A New York Times article entitled Can an Undivided Jerusalem Be Shared? by Robert Mackey a proposal is discussed involving Divine sovereignty in order to resolve the stalemate in the Middle East process regarding Jerusalem.
...Yet, when push came to shove, the question of who would rule one small part of the city — the holy site known as the Haram al-Sharif to Palestinians and the Temple Mount to Jews — seemed impossible to resolve. At Camp David, Mr. Malley recalled, a fair amount of attention was devoted to was called the “divine sovereignty” compromise:
The Americans spent countless hours seeking imaginative formulations to finesse the issue of which party would enjoy sovereignty over this sacred place—a coalition of nations, the United Nations Security Council, even God himself was proposed. In the end, the Palestinians would have nothing of it: the agreement had to give them sovereignty, or there would be no agreement at all.
Even after the Camp David talks ended, President Clinton tried to keep the idea of letting God rule that sensitive part of Jerusalem alive.
Read full article: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/can-an-undivided-jerusalem-be-shared/
As we approach the Pesach seder, may we merit seeing the fulfillment of the words at the end of the seder. L'shana Haba'a b'Yerushalayim Habenuya.
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