerusalem Jane: Because they wanted to attack the Jews when they came out on that specific day.

Nehemia: And this is what you got a video of?

Jerusalem Jane: Listen, when I arrived on the Temple Mount, I didn’t know what was going on. I could hear the fireworks; I could hear the…

Nehemia: You’re this innocent Danish woman, blond hair, blue eyes.

Jerusalem Jane: I just happened to stumble into this.

Nehemia: She’s like this Viking shield maiden. I don’t know, I’m just making up words here, from what I saw on the History Channel. She doesn’t know anything about this. She’s like Leif Erikson’s wife, or something, and she’s like, “What?” Or is he Icelandic? I thought he was Danish, I don’t know. And all of a sudden, there are people… what are they doing up on the Temple Mount?

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, well, so they were fighting. The police got a tip that this was going on, so they actually broke in, so they started fighting.

Nehemia: The police? Who broke in where? It’s my understanding, the police…

Jerusalem Jane: The police are going into the Mosque because they see all the fireworks.

Nehemia: It’s my understanding that the police actually didn’t go in the Mosque, because I saw a video of this, and what I believe the police did is, they had this…

Jerusalem Jane: They were being attacked, the police.

Nehemia: Right, and what they had was this device that basically put a metal wall up against the mosque, so the Muslims firing the fireworks couldn’t harm people outside. But the police were very careful not to set one foot inside that mosque. I saw that video; I don’t know what you saw. Did you see something different up there? Testify, sister.

Jerusalem Jane: No, listen. At this point I had no idea what’s going on, because with the journalist inside of my stomach, I’m walking towards the mosque, and I have the police say, “No, no, no!”

Nehemia: “Get away from there,” okay.

Jerusalem Jane: “You can’t go there.”

Nehemia: Did you see police inside the Al Aqsa Mosque?

Jerusalem Jane: I didn’t see them inside. At that time, I just saw they were running towards it.

Nehemia: And what they were doing was trying to seal off the mosque so the Muslims - if you want to fire fireworks, it’s going to burn your own mosque, or I don’t know. It’ll burn the entrance…

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, so I’m just standing there.

Nehemia: …but it won’t harm the people outside the mosque, okay. And remember, the Al Aqsa Mosque is a very small part of the Temple Mount.

Jerusalem Jane: So, I’m standing there, I’m taking out my phone, and I had an Arab guy coming up to me saying, “Everybody stand down.” And I said, “No, I’m just waited in line an hour-and-a-half. If I just stand in this spot…”

Nehemia: They said what? Everybody stand where?

Jerusalem Jane: “Get down, get down.”

Nehemia: Oh, get off the…

Jerusalem Jane: “It’s not safe.”

Nehemia: Get off the Temple Mount.

Jerusalem Jane: And all the tourists are running down.

Nehemia: So, the Arab is telling you to get off the Temple Mount, it’s not safe?

Jerusalem Jane: Yes, because it’s not safe.

Nehemia: Okay. And you’re sitting there with your camera, filming.

Jerusalem Jane: No, so I’m standing with my phone, and I said, “Listen, I just waited in line for an hour-and-a-half. I’m not going down.” So, I said, “You’re a big guy, can I just stand behind you?” And for some reason he said, “Yes.” So, I’m the only one standing there, making the video that apparently you saw, with Arabs and police running all over.

And so, I have been on the Temple Mount, making several videos. I speak about what I see. I speak very much against it on another video.

Nehemia: Against what?

Jerusalem Jane: Against the harassments of the Jews.

Nehemia: Oh, the harassment of the Jews, okay. We’re definitely against that.

Jerusalem Jane: And every time I’m up there, I have Muslims coming up to me with all these lies. “There never was a First Temple. There never was a Second Temple. The Jewish people are coming up to harass us. The Jewish people are coming here to attack us and the police.”

Nehemia: And when we walked into the Temple Mount this morning, there was a Muslim man sitting at the entrance, an Arab man who said, “Welcome to Palestine.” Of course, he said “Balestine” because he couldn’t pronounce the letter P.

Jerusalem Jane: I had two boys about the age of 10 coming up to me and saying, “Welcome to Jerusalem. Welcome to Palestine.”

Nehemia: On the Temple Mount.

Jerusalem Jane: Yes, “And that the Jews are coming up here to throw rocks at us.” So, they are telling all these lies.

Nehemia: Is that true? Did you ever see Jews throw rocks?

Jerusalem Jane: Of course they don’t. It’s lies and propaganda. And these are the things… my name’s Jerusalem Jane. I am making videos about it.

Nehemia: Because you want to explain…

Jerusalem Jane: I want to show to the world what’s going on. I want them to know the intimidation, the lies, the harassment on the Temple Mount towards the Jewish people. When they are coming quietly, all they want to do is go to that place of the holiest of the holiest for them, and they have to face this evil every day.

Nehemia: So, we were up there, and it really was quiet and peaceful when we were there. It was around 9 o’clock, 9:30 in the morning. It really was quiet and peaceful.

Jerusalem Jane: A lot of tourists.

Nehemia: You heard the birds tweeting, and there was a Romanian group of tourists - or some place in Europe, I don’t know. I think they were Romanian, talking in some funny language I couldn’t understand. And we’re walking along, and all of a sudden… And we’re actually not near the Al Aqsa Mosque, and we’re not actually even that close to the Dome of the Rock.

Jerusalem Jane: No.

Nehemia: For those who don’t know, the Dome of the Rock is actually an elevated level that you have to walk up steps to get to, and many Jews will say you can’t go to the Temple Mount at all, but even the Jews who say you can go to the Temple Mount, most of them, as far as I know, will say, “You can go to the Temple Mount, but just not up the steps.” Because up the steps, that’s where the actual holiest part of the Temple was - the Holy of Holies.

We were in neither of those places. We were in the main platform in the Temple Mount, which is just like… I don’t know. I mean, there are Arab kids playing soccer there.

