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analyzed the subject confirm that it is likely that this is true. The source of this claim to sanctity is the fact that Jerusalem is believed to lie on top of the location of the temple first built by King Solomon which is described repeatedly in the Qur'an. Atop this holy site, Muslims have built their places of worship which they are not ready to give up.

Delays will only exacerbate this altercation; however, if Jerusalem is promptly divided along the lines of its Jewish and Islamic quarters and the proprietorships of its religious sites are divided appropriately among its governments, there may be a chance to avoid the untold casualties and mass human suffering which has and will once again corrupt the beauty of such a marvelous city. Assemblies chosen from both religious communities should be chosen to come to a decision about which sites will belong to which country. For sites that are valued by both faiths, there should be a timeshare plan which allows citizens of both countries to celebrate their religious holidays in the way in which they choose to.

2. Genocide and Refugees: The "Right of Return" Policy as it Affects Jerusalem

Another mountain the two sides must scale is how refugees from the various quarters of Jerusalem will be dealt with. The Middle East hasn't forgotten the events of 1947 and 1952 when the partition of Palestine led Arab masses to form anti-Jewish riots in Yemen and Syria and the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt and Israel's invasion of Sinai in 1956 lead to Egyptian Jews being declared "enemies of the state." Governments did not protect their citizens and in the case of Libya actually revoked the citizenship of their Jewish citizens. Iraqi Jews had their property stolen from under their feet and as if the Arab world was collaborating in harassing its Jewish population, hundreds of thousands if not millions became refugees. The result was one of the largest forced migrations in human history. What is sad is rather than the cause being a natural disaster or climate change, it was humanity's own folly: intolerance.

Where did all these refugees go? What was their asylum this time of universal strife? Many came to the city of Jerusalem. Thus, the city of Jerusalem became a harbor for the lost Jewish population of the Middle East. They feel that it the Palestinians succeed in implementing their "right of return" policy Jews will become minority in their homes and will become slaves to the Islamic majority. Muslims see it differently

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