Re: Jerusalem
I have not yet seen in the course of this discussion any rational arguement put forward as to why Jerusalem should not be the capital of Israel .
It is not for others to dictate to the Israelis what they can do .
Not the Palestinians , not the leftie hand wringers ,not the 'international community ' whatever that is , not other Muslims countries ,not even people worried about the Christian holy sites .
It's none of their business whatsoever .
Historically Jerusalem has only ever been important to the Jews .
The Muslim ottomans ruled it for over 300 years .
They never made it a Muslim capital in fact Jerusalem was an old desolate city.
Mark Twains remarked as such when he visited he found the whole land empty and desolate .
During 1948 and 1967 when Egypt occupied Gaza and Jordan occupied the West Bank neither country gave any of it to Palestinians ( for one reason the term hadn't been invented then for Palestinian Arabs)
Jordan didn't offer Jerusalem for the capital of a Palestinian state .
Not a bit of it ,it was one of King Husseins great mistakes to take up arms against Israel with the rest of the Arab world .
Had he not the West Bank would still be part of Jordan .
It would not have been given to the Palestinians much less as their capital city .So why only is it now that it becomes so important ?
The reason
Because the Jews have it .
Not only do they have it they have made it a thriving successful city and their country the envy of many .
So the Palestinians want it and think they deserve it .
And it would seem that everyone thinks that the Israelis should meekly hand it over .
Why should they ?
They ( the Palestinians) don't want Jerusalem they just want to pick a fight .
They want the whole of Israel so they can turn it into another failed Middle East state .