Yesterday I read about how "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the Obama administration on Saturday to impose a solution to the Middle East conflict that would give his people an independent state."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L1NB20100424
It seems that the folks at the Yahoo weather site have already imposed a solution, dividing Jerusalem even before final negotiations have begun.
Though I once posted the following anecdote about King Solomon where he is asked to judge who is the real mother of the baby that two women claimed as their own, I decided it bears repeating.
"He declares that there is only one fair solution: the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the child. Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy's true mother cries out, "Please, My Lord, give her the live child—do not kill him!" However, the liar, in her bitter jealousy, exclaims, "It shall be neither mine nor yours—divide it!" Solomon instantly gives the live baby to the real mother, realizing that the true mother's instincts were to protect her child, while the liar revealed that she did not truly love the child."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Solomon
With most countries prepared to accept a two state solution, Israel and its people stand out in the cry for a unified Jerusalem, the mother who refuses to cut up the baby in two. Isn't that the true indicator to whom the city belongs?
Gevaldigeh analogy! Unfortunately it is true......
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