Israel marks Jerusalem Day

Ian,

Unfortunately UK was the one between the WW-I and WW-II who "cleverly" played both ethnic elements of the entire area against each other.

Because before there wasn't much of issue. Am I right?

Now home of the world's number one mess, roughly:

"I will detonate your homes!"
"And my bollah will detonate you!"

Jerusalem: I city important to Jews, Christians and Muslims, yet the Israelis don't want to share. Is this fair? Especially when no country recognises it as apart of Israel, that is why all the embassies to Israel are based in Tel Aviv.

Well I hope that Christians and Muslims can enjoy Jerusalem day as much as the Jews.

Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, which proposed the establishment of two states in Palestine—a Jewish state and an Arab state—Jerusalem was to be an international city, neither exclusively Arab nor Jewish for a period of ten years, at which point a referendum would be held by Jerusalem residents to determine which country to join. The Jewish leadership accepted the plan, including the internationalization of Jerusalem, but the Arabs turned it down.

As soon as Israel declared its independence in 1948, it was attacked en masse by its Arab neighbours. Jordan took over east Jerusalem and the Old City. Israeli forces made a concerted attempt to dislodge them, but were unable to do so. By the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Jerusalem was left divided between Israel and Jordan. The Old City and East Jerusalem continued to be occupied by Jordan, and the Jewish residents were forced out. Under Jordanian rule, half of the Old City's fifty-eight synagogues were demolished and the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives was plundered for its tombstones, which were used as paving stones and building materials.
Since 1967 Jerusalem has been united open to all Jew, Muslim and Christian.

Jerusalem: I city important to Jews, Christians and Muslims, yet the Israelis don't want to share. Is this fair? Especially when no country recognises it as apart of Israel, that is why all the embassies to Israel are based in Tel Aviv.

Well I hope that Christians and Muslims can enjoy Jerusalem day as much as the Jews.

Ian,

Unfortunately UK was the one between the WW-I and WW-II who "cleverly" played both ethnic elements of the entire area against each other.

Because before there wasn't much of issue. Am I right?

Now home of the world's number one mess, roughly:

"I will detonate your homes!"
"And my bollah will detonate you!"

Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, which proposed the establishment of two states in Palestine—a Jewish state and an Arab state—Jerusalem was to be an international city, neither exclusively Arab nor Jewish for a period of ten years, at which point a referendum would be held by Jerusalem residents to determine which country to join. The Jewish leadership accepted the plan, including the internationalization of Jerusalem, but the Arabs turned it down.

As soon as Israel declared its independence in 1948, it was attacked en masse by its Arab neighbours. Jordan took over east Jerusalem and the Old City. Israeli forces made a concerted attempt to dislodge them, but were unable to do so. By the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Jerusalem was left divided between Israel and Jordan. The Old City and East Jerusalem continued to be occupied by Jordan, and the Jewish residents were forced out. Under Jordanian rule, half of the Old City's fifty-eight synagogues were demolished and the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives was plundered for its tombstones, which were used as paving stones and building materials.
Since 1967 Jerusalem has been united open to all Jew, Muslim and Christian.