Posted by
KsReaganite on Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:47:41 PM
Irrespective of party affiliation and political ideology, a vast majority of Americans wish President Obama the very best as he puts his political capital to work on behalf of a long lasting Middle East peace deal. It is a problem that has bedeviled us and the world for too long and cost too much.
That said, I do hope that the President makes it clear that barring some minor land use arrangement around religious sites, he strongly supports the concept of Jerusalem being the ancient, undivided, and eternal capital of the state of Israel. With all due respect to some members of the Israeli cabinet, I cannot but emphasize that Jerusalem’s integrity should never be negotiated away. I am a firm believer in religious freedom and few rulers of Jerusalem have been so actively tolerant of religious diversity as Israel has been. Hence, all the more reason to keep Jerusalem an undivided Israeli city, a city where Arab and Jew, Muslim and Christian has been able to worship freely under the Israeli flag.
As the psalmist said some millennia ago, If I forget thee O Jersusalem….
Jerusalem: the ancient, undivided, and eternal capital of Israel