Great Britain. In 1922 Britain allocated nearly 80% of Palestine to Tran Jordan. In 1947 .
UN partitioned this remaining land into two states. A second Arab state: Palestine and .
Israel. The great majority of Arabs in Jordan and Israel share the same culture, language .
and religion. The Arabs in the area began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian .
people in 1967. Two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel. .
Almost all the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza in the West Bank of Jordan River have .
complete autonomy under the rule of the Palestinian Authority. For over 3,300 years, .
Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. .
Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim country or entity. Even.
when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem (1948-1967), they never had an idea to make it .
their capital. In the Torah, Jerusalem is mentioned over many times and Zion (which .
usually means Jerusalem, sometimes the Land of Israel) is brought to attention numerous .
times. Christian Bible mentions Jerusalem frequently. Jerusalem is also not mentioned .
in the Palestinian Covenant. King David established the city of Jerusalem as the capital .
of the whole Land of Israel. Jerusalem remained under Turkish Ottoman Empire rule .
from 1517 to 1917, and under British rule from 1917 to 1948.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest site for Jews. It was the site of the Beit .
HaMikdash ("Temple") built by King Solomon around 950 B.C. which was destroyed by .
Romans 587 B.C. Rebuilt in 540B.C and then destroyed again by the Roman .
army in 70 B.C leading to the exile of Jews from Israel. Al Aqsa Mosque and Nobel .
Sanctuary built at the site of the ancient Jewish temples. The Arabic name for Jerusalem .
"Al-Quds" is derived from the Arabic name "BeT el-MaKDeS", a translation of the .
Hebrew "BeiT ha-MiKDaSH", the name of the Jewish Temple. .
The Jewish people base their claim to the land of Israel on at least four premises: .