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truth. I pray that from today’s exalting of truth, there flow to Jerusalem, her
neighbors, and to the entire world a true and perfect peace. May that day, vis-
ualized by the prophets swiftly arrive. When nation shall not take up its sword
against nation. When there will be harmony, not war, respect, not envy, love,
not hate. In the words of the psalmist who sang his longing for peace not far
from right here, pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May those who love you be at
peace. Amen.48
Drawing from the Bible, in this passage Wolowik declare that truth and peace go
hand in hand. Recognition of the truth is a precondition for peace. He draws a vision
of the future that begins with the relocation of the embassy, which thus becomes
the starting point of, or a station in, an eschatological process. Netanyahu also calls
the event the beginning of peace and then connects this peace to truth:
But I believe it’s also a great day for peace. I want to thank Jared, Jason and
David for your tireless efforts to advance peace, and for your tireless efforts to
advance the truth. The truth and peace are interconnected. A peace that is built
48 TIME 2018, (00:19:20–00:20:10).
Fig. 6: Zalman Wolowik, U. S. Opens New Embassy in Jerusalem After Trump’s Decision to Recognize
Capital (TIME 2018, 00:17:32).
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JRFM
Journal Religion Film Media, Band 06/01
- Titel
- JRFM
- Untertitel
- Journal Religion Film Media
- Band
- 06/01
- Autoren
- Christian Wessely
- Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Herausgeber
- Uni-Graz
- Verlag
- Schüren Verlag GmbH
- Ort
- Graz
- Datum
- 2020
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Abmessungen
- 14.8 x 21.0 cm
- Seiten
- 184
- Kategorien
- Zeitschriften JRFM