And it breaks my heart to say this, but you can see discarded toilet seats in that kind of general area. They treat it like a garbage dump, some of those parts. And then our part, it’s like a park where kids play and people have lunch, they have picnics. And we’re walking here in the picnic area of the Temple Mount, and we hear this bleeping behind us, and we realize…

Jerusalem Jane: First of all, we were talking. Remember, I said, “We are being watched.” We saw someone watching us, so we started moving…

Nehemia: Well, I first heard the bleeping and realized, “Okay, we’re not just being watched, we’re being followed.” And then, what happened after that?

Jerusalem Jane: So we started moving, and all of a sudden we hear these walkie-talkies behind us, and two of the Waqf guys are actually following us. So we are walking there, talking, and I said, “This is really interesting, because we’re being followed.”

Nehemia: And by the way, there’s a video, I’m going to share the link to the video, and people can actually watch this video. I did something pretty radical – and this was on your advice, and part of it was Keith Johnson’s advice - I walked in there with a camera around my neck and I had it recording video the entire time until they basically, in a somewhat threatening way, insisted I stop recording. And then I continued recording audio on my cellphone. So, we have video for part of it, and the rest of it, we have… and it’s not that long of a clip, it’s like eight-and-a-half or nine minutes, or something.

So, the first three or so minutes is video, and the rest is audio. And so, you can actually go see this. But describe, for those who haven’t seen it yet… and share your impressions of what happened.

Jerusalem Jane: So, we are walking there and all of a sudden I hear someone saying, “Jane?” So, my name is being called out behind me.

Nehemia: By this Muslim Arab guy who’s walking towards you.

Jerusalem Jane: Yes. So, I’m turning around and I’m seeing this Waqf guy coming towards me. And he walked towards me, and he said, “Take off your sunglasses, okay?” So, I’m taking off my sunglasses, and he says, “Can I see your camera, please?” And I said, “I don’t have a camera.” “So, can I see your camera phone?” And at that time, another Waqf guy comes up, and he says to him, “It’s not her phone, it’s her friend’s,” because apparently, he saw your phone.

Nehemia: Yeah, I actually don’t know what he said, because he spoke in Arabic.

Jerusalem Jane: I just saw he pointed at you with the phone.

Nehemia: But he kind of pointed at me. And look, at that point, I don’t even know if at that point they realized I had this camera around my neck. Oh, and I guess I wasn’t holding the camera, which is why it’s kind of wobbly. So they didn’t realize it was running, and it’s a regular still camera that records video. Welcome to the 21st century.

It’s really interesting, because, you know, I lived in Communist China for a year, and people were really sensitive about if you record video and you post video. The authorities wanted to control all information, and the idea of forcing someone to delete a video is something you expect from fascist regimes, and that’s what was going on up there on the Temple Mount.

These people came, and we were surrounded by a lot of people at one point. And I’m a big guy, but I’m here with this woman, and they’re in a somewhat intimidating way saying, “Look, you need to delete that video, and if you don’t, you won’t be able to leave in peace.”

And look, I’ve seen what they’ve done in the past. So, they have a track record of attacking people. I said to them, “I just want peace. I’m not here to bother anybody. My friend, I was walking here with her, and it’s a nice, beautiful day in a very spiritual, deep place. She’s a Christian.” They knew I was Jewish, it’s pretty obvious.

And he kind of alludes to that at one point during the video about, “This is our religion, and this is your religion.”

Jerusalem Jane: Well, the whole thing started by the other Waqf guy saying, “Where are you from? Are you from Jerusalem?” And this particular guy says, “No, she’s Jerusalem Jane.”

Nehemia: Right, he actually said it in Arabic, “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Jerusalem Jane, blah, blah, blah, blah.”

Jerusalem Jane: And then, he takes out his phone, and then this is what starts the whole thing, before any of the things you just said. He takes out his phone and he finds the video where I’m singing the Shema Yisrael.

Nehemia: The Shema Yisrael is Deuteronomy 6:4. We’re actually sitting here in my living room, and it’s hanging on my wall over there from an old Torah scroll. I love seeing that every morning when I wake up.

Jerusalem Jane: So, I’m actually singing…

Nehemia: So, you’re singing Shema Yisrael in the Al Aqsa Mosque? Where are you singing Shema Yisrael?

Jerusalem Jane: First of all, I’m saying to him, “How do you know my name?” Because I think it’s very intimate, and it’s very private, that this guy comes up and calls me out by my name. He didn’t say, “Hey, you. Stop.”

Nehemia: He said, “Jane.”

Jerusalem Jane: Jane.

Nehemia: “We’ve been waiting for you for two months,” he said at one point.

Jerusalem Jane: So, I just said, “How do you know my name?” And he just says, “We know everything.”

Nehemia: Right, he did say that.

Jerusalem Jane: And then, later he’s saying, “We have been waiting for you for two months.” And then he finds this video and he’s playing it to the other guard…

Nehemia: And this is a video…

Jerusalem Jane: …and to me, where I’m singing the Shema.

Nehemia: And this is a video that you posted, but then it was shared on a Muslim website, which is Quds, or something.

Jerusalem Jane: Al Quds. It was shared on a huge website, with me singing the Shema Yisrael. They are calling me a Jewish settler. They are calling me a spy…

Nehemia: Are you even Jewish?

Jerusalem Jane: I’m a Christian Danish woman.

Nehemia: Are you a settler? We can define “settler”.

Jerusalem Jane: You know what? I don’t even like the word.

Nehemia: I’m officially asking you, Jerusalem Jane, are you a spy for the State of Israel?

Jerusalem Jane: Do they pay well? Because I would like to…

Nehemia: Is it yes, or no? Just give me a…

Jerusalem Jane: Of course, I’m not.

Nehemia: Okay, there we go.

Jerusalem Jane: Of course, I’m not.

