Temple for Jerusalem
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Proposal for a Single Greater Eretz Israel State Solution.

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1: The Jewish identity is defined by the Southern Kingdom Jewish returnees from Persian Kingdom captivity, under Artaxerxes I, which presumed to include Northern Kingdom returnees from the earlier Assyrian captivity. This presumption is questionable, as the Assyrian captivity of the 10 Northern tribes happened before the Babylonian/Persian captivity of the Southern Kingdom tribes, of Judah, Benjamin and Simeon (and landless Priestly Levi). 

 

2: The Northern Kingdom tribes, under Rehoboam's leadership, broke allegiance with Jerusalem's 1st Temple sanctuary, after the exploitative building programme of Solomon, the tribes falling into paganism, before the time of Elijah's Mount Carmel correction, 300 years before the Southern Kingdom's 70 year captivity, 400 years before the re-dedication of the Temple under Ezra, and 900 years before the Herodian 2nd temple. The majority Northern Kingdom Israelites over millennia seemingly re-converted to either Christianity or Islam, essentially reconnecting with monotheist roots. There seems no record of mass re-affirmation of Northern tribal allegiance to the Jerusalem sanctuary, other than Northern refugee influx to Jerusalem during Hezekiah's reign, or via 2nd Temple Gentile status. Ezra 6.17 does mention the dedication of 12 male goats, representing the 12 Israelite tribes, in the returnee Jerusalem Temple, but this seems more ritualistically symbolic than the actual tribal participation documented in Ezra 10:9. As Jerusalem is near the border of the Judah and Benjamin lands, ease of geographical association would have prevailed in Jerusalem. Northern refugees seemed to have assimilated.

 

3: Because the Persian Empire absorbed the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires, the assumption of Persian Jewish returnees was that all 12 tribal lands of ancient Israel were legitimate for re-occupation, while centring on Jerusalem. This is the same assumption of the modern Israeli State. The 12 ancient Israelitic tribal lands under Solomon operated as a Commonwealth.

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4: The modern Israeli State has developed on mostly ancient Northern Kingdom lands, while a significant amount of Judah and Benjamin lands are situated on the West Bank, a cause of conflict, with Israeli settlers claiming biblical ancestral ownership.

 

5: To ameliorate this situation, consider the following: Jewish people be allowed preferential buyer status (as did Abraham and David) of the ancient lands of Judah, Benjamin and implied Simeon, which includes Jerusalem (under Lev. 25 Laws of ownership). The Israeli State allows full citizenship rights for all present and exiled Palestinians, with willing buyer/seller status in the remaining Israeli State's jurisdiction, including Gaza and the West Bank. ​

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6: As the Jewish people and Israeli State have invested immense infrastructure in the ancient Northern Kingdom lands, from Ashkelon, Tel Aviv to Haifa, Nazareth and Tiberias, and this cannot be adjusted, so willing buyer/seller status (not subject to Lev. 25 Laws of ownership) should be shared by Israeli and Palestinian people, subject to market forces. Full compensation for expropriated Palestinian property and land needs to be honoured, probably resolved by developing cities in Southern Israel. Receiving Israeli citizenship is a great privilege. The secular coexistence of Jewish and Palestinian people will likely take generations to achieve social harmony, under jurisdictions of State and/or Torah Law.

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7: The Jewish right to Aliyah (like the right of Palestinian return) remains enshrined even if the percentage of Jewish Israelis dips below the national majority (unlikely considering buying power). In this way, all Palestinian and Israelis share access to the majority of the land in legal equity, and the Israeli State continues to protect all the faiths of Greater Israel, as it does today. This protects the balance of hard and soft power between the Israeli State and the Jerusalem Temple, as in the time of Kings David and Solomon. 

 

8: The Jewish Priesthood is acknowledged as the central definer of monotheism, due to ancient continuation from Mount Sinai, sharing their wisdom with those who request access to Moriah, where the ancient requirements of Judaism are performed in perpetuity. Islam and Christianity continue to worship in and around Jerusalem and Greater Israel. In this way, the Jewish faith harmonises and balances the energies of Christianity and Islam, as we share the conduit to and from the Divine under Jewish religious/family authority, with Tzadik elders and potential eunuch assistant overview. When Imams and Christian Priests enter the Temple to receive instruction, their followers will understand this model. This is the coronation of Jerusalem.