Livia |
13-07-2014 12:36 PM |
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Originally Posted by Achilles
(Post 7045494)
State of Israel was created in 1940s after WW2. The region is a spiritual place for Jews, Christians and Muslims. From the perspective of a Jew/Christian/Muslim, they may believe their spiritual claim on the region is more important than the spiritual claim of the other two. The truth is that they all have equal claim. The conflict of today and the conflict of biblical times is the same. All parties made claim to the region after warfare. 2 state solution is not the most viable option. The most viable option would be a logical solution. ONE STATE called Jerusalem where Jews, Christians, Muslims and others are all considered equal and the government reflects the population. Not one country for Jews and one country for Muslims, but one country where they all live together as equals, with complete religious freedom and religious equality. That is what should have happened when the state of Israel was created back in the 40s instead of creating a homeland for one group of people at the expense of another group. There will never be peace until people stop taking sides and blaming the other.
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I'm a little confused... Jerusalem is a city, not a country, so how are you going to have a "one state called Jerusalem"? That makes no sense to me.
Although the 'state' of Israel came into being in the forties, Israel itself has been sacred to Jews for over five thousand years... three thousand years before Christ was born and four thousand years before Islam came into being. So when you refer to the conflict of "biblical times" I'm not sure what you mean. Jerusalem is the sacred city of the Jews in the same way Mecca and Medina are sacred to Islam. Jerusalem hardly features at all in the Quran. And yes Jerusalem is sacred to Christians because Jesus lived there two thousand years ago, and Jesus was a Jew.
It would be a fine thing if everyone could live together in peace. It'll happen one day when the "old guard" get older and new generations take over. There is more and more resistance to violence among the Jewish youth in Israel, more coming together to call for peace. For the moment, it's a blood bath.
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