Nehemia: So, they’re calling you a spy. They’re calling you a Jewish settler, and you’re not even Jewish. You don’t claim to be Jewish. And you actually are a born-again Christian, is that right? And at one point, he actually said that. He said, “We know you’re a believer, a born-again Christian.”

Jerusalem Jane: I thought that was extremely…

Nehemia: How does he know this? They’ve done research on you.

Jerusalem Jane: They must have done research on me, and probably from that article that was written about me.

Nehemia: What article? Tell the people. We’ll have a link to it.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, it’s a news site, an Arab news site called Al Quds. I hope I’m saying it right. And they have a Facebook page.

Nehemia: Which the Arabic word for Jerusalem, Al Quds, which actually means “Hakadosh”, the Holy City.

Jerusalem Jane: And they have 3.6 million Arab readers.

Nehemia: And he’s apparently one of them. So he pulls up this video that’s on an Arab website, it’s a video you posted, but it was reposted on an Arab website. And what’s in the video? You’re singing the Shema. Where are you singing it?

Jerusalem Jane: I am standing in front of the Dome of the Rock. There’s a demon face on the wall…

Nehemia: There’s a demon face in the wall? I’ve never been at the Dome of the Rock.

Jerusalem Jane: It’s very, very clear to see.

Nehemia: Wait, wait, wait, stop.

Jerusalem Jane: Everybody’s making comments about it.

Nehemia: Hold on a second.

Jerusalem Jane: People are filming it.

Nehemia: Wait a minute, wait a minute. So, look, I’ve lived in Israel for over 20 years, and I’ve been to the Temple Mount three times. And that’s because to me, this is the holiest place in the universe, and I don’t go there lightly. It’s a very big deal for me. And I’ve never actually been up to the Dome of the Rock because that place is even too holy for me to go to, in my faith. But you’re saying there’s a demon face in the Dome of the Rock?

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, in the wall.

Nehemia: I’ve never heard this. Would you tell us about that?

Jerusalem Jane: So, all of you go on jerusalemjane.com. Or, I have a YouTube channel called Jerusalem Jane. You go find the video…

Nehemia: We’ll post these links on nehemiaswall.com.

Jerusalem Jane: You go find the video where I’m singing the Shema Yisroel, and I’m standing right under this demon face. It’s two, it’s up here, and then down here. And then, I’m singing the Shema.

Nehemia: I did not understand this. In your perspective – and tell me if this is wrong – in your perspective as a born-again Christian, this is demonic? And you singing the Shema Yisroel; what is the function of that in the presence of this? I’m asking, why are you doing it?

Jerusalem Jane: I am singing the Shema Yisroel because that’s a blessing, “O’Israel”. And for me, the Temple Mount is God’s holy mountain. This is where He puts His name down. And I’m telling you, where are we? Are we in China? Are we in Norway? No, we are in Yerushalayim. We are in the capital of Israel.

Nehemia: Can you tell us what your name is in Danish, by the way? Jerusalem Jane, what’s that in Danish?

Jerusalem Jane: Yerusalem Yaineh.

Nehemia: Yerusalem Yaineh. I love it.

Jerusalem Jane: That’s very good.

Nehemia: Okay, so you’re singing this…

Jerusalem Jane: I’m singing the blessing over Israel, because I am in Israel, because I am on God’s holy mountain. And I have seen Hamas on the Temple Mount, screaming, “Death to the Jews, death to Israel,” with the ISIS flag.

Nehemia: Really? Seriously, you saw that? You saw a video of that, or you saw it?

Jerusalem Jane: I saw videos of that, and I’ve seen pictures of that.

Nehemia: I haven’t seen that, wow.

Jerusalem Jane: So, I’m just saying, we are still in Israel. The Bible says this place is for the Jewish people.

Nehemia: So, let me ask you this.

Jerusalem Jane: That’s why I’m singing the Shema.

Nehemia: I’m asking you a question, and I actually don’t know the answer. I’m being facetious, but I hope I’m wrong. So, when you were singing the Shema Yisrael, was this on Friday during Muslim prayers?

Jerusalem Jane: No, are you kidding? You can’t go on Friday.

Nehemia: So, was it during Muslim prayers when you did this?

Jerusalem Jane: No, you can’t go on Friday.

Nehemia: So, were you interrupting people that were praying? That’s my question.

Jerusalem Jane: Of course not.

Nehemia: Okay, so you weren’t bothering anybody.

Jerusalem Jane: I was not bothering anyone else.

Nehemia: And they only know about it, not because they saw when you were on the Temple Mount, they know about it because it’s posted on the…

Jerusalem Jane: Because I posted a video.

Nehemia: …on the internet, okay. So, it’s not like in the middle of people praying in their shrine…

Jerusalem Jane: There were actually not a lot of people around that day.

Nehemia: Okay, nobody seemed to be disturbed by it. Were you kicked off that day?

Jerusalem Jane: No, they didn’t say anything.

Nehemia: They actually didn’t even know about it for like five months, right?

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, I was up there with a couple of media people from America, and we made this video.

Nehemia: And you posted this like what, many months later?

Jerusalem Jane: We recorded this actually, in April… March or April, and I posted it about six weeks ago. So today, this guy is saying, “Why are you singing the Shema Yisrael in the mosque?” You can all go see the video. And I’m saying, “What? I was never inside the mosque.”

Nehemia: You’ve never even been in the mosque.

Jerusalem Jane: But the thing is, for the Muslim it’s not just the inside. The entire Temple Mount is a mosque.

Nehemia: And here, I’ve got to stop and say from the historical perspective, as somebody who studies archeology and ancient texts… And look, if there’s somebody out there who knows something different than me, please share it on nehemiaswall.com. My understanding is that historically, the Al Aqsa Mosque was that one building, and it still is today. They know that.

So, what they’re trying to do is play this game and say, “No, the entire Temple Mount is the Al Aqsa Mosque,” which they know isn’t true. So, they’ve expanded the definition to say, “The entire Al Aqsa Mosque is the mosque,” and now you’re not even near the Al Aqsa Mosque. I mean, this is a huge area.

