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Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎‎ (audio) (help·info), Yerushaláyim, ISO 259-3 Yrušalaym, "Abode of Peace"; Arabic: القُدس (audio) (help·info), al-Quds [al-Sharif], "The Holy Sanctuary")[ii] is the capital of Israel, though not internationally recognized as such.[iii] If the area and population of East Jerusalem is included, it is Israel's largest city[1] in both population and area,[2] with a population of 763,800 residents over an area of 125.1 km2 (48.3 sq mi).[3][4][iv] Located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea, modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the boundaries of the Old City.
Jerusalem is a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In Judaism, Jerusalem has been the holiest city since, according to the Torah, King David of Israel first established it as the capital of the united Kingdom of Israel in c. 1000 BCE, and his son Solomon commissioned the building of the First Temple in the city.[5] In Christianity, Jerusalem has been a holy city since, according to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified in c. 30 CE and 300 years later Saint Helena found the True Cross in the city. In Sunni Islam, Jerusalem is the third-holiest city.[6][7] It became the first Qibla, the focal point for Muslim prayer (Salah) in 610 CE,[8] and, according to Islamic tradition, Muhammad made his Night Journey there ten years later.[9][10] As a result, and despite having an area of only 0.9 square kilometres (0.35 sq mi),[11] the Old City is home to sites of key religious importance, among them the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque.
During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.[12] The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE, making Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world.[13] The old walled city, a World Heritage site, has been traditionally divided into four quarters, although the names used today—the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters—were introduced in the early 19th century.[14] The Old City was nominated for inclusion on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger by Jordan in 1982.[15]
Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli--Palestinian conflict. After the 1967 Arab Israeli War, Israel annexed East Jerusalem (which was controlled by Jordan following the 1948 war) and considers it a part of Israel, although the international community has rejected the annexation as illegal and considers East Jerusalem to be Palestinian territory held by Israel under military occupation.[16][17][18][19] Israel, however, considers the entire city to be a part of Israel following its annexation of East Jerusalem through the Jerusalem Law of 1980.
According to Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 208,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, which is sought as a future capital of a future Palestinian state.[20][21][22]
All branches of the Israeli government are located in Jerusalem, including the Knesset (Israel's parliament), the residences of the Prime Minister and President, and the Supreme Court. Jerusalem is home to the Hebrew University and to the Israel Museum with its Shrine of the Book. The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo has ranked consistently as Israel's top tourist attraction for Israelis

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  • only been there once so i can't really understand why my heart longs for Jerusalem

  • @nafehkhan Not trying to be rude but every time Muslims liberate a place, it grows stagnant & corruption starts taking over. Look at the muslim countries now, corruption runs rampant & the only champion of Muslim country is Turkey at best. The people are living in hardship when the government is just concerned about their own pocket. I mean definitely every religion does not teach one to be corrupt but that's what happening...

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  • From where is this song specifically with this artist? I'm referring to disc/album.

  • My heart cries when I see this video. It's beautiful.

  • @jackykwan6

    Have you heard of 'Dark Ages'?

  • nothing holy in what i saw,im voting for anyone who says no to a war with Iran,im chritian but if giving the muslem jerusalem means peace,then give it to them, Rome cane be our home.

  • @Bonniesparkle Well maybe you should be relying on God. The truth is so obvious and simple to see you are overlooking it because you're placing your faith in man.

  • @BurningMountin I am relying on Bible scholars who have studied the original extensively. Let's just agree to disagree. Eternity awaits -- then we will have entered Heaven, all because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross.

  • @Bonniesparkle No, you didn't read all my comments, if you read all of them you would have realized it's not biblical to support Isreal based on them being God's chosen, because it's a lie, they are not. The bible.....

  • @Bonniesparkle ......... clearly says Christians are the chosen. This happened after Jesus died on the cross. Any one who accepts Jesus as Lord and saviour has been chosen because --->Ephesians 1:5 "And he has constituted us as children by Yeshua The Messiah, as that is pleasing to his will," We were not chosen because of who we are or what we do, we were chosen because it is pleasing to His will. This has nothing to do with the Jews who reject Jesus!

  • @BurningMountin Sorry, you are right -- I should have said that true Christians SHOULD believe that the Jews are the chosen people.  A Christian is any person who believes that Christ paid his/her sin debt in full when He died on the cross and accepts Christ as personal Savior. You can be 100% sure of eternal life and that it will never change; it is based upon the blood of Christ!

  • @Bonniesparkle I read and studied the bible and read clearly with my own eyes and here is the conclusion I came to. Both Jews and Christians are chosen to fulfill God's plan of Salvation. Jews were chosen to...........

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