by Chris Schang

Currently students of Bible prophecy are watching a unique phenomena occurring in the Middle East as more and more nations are beginning to recognize the yet founded “state of Palestine” despite the fact that no such state has ever existed before. The pressure being placed on Israel by the Palestinian Authority as well as the international community in regards to building construction in east Jerusalem is very intense. The Palestinians for their part want this construction to stop as they hope to lay claim to east Jerusalem including the Temple Mount and “old city” area as a capital of their future Palestinian state. The truth of the matter is that the Israelis have declared that a united Jerusalem will be the eternal capital of Israel and rightly so. Even while the Jews were out of the region as a majority, there has always been a Jewish presence in the land since the establishment of the ancient Israel back in biblical times. This is the foundation upon which the land belongs to the Jews as it was given to them by God and through the Holy Bible they have the title deed to the land.