Jerusalem Jane: The entire on the ground is the Mosque.

Nehemia: Yeah, but you’re not even there.

Jerusalem Jane: No, no.

Nehemia: You’re like a 10-minute walk from there, or at least a 5-minute walk.

Jerusalem Jane: The thing is that there are maybe 50,000, 100,000 Muslims up there praying every Friday. There’s not room enough inside the mosque. You have seen the photos.

Nehemia: Yeah, I’ve seen the photos, with their backs to the Dome of the Rock.

Jerusalem Jane: Yes, so for that reason, the whole Temple…

Nehemia: Which for us, for Jews, is the holiest place. So, the entire Temple Mount, they’re now redefining as a mosque, even though historically that was never the case. And they’re saying, “You prayed in our mosque,” even though you’ve never set foot in what really is the mosque, and what has always, historically, been.

And part of this, let’s be honest here, let’s call it like it is. This is a political game, where when you walk up there and they say, “Welcome to Palestine,” obviously this has more to do with politics than it does with the Islamic religion, to some extent.

All right, I want to share my part of the story. So, I’m up there with you, and I’m not bothering anybody. And the guy demands that we leave, and I say, “Well, I’m sorry, who are you? Like by what authority. I don’t know who you are. You’re telling me I’ve got to leave? I mean, you’re some guy.” And he tells me, and I was shocked at his answer. He presented himself as Jordanian Police. And I said, “Well, show me a badge.” They don’t have badges here, they have cards, like a police card. I said, “Show me your document that shows you’re police.”

And he pulled out some document and he shows me the English side of it, because my Arabic is really, really bad. So, I see the English side, and I read his name out, and it’s in the video. And he doesn’t give me time to even see what kind of card it is. But he was claiming that this is a Jordanian Police identity badge, identity card. And then he threatened to arrest us if we didn’t leave and demanded that we delete the video and stop recording audio, or at least, turn off the phone.

Jerusalem Jane: He told you to shut your camera.

Nehemia: Right. And I did close the camera, but I continued recording on my phone, which…

Jerusalem Jane: They didn’t know.

Nehemia: They didn’t know, and I was just holding it in my hand. Look, and I didn’t fight them. I wasn’t looking for a fight. I wasn’t looking to make trouble. I’m surrounded by five big Arab guys, and they’re demanding that I leave this place. All right, I’m not going to make a fight, but let me ask you this question, Jane. Look, you’re from Denmark and you’ve come here, but I’ve lived here for over 20 years. And we have Muslims who live in this country, and we have Christians who live in this country. And whatever our differences, my view is, I want us to all get along.

Would it be great to live in a state with only Jews? Yeah, but that’s not in the real world. In the real world, we live in a country which has different cultures and different religions, and I think it’s important that until the Messiah comes and brings peace and unity to the entire world - that’s my view of it - that we have to somehow work together in mutual respect. And I said that to him, they said, “Do you hate Arabs?” I said, “Absolutely not. I love all people. I want us to live in peace. I came here out of respect. I didn’t come here to hurt anybody, to bother anybody.” I wasn’t shouting at the top of my lungs, my prayers the way they do at 4:30 in the morning where I live.

I live here in a Jewish neighborhood, and if my window is open, I get woken up by their prayers at 4:30 in the morning. And he’s telling me that I come to the holiest place - it’s the third holiest place in Islam - the only holy place for Jews. The only spot in the world which is holy for Jews, and he tells me that I’m… not me, because it was you. You’re offending him by singing the Shema Yisrael. And maybe that’s true, but what about trying to live together in respect? It’s like they only want us to have respect for them, but they have no respect for us.

Jerusalem Jane: What did he say about the Christians? What did he say about Jesus? “I love the Christians. We love Jesus, we believe in Jesus.” So, I said, “Well, if you love the Christians, why can’t I be here?”

Nehemia: Yeah.

Jerusalem Jane: And he couldn’t really answer that.

Nehemia: Right. Well, he made a point, and I want to challenge you on this, Jane. I don’t think I’d be doing my job here with Hebrew Voices if I didn’t challenge you, and here’s my challenge. So, he said something which I think from his perspective had a lot of legitimacy. Not really, a lot of it was politics. But on some level, maybe it did. And what he said was, he said, “You’re a Christian. I wouldn’t come to your church and pray my prayers, but you’re coming into my mosque and praying your prayers.” And the truth is, it’s not his mosque. He’s lying. That’s where the political game comes in, because his mosque is one section, a very small percentage of the Temple Mount, and he’s playing this word game to say, “Oh, no. It’s everywhere.” Come on, we all know that’s not true. Historically, it’s not true.

So, here’s my challenge. So, you’re going up to the Temple Mount and some people, you know, are going to read this and say, “Oh, she’s a provocateur. She’s this foreigner who’s coming to make trouble.” Why did you come here to Israel and stand up for the rights of the Jews? And you told me something which I want you to share, which is about this calling you had. Why do you do this? What do you need this for? You’re getting threats on your life. You were literally followed by we don’t know who, but very clearly, it was people related to the Al Aqsa Mosque. You were followed around Jerusalem, they took photos of you from a few feet away, then sent threatening messages, “We know how to find you.” And what did they say?

Jerusalem Jane: I’ve had several threats. The first one, they followed me around, took pictures saying they know my full name. “We know who you are, and what you are doing. Leave Al Aqsa in peace.” And I’ve had emails saying, “We’re going to track you down on the internet. We’re going to give you and your family 12 hours to leave, or we’re going to come and find you, or send a uniform from a dead soldier.” Such weird things, really, and, “You’re the enemy of Palestine.”

Nehemia: These are the Muslims.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, and you know, “You’re the enemy of Palestine, and this uprising we have been planning for years, and now you’re the enemy.”

Nehemia: Really? They’ve been planning the uprising for years?

Jerusalem Jane: That’s what they wrote to me.

