'Metzger had said that his plan would be to

"take all the poor people from Gaza to move them to a wonderful new modern country with trains, buses, cars, like in Arizona - we are now in a generation where you can take a desert and build a city. This will be a solution for the poor people - they will have a nice county, and we shall have our country and we shall live in peace."

'Interviewed by the British weekly "The Jewish News", the chief rabbi also said that while peaceable Muslims should be allowed to pray in Jerusalem mosques, they should recognize that Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. Muslims have Mecca and Medina, he was quoted as saying, adding that "you don't need a third place."'

...Haaretz

Neturei Karta is a fringe group of ultra-ultra orthodox Jews who reject Zionism based on the Torah's teaching that a homeland for the Jewish people will not be created until the coming of the Messiah. Since Jews believe the Messiah is yet to arrive, they believe the state of Israel should not exist by Jewish law.

The rest of the argument is a bunch of nonsense as far as I'm concerned. I don't care who prays where or if they pray at all. Whenever someone tells me a certain piece of land belongs to them because God granted it to them, I always say "I never realized God was a real estate agent."

A pile of rock and dirt, not on a known trade route or a port city, people have been fighting over for centuries. A wonderful trout stream meandering through grassy fields, large boulders, and large timber with a favorite beverage chilling in the riffles, a nine foot fly rod, six weight floating line, cheese, pepperoni, hard bread, and good friends, now that is worth fighting over. Righty, good to see you back old friend.

Righty, good to see you back old friend.

A week in hospital. Much better with a bit to go.