2. undivided Jerusalem, eternal capital of sovereign Israel
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jerusalem was built by king david and was seat of zion.
his son Solomon built the first jewish temple a thousand years before the birth of jesus and fifteen hundred years before the advent of islam. the arab muslims waged a nine hundred year of imperial war during which they co nquered jerusalem and built their mosque on top of the ruins of the jewsish temple as a sign of conquest and religious superioty. the ottoman turks followed in the steps of the arabs for five hundred years. yet jerusalem remaind a jewish city, the heart of zion, until it was completely liberated from all occupiers during the war of independence and the six day war.