Nehemia: That’s interesting, okay. And so they’re actually threatening you and not in some abstract way. They’re following you around and taking photos. This is stalker behavior. And you’ve reported this to the police, right?

Jerusalem Jane: I have. I have.

Nehemia: Okay, so the police are aware of it. And we actually went to the police today and filed a report about what happened. And from my perspective, the biggest issue really was… so some guy who, at most, would be considered by Israeli law a security guard is claiming to be a foreign police officer, and claiming some kind of sovereignty in Israel. I don’t know how he’s not in jail right now, I really don’t get that. But that’s probably more to do with politics.

Jerusalem Jane: And I actually don’t think he has the authority to arrest us.

Nehemia: Oh, no, of course he doesn’t, no, no, no, no.

Jerusalem Jane: The only one who can arrest anyone is the Israeli Police.

Nehemia: And I asked the Israeli Police, I said, “Just to be clear, does he have the authority to arrest us?” “Absolutely not. The only one who can arrest are the police.” I said, “Are there any Jordanian police on the Temple Mount?” “Absolutely not.” That was the official response of the police. I spoke to him in Hebrew and got that response.

And look, they didn’t arrest us. They kind of threatened us, you know. “You want to leave in peace? Do this,” and they did threaten to arrest us. I don’t know what that would have consisted of. And there was a bunch of games going on there.

But why are you doing this? Tell us about what brought you… I mean, look. You could have a quiet life in Denmark. I don’t know what people do in Denmark. You go to Legoland…

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, that’s a nice place.

Nehemia: I don’t know what you do in Denmark. What are you doing here… why are you here, Jane?

Jerusalem Jane: That’s a good question.

Nehemia: Are you a provocateur?

Jerusalem Jane: Not really. Not really. I think it comes down to… the overall picture is, regarding life, regarding this nation, if you believe in God or if you don’t believe in God.

Nehemia: And what does God have to do with it?

Jerusalem Jane: I believe in God. He is the absolute foundation of my life. He’s the cornerstone of my life. He’s the one who gives me meaning. If I believe in the God of Israel, it means I believe in His word. It means I believe in the Bible. So, if you believe in the Bible, for me, it’s all or nothing. The Bible is not a buffet, where you can say, “I like this, and this. Oh, I don’t like this. I’m going to take this.” For me, it’s all or nothing.

For that reason, when I love the God of Israel, I love the nation that He put His name down on. I love the nation that He calls His own. That is the Bible. That is my foundation.

Nehemia: So you come to this out of love, love for the people of Israel and the God of Israel, not out of hate for anybody.

Jerusalem Jane: You know what? Loving Israel and the Jewish people is as natural for me as breathing.

Nehemia: Wow.

Jerusalem Jane: I can’t explain it, but God has put that love in my heart. When God is saying, “Comfort, comfort My people,” it’s not just some wish, it’s a commandment.

Nehemia: That’s from Isaiah, yeah. “Nakhamu, nakhamu ami.”

Jerusalem Jane: Ken.

Nehemia: Keith and I did a Prophet Pearls on it. Wow.

Jerusalem Jane: So that’s one aspect of it. And another thing is, I was living in Denmark. I saw the news. I saw how Israel was being portrayed in the news. “Oh, Israel did this…”

Nehemia: I’ve never seen Danish news. Are they pro-Israel?

Jerusalem Jane: Not really. What news are, to be honest? I’m really sorry to say that.

Nehemia: I imagine Danish news is probably somewhere to the left of CNN, right? Is that right? I don’t know.

Jerusalem Jane: Like CNN, mostly.

Nehemia: So, basically, Israel’s always the enemy. Is that true? I don’t know, I’m asking you.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, “Israel did this, Israel did this.” It was never like, “Okay, Israel has been attacked, so now they’re retaliating.” It was never that story.

Nehemia: Well, I mean, the famous headline of the BBC recently was about “Two Arabs shot after stabbings.” The people who were shot were actually murderers who were stabbing and murdering people.

Jerusalem Jane: Unbelievable.

Nehemia: And it was as if it was two separate things around stabbings, as if the Arabs were just innocent bystanders being shot.

Jerusalem Jane: Unbelievable.

Nehemia: And actually, these were the terrorists being shot.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah. I want to say, I grew up in a Christian house. My grandparents pray for Israel every day. My mom has been the leader of a prayer group for Israel for 20 years. They come together the last Monday of every month to pray for Israel. I knew these things. I read the Bible, and then I started hearing the media. And at one point, I was like, “You know what, God? I’ve got to go see for myself what’s up with this nation. Why are you settlers? Why are the Jewish people horrible, like the media is portraying you?”

So, I came to Israel for the first time in 2000, and honestly, if you believe in the Bible, coming to Israel is like coming home. You travel in the Bible; the Bible comes to life. And I met the mother of a girl whose daughter was blown to pieces by a suicide terrorist.

Nehemia: A Jewish woman, an Israeli woman.

Jerusalem Jane: She was standing and telling her story. She’s not crying, I’m crying. I go up and I take her hands I said, “Thank you for being bold to tell your story.” And she looks me straight in the eyes and she’s saying, “You’re probably wondering, why are you crying and I’m not? I don’t have any more tears. I’m all cried out.” And she looks me in the eye, and she says, “What did my daughter do to deserve to die like that?” My heart broke into a million pieces.

So let me just be honest with you. Even if I was not a Christian and I had that entire aspect, there is something fundamentally rising inside of me that the Jewish people has been haunted, persecuted, and killed down through history, just for being Jews. You’re fair game.

Nehemia: Tell me about it, yeah.

Jerusalem Jane: You know? And when I see her… I met the mother of Gilad Shalit when he was still with Hamas.

Nehemia: He was the Israeli soldier who was held in horrific conditions for five years by Hamas terrorists.

