By controlling all of the holy sites, Israel commands attention from Moslem and Christian leaders. These leaders will be forced to talk with Israel and Israel will have a bargaining advantage in disputes. Whatever Israel gains the Palestinians are denied. Even if Israel agrees to the establishment of a Palestinian state, it will direct its policies to limit the effectiveness of that state. Since East Jerusalem and its holy sites greatly benefit a Palestinian economy and increase Palestine legitimacy, Israel will do everything to prevent East Jerusalem being ceded to the new state of Palestine.
West Jerusalem only gives Israel a North/South capital. An indivisible Jerusalem gives Israel a forward look towards an East/West capital or a centralized capital of the land of previous biblical Jewish tribes. The Museum of the Citadel of David has an inscription, "The land of Israel is in the center of the world and Jerusalem is the center of the land of Israel." This self-praise was echoed at a West Jerusalem coffee house in a conversation with several Israelis. A youthful Israeli abruptly sat at the table and entered the conversation with the words, "All the world looks to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the center of the world and Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Everyone needs Jerusalem and they will need to talk with Israel."
That is why Israel desperately wants its greater Jerusalem.
The West Bank is Judea and Samaria
Google Judea and Samaria and be subjected to links that popularize its identification as replacement of the legitimate term West Bank. Shall we return to calling New York, New Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Uru-salim, its original Akkadian name, interpreted as "foundation of joy, the Canaanite god of the setting sun"? Or how about Israel being called by a previous name, Canaan?
How can ancient tribes that wandered around an area and stopped existing in an area two thousand years ago have more significance (or any significance) than the presence of well-established people who have inhabited an area for centuries and have a right to name their locale? The devious attempt to rename the West Bank is an attempt to extinguish the existence of the Palestinian people, to make it appear that ancient Hebrews still live in the land and no others reside in the vicinity. This denial of self-determination of an indigenous people is criminal, and should be subjected to criminal penalties.
Use of the words Judea or Samaria in search engines and in social media as replacement of the term West Bank, and in search descriptions that mitigate the existence or demean the entitlement of its multi-generational Palestinian inhabitants, should be banned as being racist, citing violence, and offensive to an existing ethnicity.
Right of Return
The Israeli Right of Return permits Jews from any nation, even those who never had the nationality or are direct descendants of an Israeli, to migrate to Israel and automatically have the right to apply for citizenship. Except for Armenia, other nations do not pursue this rule. Nations that have a Right of Return give that right to previous nationals and usually their children. The exception, Armenia, has only a small minority out of its borders, and all disbursed Armenians can directly trace their heritage directly back to an Armenian ethnicity. Arabs who were previous Israeli nationals, and whose children can claim direct descendant from an Israeli, have no right of return.
Immigration quotas that favor entry from certain nations and restrict entry from other nations are considered discriminatory; Israel goes full length, not allowing anyone from any country to immigrate, except a Jewish person. Israel's self-absorbed and patronizing attitude of being the official protector of world Jewry imposes problems for Jews in other nations and violates the sovereignty of their home countries.
Israel is the Only Democracy in the Middle East
Israel followers seek advantage by adding praiseworthy phrases after the word "Israel," such as, "Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East"; "Israel's IDF, the most humane army in the world"; "Israel, the only country in the Middle East that has religious freedom".
 · Borders define a nation and Israel has no defined borders.
 · There is no Israel nationality; nationality is defined by ethnicity.
 · Laws govern a nation, and some of Israel's laws are inconsistent (Mandate, Ottoman, religious) or prejudicially applied to favor the Jewish population.
 · The Right of Return, which permits Jews who are not descendants of Israeli Jews to migrate to Israel and automatically have the right to apply for citizenship, is not a rule pursued by any other nation.
 · Israel has a chaotic political system in which political parties come and go every few years, change direction, and join forces to survive.
 · An unusual large percentage of Israelis (12 percent) do not live in Israel.
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