Conservative U.S. politicians need to start standing up and challenging this lie. They need to point out that Jerusalem has NO importance whatsoever in Islam. That it is not mentioned EVEN ONCE in the Koran. That the city was conquered and occupied by Muslims — as was Spain — and is holy only to Christians and Jews. That it is time for them to leave, as they did from Spain, and get off Jewish land. Boehner is going to Israel. That would be a great place to start.
I would agree in regards to Jerusalem, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position on it. But, while Netanyahu does strongly say that he will not divide Jerusalem, he also maintains that each of those major religions have the right to have their religious sites in Jerusalem (and elsewhere in Israel) and also protected by law.
I only say that because some people may want to go BEYOND what Netanyahu would agree to and stand for, by law. He is definitely not for dividing Jerusalem, but he is also for protecting the religious sites of any of these religions in Israel.
I hope people here can distinguish between those two separate issues.