Comment: Dividing Jerusalem – Capitulation or pragmatism?

Jerusalem, perhaps the world’s most contested capital, is indeed a tale of two cities. In fact, it is a city that frequently resembles parallel universes.

 

While ideologues and politicians endlessly bicker over rightful sovereignty, a simple truth remains: Based on any meaningful metric, the “united model” of the capital upheld since the 1967 Six Day War has abjectly failed.

 

It has failed to keep Jewish women and children on the Western side safe from Arab killers living in the east – killers who are indoctrinated at birth into a profoundly hateful culture that celebrates death the way Jews are taught to celebrate life – and it is no longer tenable, or sustainable.

 

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