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Why does Jerusalem belongs to the Jews? Because history says so | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1147 words · By MICHAEL FREUND
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Circa 1000 BCE, King David made the city the capital of the Jewish people.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that King David captured Jerusalem around 1000 BCE and made it the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel.
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web search NEUTRAL — The city's importance grew during the Israelite period, which began around 1000 BCE when King David captured Jerusalem and made it the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel. David's son King Solomon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem holds a diverse history, detailed in archaeological records and biblical accounts. As the capital of ancient Israel, it was strategically positioned between significant trade routes, allowin…
https://www.levhaolam.com/blog/geography-travelling-israel/z…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem has been the Jewish People’s holiest city ever since King David established it as the capital of the united Kingdom of Israel in about 1000 BC.
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/jerusalem-church-bui…
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“His son King Solomon built the First Temple there more than 1,500 years before the advent of Islam.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm King Solomon built the First Temple. The timeline (more than 1,500 years before Islam) is mathematically accurate as Islam began in the 7th century CE and the Temple was built circa 10th century BCE.
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web search NEUTRAL — Islamic tradition says that a temple was first built on the Temple Mount by Solomon, the son of David. After the destruction of the second temple, it was rebuilt by the second Rashidun Caliph, Omar, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem
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web search NEUTRAL — Solomon's temple stood in Jerusalem for almost 400 years. It was the crown jewel of Jerusalem, and the center of worship to the Lord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6lQAe8ues
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 1,000 years after Abraham, the prophet Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt after being enslaved for hundreds of years.His son Solomon built the first holy Temple in Jerusalem, which became…
https://www.history.com/articles/judaism
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“The Second Temple stood for centuries until its destruction by the Romans in 70 CE.”
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Wikipedia and multiple historical sources explicitly state that the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE.
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web search NEUTRAL — The siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire. Roman forces led by Titus besieged the Jewish capital, the revolt's main stronghold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE)
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web search NEUTRAL — On August 4, 70 A.D., the Romans punished the rebellious Jews by destroying the Second Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.The text narrated in this vide...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecc9nLWuyaQ
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web search NEUTRAL — In breaching the walls of Jerusalem in 70 CE, the Roman legions stormed the city and destroyed the Second Temple, of the many infamous moments mourned on Tisha Be'av. The Russian Compound excavation s…
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-714108
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“Jerusalem is mentioned more than 660 times in the Bible, while it is not mentioned even once in the Quran.”
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Multiple sources confirm Jerusalem is mentioned over 600 times in the Bible (one source specifies 660 in Hebrew Scriptures) and is not mentioned by name in the Quran.
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web search NEUTRAL — During the Crusades Jerusalem changed hands multiple times, being captured by the Crusaders in 1099 and recaptured by Saladin in 1187. It remained under Islamic control through the Ayyubid and Mamluk …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem is mentioned over 600 times in the Bible, and zero times in the Koran.The consulate became a diplomatic office to “the West Bank” and, at the time of the US Embassy Act, a diplomatic office …
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonathanfeldstein/2021/11/06…
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web search NEUTRAL — The importance of Jerusalem to Christians is rooted in the significance attached to Jerusalem in the Bible.By this measure, Jerusalem appears to be quite significant, as it is directly mentioned 660 t…
https://www.icej.org/blog/why-is-jerusalem-important-to-chri…
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“The Tel Dan Stele, an ancient inscription discovered in northern Israel in 1993, contains the earliest known extra-biblical reference to the “House of David””
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Wikipedia and museum sources confirm the Tel Dan Stele was discovered in 1993 and is the earliest known extra-biblical reference to the 'House of David'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is likely the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Dan_stele
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Tel Dan Stele is one of the most significant discoveries made in biblical archaeology,” said Dr. Bobby Duke, chief curatorial officer at Museum of the Bible. “Until its discovery, some academics …
https://www.museumofthebible.org/newsroom/museum-of-the-bibl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Known as the Tel Dan Stele and on loan to the museum from the Israel Antiquities Authority, the stone was discovered in 1993 and is accepted as the earliest known extrabiblical proof of King David’s e…
https://www.brnow.org/news/earliest-known-extrabiblical-refe…
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“the Siloam Inscription, discovered in Jerusalem in 1880, commemorates the completion of King Hezekiah’s water tunnel in the 8th century BCE and was written in ancient Hebrew”
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Wikipedia and archaeological sources confirm the Siloam Inscription was discovered in 1880, written in ancient Hebrew, and commemorates Hezekiah's tunnel from the 8th century BCE.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Siloam inscription, Silwan inscription or Shiloah inscription, known as KAI 189, is a Hebrew inscription found in the Siloam tunnel which brings water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam_inscription
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web search NEUTRAL — Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered.The Siloam Inscription—a bedrock-carved paleo-Hebrew text discovered near the outlet of Hezekiah’s Tunnel in 1880—is famous as one of the most important an…
https://armstronginstitute.org/1438-the-siloam-inscription-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Siloam Inscription. This Hebrew inscription dates back to the Israeli period (eighth century BCE) and was discovered by two children in 1880, a few meters from the southern exit of the tunnel know…
https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/the-siloam-inscription-eng/
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“no other people in history ever made Jerusalem its national capital except the Jews.”
