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Israel/Palestine

sabbat hunter

(6,910 posts)

20. The western parts of Jerusalem

Reply to Nitram (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 07:09 PM

Dec 2017

outside the old city are going to stay with Israel even if Israel withdraws from every square inch of the West Bank. A country has a right to decide what its capital is going to be.
When a Palestine is formed, if they want to have their capital in the eastern sections (not old city) of Jerusalem, great, more power to them.
The old city was supposed to be an international city under UN control, but the UN long ago abrogated that duty.

I see no reason why the old city should not remain under Israel political control, but the various areas taken care of by the various religious bodies as they do now.

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