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To: forkinsocket
After the 1967 Six Day War, however, Israel unilaterally absorbed the eastern sections of the city, an act most Western nations – including Canada – regard as illegal under international law.

Such utter crap.

Unilaterally absorbed. As if Jordan didn't deliberately inject themselves into the Arab aggression by signing a defense treaty with Nasser, placing their troops under Egyptian command and massing on the Israeli border, right along with Syria, Iraq and Egypt. As if Jordan didn't subsequently attack West Jerusalem FROM East Jerusalem (or from at least close proximity in the West Bank). And as if Israel didn't capture it after responding to said attacks.

And let's review how each respective govt handled their respective control - when Jordan captured East Jerusalem in 1948, they expelled all the Jews, destroyed their homes and all the synagogues and razed cemeteries. When Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967, they returned control of the Temple Mt to Jordan, maintained religious freedom for all (except of course the Jews on the Temple Mt) and offered full citizenship to Arab residents. Oh wait, they did destroy a market in front of the Western Wall (my bad) and - gasp - built a security wall.

So sick of pro-Arab media with its range of subtlety to overt bias. And if it were any other country in the entire world, there would be no dispute - they would have been GIFTED with scrolls in their language reflecting their faith. But it's Israel, so it's through the looking glass we go.

7 posted on 04/13/2009 11:50:05 AM PDT by agrace
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To: agrace
The Dead Sea Scrolls confirm Jewish sovereignty of the land. The Palestinians want to destroy the evidence.
8 posted on 04/13/2009 11:53:52 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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