Jerusalem is the capital (disputed by both sides) and the political, economic, cultural and transport center shared by Israel and Palestine, the capital of the Jerusalem district and the former largest city in Palestine.
Internationally, the two sides are in contention, and the two capitals generally recognized internationally are: Israel (Tel Aviv) and Palestine (Ramallah).
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, and in 1980, Israeli legislation recognized Jerusalem as the country's "eternal and indivisible capital." Then, in 1988, the Palestinian Self-Government declared Jerusalem the capital of the Palestinian State. Jerusalem is currently under de facto Israeli control.
Palestinian territories that are constantly being encroached upon by Israel
Jerusalem is a holy place for Judaism, Christianity (including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodoxy), and Islam (including Sunnis and Shiites).
Jerusalem covers an area of only 126 square kilometers and is surrounded by a ring of walls. Notable attractions include the Wailing Wall and Temple Mount of Judaism, the Muslim Dome and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Wrangle.
On December 26, 2019, it ranked 305th in the list of the 2019 Top 500 Global Cities. Mention Ha, Xi'an ranked 145th.
Now let's briefly introduce some of the famous attractions in Jerusalem and the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
No.1 Wailing Wall (Judaism)
The Wailing Wall, also known as the Western Wall, is a section of the Second Temple Parapet of the Ancient Jewish State in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, and the only remaining site of the Second Temple Parapet, which is about 50 meters long and about 18 meters high, and is made of large stones.
Judaism regards the wall as the first holy place, and believers must weep to express their mourning for the ancient temple and look forward to its restoration.
For thousands of years, when the Jews living in all corners of the world returned to the holy city of Jerusalem, they would come to this stone wall and pray in a low voice and cry about the sufferings of exile, so it was called the "Wailing Wall".
Wailing Wall
On December 19, 2012, a "miracle" occurred on the Wailing Wall, when a man prayed and found a letter containing 507 checks, totaling $500 million (about 3.12 billion yuan). The Israeli media joked that there were always people praying for financial security at the Wailing Wall, and their prayers were finally answered.
Many Jews stuffed notes with their wishes written into the cracks of the Wailing Wall, but checks were still rare. The 507 checks found were from around the world, each amounting to around $1 million, with signatures on them but no writing on whom they were issued. Local rabbis believe that the man who wrote the check might want to give all his wealth to God.
No.2 The Bitter Path (Catholic)
The Bitter Way refers to a Catholic religious practice that imitates the process of Jesus' crucifixion, also known as the "Passion", which was mainly carried out during Lent.
Fourteen statues of the Werroth hanging or decorating in (or elsewhere) in Catholic churches depict the deeds of Jesus on his back to Mount Calvary. Some parishes add the fifteenth place, the resurrection of Jesus, to the perfect end to the ultimate goal of the Path of Suffering.
The Lord of the Kerry originally took place during his pilgrimage in Jerusalem.
The Bitter Road in Jerusalem
No.3 Al-Aqsa Mosque (Islam)
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third largest holy mosque in Islam. Its status is second only to the Holy Mosque of Mecca and the Prophet's Monastery of Medina. The Temple Mount (known to Muslims as the "Noble Forbidden Land") in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, is a holy site for both Judaism and Islam, and the main building is 88 meters high and 35 meters wide. The Arabic "Al-Aqsa" means "extremely far", so it is also called "far away".
It is said to have been built by the ancient prophet Suleiman (Solomon) and rebuilt during the reign of the second caliph Umar (705 AD).
Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, located on the Temple Mount, is the third holiest site in Islam. Because both Palestine and Israel claim that this is their own holy place, many monuments are intertwined, it is difficult to distinguish between each other, it is not clear, and the reason is still chaotic, so a little carelessness will cause incidents.
No.4 Why did Israel not annex Palestine
It is not difficult to see from this map that Israel continues to encroach on Palestinian territory
Then some people asked, Israel is known as the little overlord of the Middle East, and has won five Middle East wars, so why not directly annex Palestine? The reason is now listen to the editor to tell you.
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After Israel annexed the Palestinian areas, as many as tens of millions of Palestinians made trouble and demonstrated almost every day, which caused Israel a headache and a great cost of control.
And because of the millennial contradiction between Islam and the Jews, it is impossible to completely assimilate. And more directly, Israeli Jews have a high standard of living, with a per capita GDP of tens of thousands of dollars, but the Palestinians are very poor, and once annexed, in fact, the Jews themselves are unwilling, so the Israeli people do not want to annex Palestine in their hearts.
So for Israel, although it occupies Palestinian areas, the cost of digestion is too great.
There are more than 6 million Muslims in Palestine, or even 8 million. So although Israel occupied Palestine at that time, the Jews became a minority in terms of population comparison. And once this happens, according to Israel's electoral system, then The Jewish Israel will be Muslimized.
The Palestinian population is far greater than Israel's, and if annexed, Israel is likely to be Islamized, which they do not want to see.
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If Israel occupies the whole of Palestine, it will be fiercely resisted by more than 20 countries in the Arab world, as well as resisted by most countries in the world.
In particular, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and other countries in the Palestinian areas hate Israel to the bone, which has created a huge pressure on Israel.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other US allies have also constantly put pressure on the United States, and even the United States opposes Israel's complete occupation of Palestinian areas, so Israel has no way.
Israeli "Merkava" main battle tank unit
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The reason why Israel later started land for peace in the 80s is that it has already thought of a complete solution, and in the process of negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel has put forward extremely harsh conditions.
This includes the fact that Palestine does not allow the formation of an army and military activities against Israel. Palestinian airspace is under Israel's jurisdiction, the border is under Israel's control, and Israel can enter Palestine at any time to arrest those who resist... It is only on the basis of these conditions that the territory is willing to be spit out.
The Palestine Liberation Organization at the time agreed to this demand, and eventually Israel symbolically spat out 2,000 square kilometers of land, which is less than 20% of the Palestinian territory. But Israel's move has won the respect of the world and allowed Palestine to always be under Israel's deterrence, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, which can also show the treachery of Israeli Jews.