Israel, Palestinians welcome EU stance on Jerusalem

Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday welcomed an EU statement that Jerusalem should be the capital of both the Jewish state and a future Palestinian state. The text adopted fell short of an earlier draft proposed by the Swedish EU presidency which infuriated Israel for stating outright that occupied east Jerusalem should become the Palestinian capital.Duration: 00:43

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[upsilone19]

When did I say it can not belong to other religions? Muslims, Jews, and Christians still pray there as they wish. I was simply replying to your message of Puhovac who said Jews never existed there beforehand.

And how do you think Judaism appeared in Europe in the first place? It is the result of the Roman exile that led to a disperce of the jewish people. Their faith has remained the same.

[m4rashid]

Jerusalem and Israel is a land for one race only!! (the jews and it is controlled mostly by ex-european jews)...Regardless of the fact that so many other people live there!!You need to comprehend the fact that Jerusalem is HOME for many other people apart from Jews....Instead of supporting Israel on this matter you should support Palestine (which is although majority muslim, it does not call its self home for muslims only) Before Israel, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in peace in Palestine.

[m4rashid]

YEA 3000 FUKIN YEARS AGO!!....There have been so many people who have settled in that land since then!! Therefore Jerusalem shouldn't be the land for one race only!!!...Why don't you get it through your head....North America was settled by the natives for 1000's of years right up until the 15th century, when it was conquered by Europeans...Now N.America is full of white people, black people, natives, asian people and latinos...No single race can control the land!!

[upsilone19]

a) I never stated Jews founded Jerusalem. I did mention they inhabitted it 3000 years ago, after it was conquered by king david in 1050 B.C.

Palestinians were farmers, bedouins and merchants coming from all corners of the Middle East. (most appeared after the conquest of the ottoman empire, though some came during the Sassanid and Caliphate conquests too)

b) If you think I'm stupid, that's your problem. Whenever you run out of excuses, you end up insulting and try to stop the conversation.

[m4rashid]

Your government begs to differ.

[m4rashid]

a) My joke is very similar to your statement- (switch the words 4 million with 3000)....Since you're claiming to have founded Jerusalem 3000 years ago..

b) The fact that you replied to my post (and the way you replied) shows how stupid you really are!

c) There is no use in arguing with idiots like you....In fact, the reason why there has been no peace and probably won't be any peace in this world is because there will always be dumb people like you! You belong in the sarah palin I.Q category!

[upsilone19]

4 million B.C.? good joke. Homo sapians only evolved some 400 thousand years ago.

Jerusalem was first built by the Jebusites. Today, an extinct tribe.

Jews have all the proof they need to show that they are the only existing people today who have inhabitted Jerusalem long ago.

If you say you lived there before the jews, proove it.

[m4rashid]

My great great great grand daddy settled in what is now Jerusalem in the year 4million B.C from Egypt (I said it so it must be true)....Therefore, I own the place and would not allow anyone else to live here...regardless of other millions of people who are living here and have been settled here for at least a couple of hundred years

You are so dillusional...You completely disregard the fact that Jerusalem is a sacred city to so many other people.

[upsilone19]

I suggest you see this video and see for yourself the evolution of empires.

/watch?v=_lTduTwqtjY

Also google some pictures of Palestine in 1948 and see how desert the land was. It was the jews that made the desert bloom, not Arabs.

[teamofrivals1]

What total bull!!!