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Right into rebutting: " I'd like to point out that since Jerusalem is a city in Israel, it is subject to the "law of the land" set by the Israeli government. So Israel should have exclusive control of Jerusalem, because, well, they own it." Exactly! They unjustly rule over people who they should not have power over. "After all, if Washington, D.C. had milestones from different religions, should we split it with those countries? Of course not. It's OUR capital city. The same goes for Jerusalem." Yeah, unfortunately, the land had been lived on for thousands of years by millions of Palestinians. It'd be like if the US walked into London and said "Mine." The land of East Jerusalem is full of Palestinians, who controlled their land for hundreds of hundreds of years, before ISRAEL INVADED AND TOOK IT. "But they don't control the land now. Native Americans were living in North America before the colonists came. Should we hand over control of the U.S. to them?" No, we shouldn't secede the country, but we have given them major tracts of land where they have total political control. The same should happen in Jerusalem, where the Palestinians should be given land to govern themselves. "The religion problem can also be solved, because Israel could simply allow people to go there and practice their religion. You do not need to hand over control to someone else to let them exercise their faith there." I never mentioned religious freedom... I've been talking about political freedom the whole time.... "Having Israel give up exclusive control of Jerusalem does not make this problem any better or worse. All Israel has to do is let people from other religions worship there. They do not have to hand over any amount of control." See above. Although giving up control of Eastern Jerusalem would give Palestinians political control over the land in which they live, which is just and will result in less bloodshed on both sides. "So just because an ethnicity is dominant, they should have control over something? What if the U.S. was overrun by Mexicans? Should we let them control part of our capital city, just because there are more Mexicans than whites?" 1st. The United States is a melting pot country, so that doesn't make sense. Israel, not so much. 2nd. Whats funny is that the converse happened in Israel. The Palestinians have been living there for hundreds of years, governing themselves, and then the state of Israel is created, having the Jews take over completely. THIS ISN'T FAIR. There needs to be a balance created, so that the Palestinians can still govern themselves, and so can the state of Israel. Going back to your native American situation, what I am proposing is similar to the current resolution of our affairs with native Americans, where we give them vast amounts of land for them to live, and to govern themselves. Same as what would happen with the Palestinians, give them land, let them govern themselves (within the bounds of not being unjust towards other ethnic groups.) "I have a better idea; why not just make Israel provide religious freedom? No "fight for control" would be necessary, just an implementation of basic rights to freedom of religion." See previous statement. Not talking about religious freedom, I'm talking about the rights of Palestinians to govern themselves in a manner that is fair to them, which can be achieved in part by having Jerusalem not being under the exclusive control of Israel. Can't wait for your reply.