....and there you have it. Serving as background to all the political rhetoric and 'historical' claims from BOTH sides is the religious 'justification' of three different factions.

   "God TOLD us we have the right to be here"...or variations on that theme.

1) since God surely would not have 'told' all factions that THEY are 'favored' over the others.
2)then most likely, no 'God' told anyone anything of the sort!
3)therefore some of the basic premises fueling this conflict are likely false, but still easy to believe, since no one can 'prove' otherwise, and folks want to believe what supports their personal & political interests.
4)** from false premises, ANYTHING follows!**


...and thus, it seems, nothing will change unless one side obliterates the other. (the obvious solution...'share the damned place'... is never even considered, because like two little kids, someone will always be yelling "No fair! You gave him the best share!"

some of you JUST-DON'T-GET-IT, and will continue micro-arguing teeny details about dates and demographics forever!
And because of my points above, I guess you just really can't do otherwise.

......further, deponent sayeth not.