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While the claim asserts only Jews made it a national capital, evidence shows that Palestine also claims it as their capital, and historical sources mention it being the capital of various entities (Crusaders, etc.) and the center of different administrations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The status of Jerusalem has been described as "one of the most intractable issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict" due to the long-running territorial dispute between Israel and Palestine, both of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem
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web search NEUTRAL — Conflicts over Jerusalem go back thousands of years — including biblical times, the Roman Empire and the Crusades — but the current one is a distinctly 20th-century story, with roots in colonialism, n…
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/world/middleeast/jerusale…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem was then capital of the people living in the land — the majority of whom were Arabs. Only after the establishment of the State of Israel did West Jerusalem become the country’s capital (but …
https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/jerusalem-isn-t-the-c…
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“In 1488, for instance, famed Italian Rabbi Obadiah of Bartenura... found active Jewish life in Jerusalem upon his arrival.”
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Wikipedia and the Jewish Encyclopedia confirm Rabbi Obadiah of Bartenura arrived in Jerusalem in the late 15th century (around 1486-1488) and found a Jewish community there.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the time, the Jewish community in Jerusalem was suffering greatly from oppressive levels of taxation, which led to suffering and emigration.[6].Upon the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obadiah_of_Bertinoro
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web search NEUTRAL — 29, 1486. His advent in Palestine marked a new epoch for the Jewish community there and indeed for the whole country. The administration of Jewish communal affairs in Jerusalem had fallen into the han…
https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3171-bertinoro-obadi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rabbi Obadiah da Bertinoro had arrived in Jerusalem on the eve of the Pilgrim Festival of Passover, and stayed to revive the Jewish community.
https://cojs.org/1488-jewish-italian-pilgrim-rabbi-obadiah-d…
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“by the mid-19th century... Jews had already become the largest population group in Jerusalem.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny the population demographics of Jerusalem in the mid-19th century.
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“Jerusalem’s Jewish population numbered approximately 7,120 in 1844.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific population figure of 7,120 for the year 1844.
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“By 1876, the Jewish population had risen to roughly 12,000.”
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“By the turn of the 20th century, Jews formed a clear majority.”
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“by the early 19th century, more than 10,000 Jews already lived in the land.”
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“By 1890, the Jewish population had risen to approximately 43,000, and by 1914 it had reached roughly 94,000.”
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“the Arch of Titus in Rome, depicts Jewish captives carrying the Temple menorah into exile.”
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“During those 19 years [1948-1967], Jews were completely barred from accessing the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter of the Old City”
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“Fifty-eight synagogues in the Jewish Quarter were destroyed or damaged by the Jordanians.”
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“Ancient gravestones on the Mount of Olives... were desecrated and used for roads, military camps, and even latrines.”
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“the Hashemite Kingdom’s annexation [of eastern Jerusalem] having been recognized by only two countries.”
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“Today, Jerusalem is home to nearly one million residents, making it Israel’s largest city.”
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“It boasts well over 1,000 synagogues, hundreds of churches, and dozens of mosques.”
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