h2ohno on 11 December 2017
Israel would never abandon Jerusalem. That would be abandoning 2000 years worth of hopes, prayers, and dreams. It's like asking Saudi Arabia to abandon Mecca or Arthur to abandon Camelot. The country would not survive without its heart. Israelis also remember how Jews were ethnically cleansed from every inch of territory Jordan captured in 1948, how Jews were banned from visiting any of their holy sites for 19 years, how synagogues and pretty much the entire Jewish Quarter were destroyed, and how tombstones were ripped from the ancient Mount of Olives cemetery and used as pavement. They're not going to chance giving control over their holy sites to anyone else after that.
