re israel s expansion ii organization aiken computation lab harvard university keywords in article pp a auvm american edu paul h pimentel pp a auvm american edu writes what gives isreal the right to keep jeruseleum it is the home of the muslim a s well as jewish religion among others israel has a right to keep jerusalem for many reasons they include the fact that the majority of the citizens are israeli the fact that israel maintains religious freedom for all people and the historical connection of judaism to jerusalem when jerusalem was devided by a jordanian invasion in the cease fire agreement included the right of individuals to visit religious shrines this cease fire agreement was violated by jordan who did not allow jews to visit holy sites under their control the jordanians also bulldozed every synagoge in the city they turned a jewish cemetary into a hotel and used the gravestones in their latrines israel has allowed individuals of all religions into jerusalem protected holy sites and demonstrated its fitness to control the city also i should point out that islam is not centered in jerusalem but has holy sites there the home of islam is mecca where all muslims should make a pilgramage the hajj unlike israeli jerusalem jews and christians are not allowed in saudi mecca adam adam shostack adam das harvard edu if we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors we sure wouldn t waste them on members of congress john perry barlow
