In rare rebuke, J Street joins AIPAC in panning Abbas over Jerusalem speech

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4. No.

Does putting the Turkish capital in Ankara deny any Xian historical connection to Constantinople?

Does making Ionia part of Turkey deny any Greek connection to Ionia?

How about making the Hagia Sophia into a mosque? Does it mean they don't recognize it was originally a Xian place of worship? Of course not: In fact, the terror that the Turkish authorities demonstrate in forbidding even the Pope to say a Xian prayer in that place lest it be somehow claimed and taken back by the Xians shows that this connection is very much recognized. It's a repudiation of current Xian claims, not a denial of history.

They're distinct things: Where to base the seat of government and what you say about the history of that place.