Oh there are three monotheist religions connected to Jerusalem. That Mount Carmel is a strategic religious site, Islam, the crucifixion of Jesus,and the remains of the Temple, that the Roman's destroyed in approx 70 AD, and built the Colosseum out of the bootee, and took hundreds of slaves.

My parents visited the Holy Land before the Israelis dominated the Jordanian held Jerusalem. They had to pass with their passports etc.,

They make big money out of the tourists showing them alleged Christian historical sites. Even though Jesus Christ was a Jew, remained a Jew, and was not the Messiah as he was not born in Bethlehem but Nazareth that was not under Roman occupation. 'The Nazarene, remember?

The golden mosque is out of bounds to Jews. There again religious belief is that this was the site where Mohammad rode his horse to and ascended to heaven. A bit of similarity between Jesus being resurrected and ascending to heaven too.

Some Christian fundamentalists take the Hebrew bible literally, not realizing that how long do we know was a God's day. Evolution dictates the stages of evolution took billions of years not 24 hours. We did not walk with dinosaurs as some believe.

So, with such a religious furor about who claims Jerusalem as their capital, including the Arab occupation and Crusades. The trouble with Jerusalem is that it is a hot bed of discontent especially between the Palestinians and Jewish occupation of the West Bank.

No wonder the UN was wary of naming Jerusalem the capital of Israel, everyone and their dog, (sorry) knows it is traditionally regarded as so. But the on going unrest would not please everyone there if it is officially named the capital of Israel. Too me that is silly