www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall ISRAEL: VATICAN-MUSSOLINI PACT TOUTED AS MODEL FOR JERUSALEM

Amazing how history can help today.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.249021870&par=0

What the article does not clarify is the the other territories (some of which include churches and some dont) in and around Rome are Vatican territory. They are not part of the Republic of Italy. So they dont have special status within Italy, they are parts of a foreign country tiny though it is. So this undivided city Jerusalem would have to be divided (as Rome was divided in 1929)and the Jews dont want that.

The Lateran Treaty could be a model for the solution of the Jerusalem situation but there are peculiar circumstances that would prevent its implementation.

Although it is NOT a secular state, the Vatican City-State is considered under international law and comity as a sovereign and independent State.

Would Israel, which considers Jerusalem its "eternal" capital, and the Palestinian Authority, which considers "East Jerusalem" as its futre capital, agree to have the entire city becoming "sovereign and independent?"

Will the parties agree to de-secularize Jerusalem and cede sole control over to the "religious authorities" of the 3 religious confessions?

The Vatican and Italy are of the same religious persuasion and, therefore, there is/was no inter-religious "conflict" between them. Jerusalem is now "home" to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The city is considered holy and "central" by all parties.

What a mess!

Amado

Dear Amado you said:

"The Vatican and Italy are of the same religious persuasion and, therefore, there is/was no inter-religious "conflict" between them. Jerusalem is now "home" to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The city is considered holy and "central" by all parties."

I say:

You forgot to mention that our Christian persuasion does not include terrorists. The Muslim extremists know quite well, that all they have to do is continue their actions, and any population other than Muslim will gradually drift away.

Of course the Muslims would probably want to drift away too, that is if they had a place to go to. If a Muslim were to desert Jerusalem, or any Muslim land, what Muslim nation would accept him? He would be considered a 'traitor' to his faith.

Zenovia