The Internet is replete with references to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The only references to Jerusalem and the “Palestinians” are on pro-”Palestinian” web sites and in the dreams of leftist politicians.
If you like maps, two sites are worthy of a visit:
- “Mandate for Palestine” - The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights at http://tinyurl.com/2btdush
History in Maps - Israel & "Palestine" at http://tinyurl.com/2eovou5
What’s in a name – “Palestine,” history
The first clear use of the term Palestine to refer to the entire area between Phoenicia and Egypt was in 5th century BCE Ancient Greece, when Herodotus wrote of a "district of Syria, called Palaistinê" in The Histories, which included the Judean mountains and the Jordan Rift Valley. (Source: Timeline of the name "Palestine" at http://tinyurl.com/oacnnod )
By comparison, Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim (or simply Muhammad) was born in Mecca around 570 of the CURRENT ERA (="AD"). King David, Israel's second king, established Jerusalem as his capitol, according to multiple sources, "more than 3,000 years ago," centuries before Muhammad was born. The first expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem was by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BCE.
Partition
The UN's Plan Of Partition And End Of The British Mandate is documented on the UN.org's page at http://tinyurl.com/hqwv836 .
- The plan included:
• The creation of the Arab and Jewish States not later than 1 October 1948;
• Division of Palestine into eight parts: three were allotted to the Arab State and three to the Jewish State; the seventh, the town of Jaffa, was to form an Arab enclave within Jewish territory;
• The international regime for Jerusalem, the eighth division, to be administered by the United Nations Trusteeship Council.
The Council was still born.
The Jewish Agency accepted the resolution despite its dissatisfaction over such matters as Jewish emigration from Europe and the territorial limits set on the proposed Jewish State. The plan was not accepted by the Palestinian Arabs and Arab States on the ground that it violated the provisions of the United Nations Charter, which granted people the right to decide their own destiny. They said that the Assembly had endorsed the Plan under circumstances unworthy of the United Nations and that the Arabs of Palestine would oppose any scheme that provided for the dissection, segregation or partition of their country, or which gave special and preferential rights and status to a minority.
The New York Times position, titled Nov. 29, 1947 - U.N. Partitions Palestine, Allowing for Creation of Israel (http://tinyurl.com/yads588v), is that The plan, which organized Palestine into three Jewish sections, four Arab sections and the internationally-administered city of Jerusalem, had strong support in Western nations as well as the Soviet Union. It was opposed by Arab nations.
The General Assembly voted, 33-13, in favor of partition, with 10 members, including Britain, abstaining. The six Arab nations in the General Assembly staged a walkout in protest. The New York Times reported: “The walkout of the Arab delegates was taken as a clear indication that the Palestinian Arabs would have nothing to do with the Assembly’s decision. The British have emphasized repeatedly that British troops could not be used to impose a settlement not acceptable to both Jews and Arabs, and the partition plan does not provide outside military force to keep order. Instead, it provides for the establishment of armed militia by the two nascent states to keep internal order.”
How did Jerusalem fall into modern Israel’s hands?
Briefly, from Britannica.com (http://tinyurl.com/lfhaut5) Arab and Israeli forces clashed for the third time June 5–10, 1967, in what came to be called the Six-Day War (or June War). In early 1967 Syria intensified its bombardment of Israeli villages from positions in the Golan Heights. When the Israeli Air Force shot down six Syrian MiG fighter jets in reprisal, Nasser mobilized his forces near the Sinai border, dismissing the UN force there, and he again sought to blockade Elat. In May 1967 Egypt signed a mutual defense pact with Jordan.
Israel answered this apparent Arab rush to war by staging a sudden air assault, destroying Egypt’s air force on the ground. The Israeli victory on the ground was also overwhelming. Israeli units drove back Syrian forces from the Golan Heights, took control of Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and drove Jordanian forces from the West Bank. Importantly, the Israelis were left in sole control of Jerusalem.
In other words, the invaders from 1948 ran from the city and left it in Jewish hands. Under Jewish control, Jews had access to their holy sites, likewise Muslims and those of other beliefs.
President Trump may have recognized the facts on the ground, but he did NOT “declare that Jerusalem is Israel’s capitol.” King David did that more then 3,000 years ago.
U.S. State Department to the contrary
Contrary to what the pro-Arab U.S. State Department would have people believe, Jerusalem has been Israel’s capital since 1967.
- The government – Knesset – meets there.
The Supreme Court sits there.
Main offices of most national offices are there.
Tel Aviv – thanks to the U.S. State Department’s clout – has most of the embassies, but now that State has been over-ruled by the first forceful U.S. president since 1967, the U.S. and other nations will relocate their embassies to Israel’s capital. Even Arab leaders – Egypt’s late President Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat and Jordan’s late King Hussein bin Talal – have met Israeli leaders in Jerusalem; even U.S. politicians meet their Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem.
If the PA rules Jerusalem the capital will be free of Jews
Palestinian land laws refer to ownership of land under the Palestinian Authority (PA). These laws prohibit Palestinians from selling Palestinian-owned lands to "any man or judicial body corporation of Israeli citizenship, living in Israel or acting on its behalf." These land laws were originally enacted during the Jordanian rule of the West Bank (1948–1967). Land sales to Israelis are considered treason by the Palestinians because they threaten the founding of a future state and to "halt the spread of moral, political and security corruption". Palestinians who sell land to Israelis can be sentenced to death, although death penalties are seldom carried out; a death sentence has to be approved by the Palestinian Authority President.
Under Israeli law, Muslims and followers of other beliefs can live freely in Jerusalem and, unlike under Jordanian rule, have no fear that the government will turn a blind eye to vandalism of holy sites.
If I forget thee, O’Jerusalem . . .
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