The Ten Acknowledgements
Not a creed of forced theological agreement, but ten propositions the Foundation asks participants to examine, source, debate, and live out.
Coexistence is historically possible
Jews and Muslims can live together in peace and cooperation while retaining distinct religious practices and legal traditions. Historical models are not perfect, but they prove that permanent enmity is not inevitable.
Both peoples can live in the Holy Land
Jews, Israelis, Palestinians, and Muslims need not build security through the expulsion or disappearance of the other.
The Land is sacred to both communities
Israel / Palestine occupies a central place in the scriptures, historical memory, and spiritual geography of Judaism and Islam.
Peace requires justice
Deuteronomy 16:20 links the pursuit of justice to secure life in the Land. Reconciliation that suppresses accountability cannot endure.
Judaism and Islam address the One God
Judeo-Arabic Jewish usage of Allāh and the Semitic relationship among Allāh, Elah, and Eloah reflect a shared monotheistic vocabulary, even where theology differs.
The Land ultimately belongs to God
Leviticus 25:23 places human claims beneath divine ownership and calls every inhabitant to humility.
Respect does not require theological surrender
Judaism does not require Jews to accept later prophetic claims, and disagreement does not require denigration of figures revered by neighboring Abrahamic communities.
Shared political belonging can preserve religious difference
The Constitution of Medina is important to Hashlamah as a model for imagining common civic belonging without flattening distinct laws and identities.
Jewish tradition recognizes righteous non-Jewish monotheists
The histories of God-fearers, yirei ha-shamayim, theosebeis, and gerei toshav provide Jewish vocabularies for non-Jewish neighbors devoted to the God of Abraham.
Acknowledgement creates responsibility
Tiqqun ʿolam and al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf both express the principle that knowledge of the good carries an obligation to act.
Why “Acknowledgements”?
The language deliberately emphasizes recognition rather than compulsory belief. The intention is that each proposition be open to historical, scriptural, linguistic, and ethical scrutiny.