A few weeks ago, this item popped up in the news. It's an official response by Jordan's "Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs" to Ariel Sharon's reference to Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided and eternal capital" during his speech at the U.N. "Lies," says the Royal Committee. "False claims and biblical legends . . . which have been refuted by historic, demographic and religious facts, and by archaeological discoveries."
I was reminded of that story last week when Muslim leaders went all apoplectic over the announcement that Uzi Landau planned to visit the Temple Mount. (He canceled the plan.) So although many of you are probably already quite familiar with the following irrefutable facts, I thought I'd post them anyway, as a refresher.
For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem (1948-1967), they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
In the Jewish Bible, Jerusalem is mentioned over 669 times and Zion (which usually means Jerusalem, sometimes the Land of Israel) 154 times, or 823 times. The Christian Bible mentions Jerusalem 154 times and Zion 7 times. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran. Jerusalem is also not mentioned in the Palestinian Covenant.
King David established the city of Jerusalem as the capital of the whole Land of Israel. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem. Jerusalem remained under Turkish Ottoman Empire rule from 1517 to 1917, and under British rule from 1917 to 1948.
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