Israel Thrives: Israel Will Not (And Should Not) Divide Jerusalem

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Israel Will Not (And Should Not) Divide Jerusalem

Mike L.

Netanyahu speaks at Jerusalem Day ceremony, says "Israel without Jerusalem is like a body without a heart," adds that those who want to divide Israel's capital are misguided.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will continue to build and develop the capital city of Jerusalem.

Speaking a Jerusalem Day ceremony at Ammunition Hill, Netanyahu said that "Israel without Jerusalem is like a body without a heart."

"The people who say that we should split Jerusalem believe that this would bring peace," he said. "They believe it, but they are wrong... Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish people and it will not be divided."

In my not so humble opinion, the Palestinian Arabs could have had the eastern section of Jerusalem for a capital of a Palestinian state, if they were willing to accept a state for themselves in peace next to the Jewish one. The fact of the matter is that they have, time and again, refused to live in peace next to their Jewish neighbors.

This being the case they have forfeited any consideration regarding a possible Palestinian capital in the city of Jerusalem.

Let them make their capital in Ramallah.

A Tip 'O the Kippa to Shirl in Oz for recommending this video, which is also now available under the video tab:

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StuartMay 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Whether or not Israel should divide Jerusalem is a moot discussion. (With the noted exception of the eastern part of the old city.) It isn't going to happen. Not a chance, no way, no how. And I guess technically, because I do pick nits, it's even less than moot. Proceed.
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StuartMay 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Regarding the old city, I'd be shocked if it was much less than 90% support for keeping it within final borders at all costs. Obviously, the new city isn't an issue. Much of the rest of eastern jerusalem....I think most Israelis would rather keep the Golan. (I didn't make that up, there was a poll on that a few years ago.) That may have changed slightly over the last few years.
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Shirl in OzMay 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM
It's not as it important as it was in the past to keep the Golan Heights. We, by we I am referring to us as a people not just Israel, when we took them it was a good move for security reasons, now with so much technology at our fingertips, it's not as important.

I personally think we should hang on to the whole of Jerusalem. I think Netanyahu is right. It’s our heart and soul.
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Barack Obama on the so-called "Arab Spring" (May 19, 2011):

"There are times in the course of history when the actions of ordinary citizens spark movements for change because they speak to a longing for freedom that has been building up for years. In America, think of the defiance of those patriots in Boston who refused to pay taxes to a King, or the dignity of Rosa Parks as she sat courageously in her seat."

The "Arab Spring" was the brutal rise of political Islam in the Middle East and this is what Obama compares the Civil Rights Movement to?

How's that for a kick in the head to Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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The progressive movement, and the activist base of the Democratic Party, creates and supports venues that demonize and defame the Jewish state, thereby also creating hatred toward the Jewish people.

Such venues include political journals, such as, but not limited to, Daily Kos, the Huffington Post, and the UK Guardian, numerous universities throughout the United States and Europe, various NGOs with an anti-Israel agenda, and the entire progressive-left movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) the Jewish people of the state of Israel.

These venues and organizations do not generally criticize Israel, but dehumanize that country.

For this reason, among others, the progressive movement, and the activist base of the Democratic Party, undermines the well-being and safety of Jews around the world, sometimes resulting in violence toward us.

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1) The centuries of Jewish dhimmitude under the boot of Islamic imperialism.

2) The recent construction of Palestinian identity, its connection to Soviet Cold War politics, and how this is an Arab people with a Roman name that refers to Greeks.

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Israel Will Not (And Should Not) Divide Jerusalem

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