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

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6. That would never work.

First, it's a city, not a shrine. There are something like a million people living there, most of them Israelis. Second, there isn't an international organization that could be trusted with the job. Third, while there are multiple faiths that have religious ties to sites in the city, there isn't any other nation that has the historical, political, and cultural connection to Jerusalem as a whole that the Jews do. Fourth, the Israelis have done a pretty good job of running the city since 1967. Fifth, the Israelis have it, and they aren't giving it up without a fight.