Jerusalem Jane: So, something inside of me was rising, and you know what? Someone has to do something. Someone has to say something. And on that trip, we had been in Ma’ale Adumim and we had had this spokesperson sharing with us things, and we are going back in the bus…

Nehemia: That’s a town in the suburb of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Jane: Yes. And I’m sitting in the bus and all of a sudden, I can feel my hands are getting wet. And I’m realizing that tears are running down my face. And as you can believe this or not, but as clearly as you’re hearing my voice, I heard God say to me, “I will bring you back to this nation.”

Nehemia: You heard God say to you, “I’ll bring you back to this nation.”

Jerusalem Jane: “I will bring you back to this nation.” And I said, “Fine, whenever…” So it’s a long story. I knew that God, in some way, is going to use me to stand with this nation.

Nehemia: This is what you said to me yesterday. You said, when we were talking, “God has called me to be that voice out of Israel, to tell the truth.”

Jerusalem Jane: Amen, yes. And in 2011…

Nehemia: Thank you, Jane, for doing that.

Jerusalem Jane: It’s my honor.

Nehemia: Thank you.

Jerusalem Jane: It’s my honor. And in 2011, Abu Mazen went in front of the United Nations…

Nehemia: Tell people who that is, for those who don’t know.

Jerusalem Jane: Mahmud Abbas was the elected leader many years ago.

Nehemia: He’s the head of the Palestinian Authority.

Jerusalem Jane: Right now, he’s not even…

Nehemia: The PLO.

Jerusalem Jane: …because they skipped all the next elections, so he’s actually an illegal leader. He’s a terrorist in a suit, that is the leader for the so-called “Palestinians”. I don’t believe in that word. I don’t believe in a Palestine. Anyway, he decided to go in front of the United Nations saying, “We want Palestine recognized as a state.” And everything inside of me was crying out because I knew if there’s ever going to be a Palestine, that means they are stealing away land from the Jewish people that God made an eternal covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants.

And I really felt God was saying, “Would you be that voice? Will you share the truth?” At that time, Facebook was pretty new, but I knew, if I’m going to speak up and I’ve got to reach the world, I’ve got to go online. And so I made a page on Facebook and God even gave me the name, “Israel, One Nation.”

Nehemia: God gave you that name?

Jerusalem Jane: It came to me.

Nehemia: And that’s your Facebook page. We’ll have a link to it.

Jerusalem Jane: It came like this, like “Israel, One Nation,” because it’s not a two-state solution. God made this land as the Jewish homeland. So since 2011, I have tried to be a voice on Israel, One Nation. I’m sharing Scriptures. I’m sharing photos. In the beginning, I kept it completely anonymous, but then I found out, you know what? I’ve got a voice, and I’m going to use that voice, because I have an opinion. And when I see the harassments and all the lies, and the propaganda, and the BDS that’s coming against you, I need to say something.

Nehemia: What’s BDS, for those who don’t know?

Jerusalem Jane: It’s just all this…

Nehemia: Well, it’s actually this movement, I know in the US it stands for Boycott Divest and Sanction. It’s something like economic terrorism against Israel.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and settlement projects, and Israel is an apartheid state, all of these lies.

Nehemia: It’s ironic, because you mentioned to me you lived for several months in Beit Jala, and you saw how the Arabs could freely go and live in Beit Jala, which is under Palestinian rule, or they could live under Israeli rule. But how many Jews lived in Beit Jala?

Jerusalem Jane: You know what? There is a huge sign when you enter that you are now entering, I think it’s called Area C, and Jews can’t go in, at the risk of their lives.

Nehemia: It’s actually Area A.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, sorry. Their lives are in danger.

Nehemia: Right. So Arabs can go into these areas, but Jews can’t. So there is an apartheid. It’s absolutely true, except it’s…

Jerusalem Jane: Towards the Jews.

Nehemia: It’s against the Jews.

Jerusalem Jane: Exactly.

Nehemia: So, the Arabs can go anywhere. Jews are not allowed to go into certain areas.

Jerusalem Jane: And I was actually even told, “Don’t even use the word ‘Israel’ when you are in Beit Jala. This is Palestine.”

Nehemia: Wow. And actually, I’m going to say something that’s unpopular. Beit Jala, de facto, is Palestine. It’s ruled by a Palestinian government. They pay taxes to a Palestinian government. They have Palestinian police, and a Palestinian army. They don’t have a currency, but there are lots of countries that don’t have currencies. The Israel army is not allowed to go into Beit Jala by agreement, meaning if it’s Area C… Or, I’m sorry, Area A. I get these confused too.

Jerusalem Jane: It was like living in a… you didn’t see any stars of David…

Nehemia: And do you know that the Palestinian Territories, ruled by the Palestinians, are among the top regions in the world for what they call “honor killings”. That’s actually their own statistics, because the Palestinian Authorities and police are like, “You want to kill your sister because she got pregnant? Go ahead and kill her.” They don’t care, in their way of thinking. It’s really tragic, I mean, the Palestinian people suffer more than… I wouldn’t say more than anybody, but they suffer significantly at the hands of their own leaders.

Jerusalem Jane: Absolutely.

Nehemia: So one of the things that struck me, and people can hear this in the video, is that we’re up there on the Temple Mount and the guy pulls out his cellphone and he starts playing a song of you. Actually, in the video, first it’s Naomi Shemer, or whoever sings that song, singing Jerusalem of Gold, which to me, is the most beautiful… I cry whenever I hear Jerusalem of Gold. And here I am, up on the Temple Mount and I see the Dome of the Rock behind me, or next to me, off in the distance, and this Muslim guy, who’s trying to suppress anything Jewish, anything Israeli, anything biblical, has playing on his phone, Jerusalem of Gold.

Jerusalem Jane: And then I start singing.

Nehemia: And of course, he was doing it as a form of basically to say, “Look, this is what she did.” He was trying to convince his colleague, “This is why we’ve got to kick her off the Temple Mount.” It’s interesting, there was some kind of interaction going on there, between maybe different forces within the Waqf Authority. That’s the Muslims up there.

