This is false. Jerusalem has had a Jewish majority since at least 1864. A census taken in 1931 (roughly 80 years ago) found 51,222 Jews (56.6% of the total population), 19,894 Moslems, and 19,334 Christians.
You don’t have to tel me CXH... been doing this a long time.
Whenever you have a question on this conflict I suggest googling my handle and the topic
ie, ‘abu afak census’
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=abu+afak+census
which will yield Scores of posts like:
http://www.israelforum.com/board/showpost.php?p=32356&postcount=64
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm
“”...Jerusalem (El Quds) is the capital of a sanjak and the seat of a mutasarrif directly dependent on the Sublime Porte. In the administration of the sanjak the mutasarrif is assisted by a council called majlis ida ra; the city has a municipal government (majlis baladiye) presided over by a mayor. The total population is estimated at 66,000.
The Turkish census of 1905, which counts only Ottoman subjects, gives these figures: Jews, 45,000; Moslems, 8,000; Orthodox Christians, 6000; Latins, 2500; Armenians, 950; Protestants, 800; Melkites, 250; Copts, 150; Abyssinians, 100; Jacobites, 100; Catholic Syrians, 50. During the nineteenth century large suburbs to the north and east have grown up, chiefly for the use of the Jewish colony. These suburbs contain nearly half the present population...””
Growth of Jerusalem 1838-Present
The Growth of Jerusalem
....... Jews Muslims Christians Total
1838 6,000 5,000 3,000 14,000
1844 7,120 5,760 3,390 16,270
1876 12,000 7,560 5,470 25,030
1905 40,000 8,000 10,900 58,900
1948 99,320 36,680 31,300 167,300
1990 353,200 124,200 14,000 491,400
1992 385,000 150,000 15,000 550,000
http://www.testimony-magazine.org/jerusalem/bring.htm