The Vatican and Montenegro are tiny nations. Liechtenstein is a small country, and two other baby countries lurk beside Belgium. So why not make Jerusalem into its own nation. Make a council of five to run it: a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, and two "Others" who are either of other faiths or none at all. Make the borders as circular as possible with a mile space to grow into. Of course, there will be people who will not like this. But I can think of no other way to maintain the peace needed to continue allowing people to come and see the city and for the people who live and work there. To split it would make it like Cold War Germany--who would want that? To go through security check points to get from one side of the city to the other--eh, phooey! Make it a COUNTRY. Its very own place in a sea of unrest. Perhaps that island could be the place of peace. Maybe....if it could only be....
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Sounds like a good idea to me. I think the sad thing is, neither side truly wants peace. If they did, this would have been settled decades ago.
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Then they would have to fight that government too!
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That wouldn't work because of all the tradition and prophecies surrounding it. Both sides wouldn't be happy. You have to know the history of Jerusalem starting from way back to understand why... But it's a good idea...
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Jerusalem has always been the capital of Israel!!!
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Israel is already the nation. Jerusalem is the capitol. It is their land. Period.
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lmao...Israel will not fall!
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Montenegro is not that small - are you thinking of Monaco? I personally think West Jerusalem should be part of Israel, East Jerusalem part of the new Palestinian state, and the Old City should have some sort of international status with UN jurisdiction.
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Not bad, poster. I have a few more radical conditions though. Jerusalem it is not the Israelis' city. The Israelis are thieves and murderers. They stole it from the Canaanites and murdered every man, murdered the women that had "layed down" with a man, and raped all the virgin women. Disagree ? It's right there in the Bible. Jerusalem should be occupied by the UN. Absolutely no religion should be tolerated. Any Christian, Jew, or Muslim seen doing their superstitious, war inducing, cult bull&%it should be thrown out. Repeat offenders imprisoned for 20 years. If they insist on suicide as a form of protest, then no one should stand in their way.
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I like your idea. In practice, it was already tried. That was the original plan under the UN. In 1948, Jerusalem was majority Jewish. Immediately, Jordan invaded and seized Jerusalem as well as the West Bank and Gaza. They immediately ethnically cleansed all Jews from all three areas and began systematically destroying all Jewish holy sites and most cemeteries. The rest of the world did nothing during or afterwards. Arabs refuse to recognize Jews right to own property in "palestine." (It is a death penalty crime to do so under PA and Jordanian law.) And they insist that 100% of Israel including Jerusalem must be an Arab state. The PA has also suggested that Jews have no religious ties to Jerusalem. They invoke a principle that since Jerusalem is holy to Moslems, no one else deserves to have access. They are willing to "allow" Christians access because it is holy to them. But, by denying that it is holy to Jews, they lay the groundwork to ban Jews access again (as they were banned from 1948-1967).
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The Zionist entity would never agree.
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WTF .. makin jerusalem a nation Ha! i live in jerusalem and that will never happen ... and to all of you Jerusalem is part of PALESTINE not israel !!!!!!!!!