But he played this thing, and then in part of that video, he’s playing on his phone to show you and his colleague, and then you singing the Shema. And I was so touched and moved by that. And I’m thinking, “This is ridiculous. He’s trying to prevent us from praying,” and what he ends up doing is playing this video of prayer. And then he does it a second time, like this is a second witness. I was really touched and moved by that.

I mean, it’s crazy. He’s the Muslim who’s trying to kick you off and intimidate you and steal your videos and steal your photos, and he ends up playing the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard in the Hebrew language outside of the Bible, which is Jerusalem of Gold. And then he plays the Shema, which are the most beautiful six words that were ever spoken in the universe, I believe, “Shema Yisroel, Yehovah Eloheinu, Yehovah ekhad,” “Hear O’Israel, Yehovah is our God, Yehovah is one.” Of course, you were doing the traditional form, “Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai ekhad.” It’s still so beautiful. What beautiful, powerful words. And this is the Waqf guy, the Muslim guy who’s doing it.

Jerusalem Jane: So I think I said, “Because we didn’t do anything today.”

Nehemia: So today you actually didn’t pray, and you still got kicked off.

Jerusalem Jane: I didn’t do anything, and I keep saying it.

Nehemia: We were walking peacefully.

Jerusalem Jane: And I keep saying, “I didn’t do anything.” And he was like, “You were singing.” And I said, “That’s two months ago. You are kicking me down today, because I was singing two months ago. I didn’t pray.” And you can hear me say on the video, “I didn’t pray.”

Nehemia: And he said, “We waited two months for you.”

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, and I didn’t sing.

Nehemia: Were you arrested by the Arab police?

Jerusalem Jane: I have never been arrested, but I have been kicked off before.

Nehemia: Okay, because there’s some rumor going around Facebook that you were arrested by the Muslims.

Jerusalem Jane: I was not arrested, no, no, no.

Nehemia: Okay, that’s just Facebook rumors.

Jerusalem Jane: I actually said to him today, “Hey, listen. You can follow us around, if you want to, to see that I’m not singing, and I’m not praying.” There was just no tolerance. It was just, “Off.” And at one point, I’m saying, “Does this mean that I can’t go back here?” And they said, “No, you can come back. Don’t pray.” I said, “I’m not praying.”

Nehemia: You’re not praying this time. So, tell us about the ring. You’re wearing this ring on your finger, and the Arab guy made a big deal about your ring.

Jerusalem Jane: Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

Nehemia: Like, what? The woman’s wearing some ring, I hardly even noticed it.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, and you can see this in the video. This is a beautiful ring that one of my friends made. Actually, she makes jewelry here in Israel, and this was a gift from a friend from Norway who wanted to bless me.

Nehemia: Is your friend Jewish or Christian?

Jerusalem Jane: No, this was a Christian friend from Norway.

Nehemia: Okay, so a Christian gave you a ring, and the ring has a verse from the Book of Hosea, and it’s a famous verse, “Ve’erastikh li le’olam,” that’s what many Jews will say in their wedding ceremonies, actually. You know, “I betroth you to me forever,” and it’s God in the covenant relationship with Israel.

Jerusalem Jane: Amen.

Nehemia: And of course, it has significance for you, as a Christian, I’m sure. And you’re wearing this ring, and the ring has got nothing to do with what’s going on up there.

Jerusalem Jane: Nothing.

Nehemia: And the one Muslim guy is arguing with the other Muslim guy in Arabic, I don’t know what they were saying. And at some point, he says, “But look at her ring.”

Jerusalem Jane: “Show him your ring.” So, I’m taking out my hand. You can see the video.

Nehemia: And what’s the significance of the ring?

Jerusalem Jane: And I’m saying, “It’s a gift. I can’t have a gift?”

Nehemia: Why was he saying, “Show the ring?” And let me tell people the background here. It’s really interesting. We were going through security, and this is on the Jewish side, in other words, Israeli police. Before we get up to the Temple Mount, we’re in the Western Wall area and we’re going through the metal detectors and they’re going through everyone’s bags, and there’s a group of Romanian Christians, and I don’t know if they’re Catholics or Orthodox Christians in Romania. I’m assuming they’re Catholics, I don’t know.

Anyway, one of the women has some kind of thing for some kind of… I don’t even know if it was a prayer book. It was some kind of thing with a picture of a saint on the cover. And one of the Israeli guards said to the other, “I think that’s the Psalms. Don’t let them take it up there,” because they know if the Muslims catch her with that, they’ll go ballistic. They might be violent. So the Jews say, “Look, we don’t want to cause trouble. Just leave it here.”

Jerusalem Jane: And it’s not allowed to have religious artefacts, whatever that is.

Nehemia: So, I think what he was trying to do is say, “Look, she’s got that ring, and there’s Hebrew on it.” And he doesn’t even know it’s a Bible verse, but he was right, it is. And so you can’t even have a ring that has a Bible verse on it. Like really, guys?

Jerusalem Jane: It’s so outrageous.

Nehemia: Who is it bothering that you’ve got a ring? You’re not like holding up the ring and reading the ring. Like, “Are you kidding me?”

Jerusalem Jane: That’s when he started about, you know, “You are a really religious Christian, born-again.” I was like, “What is he talking about?”

Nehemia: They’ve done research on you, Jane.

Jerusalem Jane: They really have.

Nehemia: They know your name, they followed you around.

Jerusalem Jane: And waiting two months for me?

Nehemia: They know what denomination you are. They know you by name. They know that you’re born-again, that you’re not Catholic, or you’re not a Seventh-day, or whatever. They know who you are, Jane.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, absolutely.

Nehemia: Jerusalem Jane. Jerusalem Jane, I’ve got to do this, Jerusalem Jane. We were talking yesterday, and you’re this woman who came from Denmark, and I’m thinking like, “How is this woman living here from Denmark? Were you sent here by some multi-billion-dollar ministry?” And she’s laughing, you guys can’t see it. And I found out that Jane lives based on people who feel moved and support what she’s doing. And prayers are good, but it’s not going to feed Jane.

