What is the relationship between the Israel-Gaza war and the “red heifer” of peace?

When Hamas spokesman Abu Obaidah spoke on the 100th day of the war in Gaza, one shocking thing he said did not receive much media attention.

Abu Obaidah accused the Jews of bringing “red cows” to the Holy Land, referring to atrocities and genocide in Gaza.

The cow he was talking about is the Red Heifer, which is now grazing in a safe and undisclosed location in Israel’s occupied West Bank.

According to a US TV report, some Jews and Christians believe that these red cows are very important for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple and the coming of Christ.

To understand this, one has to look at the events and circumstances in the turbulent history of the Middle East, about two thousand years ago, when the ancient Romans destroyed the last temple in occupied Jerusalem.

For rebuilding the temple, devotees point to the Bible’s Book of Numbers, which commands the Israelites to “sacrifice a red heifer without blemish, I have no blemish, and one that has never been plowed into the plow.” Only after such a sacrifice could the temple be rebuilt.

An important role in bringing these red heifers to the occupied Jerusalem was played by Yitzchak Mamou, who belongs to a Jewish group called Yvonne Jerusalem, and this group is committed to rebuilding the temple in the ancient city.

Talking to the American TV channel, Yitzhak Mamo said that it is seen that there is not a single hair in these cows, white or black, and if all the hairs do not turn red, they will not be eligible for sacrifice.

It took years to find the red heifer, and for this purpose, Yitzchak Mamo contacted Christian shepherds thousands of miles away in the US state of Texas, where after a long search, he found the cows he wanted, called “Texas Red Angus”.

According to Yitzchak Mamo, the calves were classified as pets in order to relax the strict ban on the export of red heifers from the United States. The cows have now been taken to occupied Jerusalem where they will be sacrificed on a vast white altar in front of the Mount of Olives where the cows will soon be burned. .

Mamo said it was necessary to offer this sacrifice given the location of the Second Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.