re: #249 lawhawk

It already has effectively split the Old City into quarters. There’s the Christian, Armenian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters.

Add to that the Temple Mount, which itself is under control of the Islamic Waqf.

There’s no need for any other divisions. It’s already done, but civil administrative control should remain in Israel’s hands - and Israel has done more to respect the divergent religious views than any other country holding control over Jerusalem. After all, the Jordanians used Jewish cemetery markers for latrines and looted synagogues. In 1967, the Israelis let the Waqf retain control of the Temple Mount.

For those who claim that Israel does not want peace, they really need to consider the Temple mount.

In Judaism the is only one Temple. The one in Jerusalem, the one where we believe Abraham took Isaac, the one that was the center of our faith, the place where our tradition teaches the very presence of G-d manifested itself in the Holy of Holies.

There is no more sacred place to us in the world.

Yet we leave two Mosques squat on top of it.

If the Muslims had ever taken the Vatican and turned it into a Mosque, how long would the Catholics let it remain so if they got it back? How long would Haiga Sophia stay a mosque if the Greeks ever got it back?

How long would the Muslims let there be a Church in Mecca?

Yet,

We leave those structures squat on our holiest site - even when we know it was built specifically to announce Islam’s supremacy over us and all other faiths. I will be clear. I have nothing against mosques, but that one is a painful abomination to my nation.

Yet,

We would rather have peace.

Anyone who thinks that Israel and the Jews have not sacrificed for peace is a fool. We have given our dearest blood.