The Jewish position towards other nations

The Jewish position towards other nations.
Although Judaism may not be proposed as an internationally recognized system, the Jewish lobby plays a very effective role in shaping US foreign policy; especially those in Israel's interest.
The Jewish book of guidance , the Talmud,6 ranks the Jews higher than all other people. Jews are considered the chosen people of God. They are semidivine, and the multitude gentile (non-Jewish) surrounding them are considered unclean and subhumans. The Talmud has always been the preeminent legal authority for the Jews.
The reason that Jews give for their claimed selection by God and for the uncleanliness of the gentiles is that they were not present at Mt. Sinai.
In the Talmud3 we read:
When the serpent came into Eve he infused fitly lust into her . . . .

When Israel stood in Sinai that lust was eliminated, but the lust of idolators, who did not stand on Sinai, did not cease. (Abdah Zarah 22b)
Let's look in the Zohar, where the verse from Genesis was interpreted by the Jewish rabbis: ''Now the serpent is more subtle than any beast of the field, etc." The interpretation was:
More subtle that is towards evil; 'than all the beasts', that is, the idolatrous people of the earth. For they are the children of the ancient serpent which seduced Eve. (Zohar 1: 28b)

As a matter of fact, non-Jews (gentiles), whether Christians, budhists or Hindus are not considered equal to the Jews in any way; the Jewish doctrine regards them as if they were nonhumans.
The following excerpts from the Talmud would make any human being puzzle over the way they disparage other people: A gentile. . . is not a neighbor in the sense of reciprocating and being responsible for damages caused by his negligence; nor does he watch over his cattle. Even the best gentile laws were too crude to admit of reciprocity. (Bek. 13b) Christians (called 'heathens' in the Talmud) were not exempted from the hatred and the distrust of Jews:

Where a suit arises between an Israelite and a heathen, if you can satisfy the former according to the laws of Israel, justify him and say:
'This is our law'; so also if you can justify him by the law of the heathens justify him and say (to the other party): "This is your law"; but if this can't be done, we use subterfuges to circumvent them. (Baba Kama 113 a) The Jewish Encyclopedia summarizes opinions of the sages about this law by stating:
The Mishnah ... declares that if a gentile sues an Israelite, the verdict is for the defendant; if the Israelite is the plaintiff, he obtains full damages .
There are numerous citations in the Talmud where non-Jews have been considered dirty or unworthy of living. It goes to the extent that such people are not even worthy of being accepted in their religion, even if they desired. The Talmud prohibits, under the threat of death, the teaching of the Torah to any gentile:
Hence the Talmud prohibited the teaching to a Gentile of the Torah, "the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob .. " R. Johannan declares if one dared to do so 'such a person deserves death.

Certainly such a system, of an extreme discriminatory nature, was not designed to be a universal way of life. No wonder many Israeli leaders do not value the lives of non-Jewish people. Menachem Begin's response to the world outrage over massacres in Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon is reflective of this attitude:

Goyim [meaning gentiles] are killing Goyim and they came to hang the Jews.
Somebody might say that current Judaism is not built on such radical or racial ideas. Let's listen to the defense of the leading Israeli authority as to what they have done in the Lebanon. One is really stunned by the Talmudic manner in which they spoke. An example of this was seen in the way -Begin arrogantly informed the Americans about the massacre he had committed:
"We have no duty to explain our actions to others only to ourselves." In other words, the Jew is above criticism by a gentile.

A recent issue of Sunday reported that Moshe Antelman of Rehovot, Israel - a rabbi and a chemist - had developed a bullet that contains pork fat. Why did he do so? Sunday stated:
Antelman, a rabbi and a chemist, developed the lard-laden ammo for use against devout Muslims, who believe any contact with pig flesh robs the soul of its chance to enter paradise  ... The good rabbi has offered his innovation to West Bank settlers, and he also hopes to interest the Pentagon in this refined form of military pork.
This is just one example of how the Jewish elite and leaders value people of other nations.

Christianity and equality

Christianity and equality
In this section, I will examine some of the teachings of Christianity in order to determine if such a view could appeal to all people regardless of their differences. To be objective, reference will be drawn from the Book of Christianity, The Bible, in order to find out if the message of Christ (Pbuh) was for the world or limited in time and space to his people, the Israelites. The message Jesus (puh) received was limited to one nation.

According to Matthew, Jesus (puh) stated clearly in his instructions to his disciples not to spread the message beyond the tribes of Israel.
According to Matthew (10:5,6): ,Go not into the way of the gentiles, and into any town of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel .•..•
In another reference, according to the Bible, such a statement is clearly limiting the scope of carrying the teachings of Christianity to the Jewish people only, by the Prophet of God (Jesus, puh) who was sent with guidance to people with no discrimination. However, we find in the Bible another incident that is narrated about Jesus (puh): Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon's possession.
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.
He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.
The woman came and knelt before him. Lord, help me! she said. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
In these biblical excerpts from the Bible, Jesus (pbuh) has clearly stated that his message was to be spread among the people of Israel only and, not to the people of all nations. However, as a Muslim who believes that Jesus Christ (Pbuh) was a great Messenger of Allah, I am convinced that Jesus never said the underlined quote from the Bible (Matthew 15:26).

A universal system needs to be objective and equally applied to all people regardless of their social status, race, color, and religion

A universal system needs to be objective and equally applied to all people regardless of their social status, race, color, and religion.
The principle of equality in dealing with peoples of different colors, socioeconomic status and cultures is absent from the dominant ideologies of today's world. The Indian society has suffered from a rigidly applied caste system for many centuries: some people are looked at as gods (avatars) while others are being treated as no more than slaves.
Although Christianity has seldom been applied as a system for living, it contains, among its contemporary teachings doctrines that can be viewed as discriminatory. The teachings of the Talmud (the basis of contemporary Judaism) looks at the Jews as privileged over other people (the gentiles). The list could be expanded to include the communist slogan of equality all people are equal, but which, in reality, means that some are more equal than others. Capitalism, as applied in several Western societies, IS not geared theoretically to establishing equality, since it encourages a rich vs. poor division. Socialism, which in theory is supposed to ameliorate the excesses of capitalism and communism, has in actuality highlighted the indigenous faults of both of these economic systems. At the same time, it could not prove itself as a more appropriate alternative. Thus, of all the existing ideological systems, Islam remains the only option that appeals to all because it respects the rights of all people and regards all humans as members of one nation living under God (Allah), in peace and harmony in spite of their many differences.