- Banned
- #261
Jerusalem should be divided
It should be an international city, a capital for all humanity.
Mecca and Medina are not capitals for all humanity, and neither is the Vatican. Christians don't say, "If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of its palate, if I do not place Jerusalem atop my chiefest joy." Muslims don't break a glass at their weddings to remember Jerusalem. While Jews face Jerusalem in prayer, Muslims turn up their asses to it, as they bow towards Mecca. Sherri, a Christian on this Board, compared the way Jews feel towards Jerusalem as idolatry.
Of course, Jews don't forget that Jesus was supposedly resurrected there, and Islam's prophet supposedly visited there. We treat their holy places with respect. But Jerusalem is Israel's capital.
In a perfect world, that could be. But really unless Jews are ready to defend Jerusalem as theirs from the point of a gun and risk eventually another holocaust in the form of nukes, well, go for it. I'll have an electric car by then.
Btw, Jerusalem is important to many religions, not just Jews. That's why it should be an international city. I know, the arabs rejected that in '48. But that was a long, long time ago. We need a couple of baby steps to get the process moving along.