How Israel Invented Its Exclusive Claim Over Jerusalem
JVL Introduction
Palestinian born Seraj Assi looks at the Israeli nationalist claim of Jerusalem as its “eternal capital”.
It is, he shows, an astonishingly recent invention.
Did you know that Zionist movement founder, Theodor Herzl was the first to propose a plan to declare old Jerusalem an international city? Neither did we.
In fact, as Assi points out, Herzl envisioned Jerusalem as a utopian city where state affairs are “banned from within these walls that are venerated by all creeds,” and where “the old city would be left to the charitable and religious institutions of all creeds which then could amicably divide up this area among themselves.”
What would be make of the project he spawned now?
This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Mon 10 May 2021. Read the original here.
How Israel Invented Its Exclusive Claim Over Jerusalem
The Zionist movement, until relatively recently, never regarded Jerusalem as the Jewish people’s ‘eternal, unified’ capital. Now, Israel’s nationalists are willing to set the Middle East ablaze for the sake of Greater Jerusalem
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This article seems an interesting and well-argued case for the facts.