I want you to pray for Jane. Everybody who’s listening to this right now, Jane is coming to support the people of Israel, and loves the God of Israel and His people, and we need to all pray for her, but if you can, I also want you to consider… And pray about this. And if you’re led, support what she’s doing. And they can do that through jerusalemjane.com, and you’ve got a PayPal thing going on there.

Jerusalem Jane: On jerusalemjane.com in the upper right corner, there’s a donate button. That’s for PayPal. But you’re right, I came here by myself. I don’t have a rich sponsor or organization. I’m little old me, really trying to stand for you and be that voice. My life has changed. I’m in this situation now, I need to move because I’m not safe where I’m living. My life has changed completely.

Nehemia: And that’s going to cost a lot of money.

Jerusalem Jane: That’s going to cost a lot of money.

Nehemia: I’m going to share something funny, and I hope it doesn’t embarrass Jane. But I live here in Jerusalem in this tiny little apartment. I know people in America who are not rich people, who have bigger garages for their cars than my apartment. And she walks in my apartment to do this recording and she says, “Wow, what a big place.”

Jerusalem Jane: I would love to have this place.

Nehemia: Are you kidding me? And it’s funny, because I lived in this dump in China which was probably twice the size of this.

And my point of all this is, support the woman if you can. She needs your help. She’s standing up for Israel. The woman’s life is being threatened. She’s being followed by terrorists who are threatening her life and harassing her.

Jerusalem Jane: And they’re not going to like me even more after today, that’s for sure.

Nehemia: I don’t think they’re going to like you.

Jerusalem Jane: It’s going to be worse after today, for sure.

Nehemia: Well Jane, I want to end with… Do you have anything else you want to share before we wrap it up?

Jerusalem Jane: I just want to say to whoever’s listening out around the world, non-Jewish people, please wake up and stand with Israel. If you are a Christian… do you have Christian listeners?

Nehemia: I think we have Jews, Christians, Hebrew Roots people, Messianics. I hope we’ve got some Muslims, and I believe we have a Sikh who’s listening.

Jerusalem Jane: Okay. I just want to say, it doesn’t matter who you are. Wake up and stand with Israel. What the Jewish people are facing is beyond belief. We live here. Jewish people are being slaughtered on the streets of Yerushalayim. We have attacks, friends, every single day, Jews are being attacked. They’re being run over by a car, they’re being shot at, they are being stabbed at. You can’t take a bus. You can’t wait for the train. They are being attacked.

You need to wake up and stand with Israel. You need to speak up against this. You need to pray for them. And most importantly, you need to come here. I was in a taxi today and he says, “Where are the tourists?” And I say, I’m trying my best to say, if you believe in the God of Israel, if you believe in the Bible, if you go to Synagogue, if you go to Church, and this is important for you, you need to stand with the Jewish people. They are the roots of all of this.

So, please wake up and stand with Israel, and speak up. And come here, come here. Bring your group, bring your Church, bring your family, bring your friends. Come here and stand united with the Jewish people, especially in a time like this.

Nehemia: And I want to invite people who are coming here with a Christian group, or actually a Jewish group as well, that Jerusalem Jane lives in Jerusalem. So, if your tour group is stopping here in Jerusalem, you guys should send her an email and get her to come speak to your group.

Jerusalem Jane: I’d love to.

Nehemia: She’s a fascinating person and has an amazing heart. This is a program, Hebrew Voices. We want to hear different concepts, perspectives and ideas in Israel. And you are a Hebrew Voice. You’re here in this land, Yerusalem Yaineh. And Jerusalem Jane, you’re a Hebrew Voice. And Jane, this isn’t a journalism program. This is about spirituality, and the word of God. I’m going to ask you to end with prayer, and then I’m going to pray, myself.

Jerusalem Jane: Can I pray in Danish?

Nehemia: Sure, go ahead. Please.

Jerusalem Jane: I can?

Nehemia: Absolutely.

Jerusalem Jane: Okay.

Nehemia: I’ve no idea what she’s saying.

Jerusalem Jane: There could be Danish listeners.

Nehemia: Yeah, I hope so. I hope there are many. I’m actually going to be speaking in Sweden and Norway soon, and that’s kind of the same language, isn’t it? I don’t know, go on.

Jerusalem Jane: Yeah, it is.

Nehemia: Please pray.

Jerusalem Jane: [44:06 – 44:36 Danish!] Amen.

Nehemia: Yehovah, Eloheinu, Elohei avoteinu, Yehovah, our God, the God of our fathers, God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, of Noah and Adam, for all mankind, Yehovah, I pray that the prophesy in Your word, that the Temple Mount, the place where You put Your name forever, Yehovah, that that will be the house of prayer for all nations, Yehovah.

I pray that the day come soon, Yehovah, and that there be peace for the entire world. Yehovah, we yearn for peace. Father, I ask for Your protection for the people of Israel. I ask your protection for the city of Jerusalem. Father, I ask Your protection for those people who today are called “Palestinians,” who are suffering horribly under the chains of their rulers, who are being funded by foreigners giving billions of dollars to put these terrorists who keep them under their horrible thumb, and they suffer so horribly. Yehovah, I ask for peace for all these people.

I look forward to the day, Yehovah, where I can stand up on the Temple Mount in the presence of Your King Messiah, Father, the anointed of Israel, with peace for all mankind. And all nations will be there. There’ll be Danish people there, Yehovah. Even those people today, Yehovah, I pray, I hope, that even those people who are known today as “Palestinians,” that they will be there, shoulder to shoulder, as it says in the Book of Zephaniah, “To call upon Your name with one shoulder,” it says. On that day, Yehovah, Your name will be one, and You will be one.

Jerusalem Jane: Amen.

Nehemia: And may this be soon, and may we have peace very soon, Yehovah. Amen.

Jerusalem Jane: Amen.

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