The 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
foresaw a special status for the greater Jerusalem area, as a corpus separatum, under a special
international regime and administered by the United Nations. Unfortunately,
this resolution was never implemented.
Now, because of the current tension in
Jerusalem, France is promoting a plan to deploy international observers at
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Sounds like a good idea to me. But, Israel
objects.
Having one-sidedly annexed East Jerusalem,
Israel wants to avoid any act that might question its self-declared sovereignty
over the city that contains sites holy to all three monotheistic religions.
Sadly, the US will side with Israel on this matter and thereby prevent the
necessary Security Council resolution.
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