I’m genuinely curious. There has been a continuous Jewish presence in East Jerusalem for all but 19 of the last 1,000 years. It’s actually a lot longer than 1,000 years but I choose that number because it’s a figure everyone can agree on:
At the turn of the 20th century the Jewish population of the quarter reached 19,000… In 1948 during the Arab-Israeli War, its population of about 2,000 Jews was besieged, and forced to leave en masse… As the dawn of Friday, May 28, 1948, was about to break, the Jewish Quarter emerged convulsed in a black cloud… The Jordanian commander who led the operation is reported to have told his superiors: “For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews’ return here impossible.”
Nonetheless Obama seems intent on leading a global effort to ban Jews from moving back into the Old City, despite a well-publicized campaign by Fatah and Hamas to buy up land all over Jerusalem with Saudi cash. So I’m just wondering what other Israeli cities The One thinks should be cleansed of Jews.
References:
* Netanyahu To Obama: Actually, We’re Going To Keep Letting Jews Build Homes In Jerusalem [MR]
* Attacks On Israeli Sovereignty Over Jerusalem Coalescing After Obama’s Broadside [MR]
* Do Obama’s Jewish Backers Have Any Red Lines? [Tobin]
Previously:
* Obama Complains: It’s A Media-Fueled "Misperception" That I’m Trying To Detonate The US-Israel Relationship
* Obama: Israel Must "Engage In Serious Self-Reflection"
* Flashback: Candidate Obama Doubles Down On His AIPAC Commitment To An Undivided Jerusalem
