The Arab-Jewish conflict goes back many centuries. Clashes between Jews and Philistines are mentioned in the Bible. — Apollodorus

The Philistines were probably related to the Mycenaeans. — frank

Probably. But they've long been replaced with Arabs in the meantime. — Apollodorus

There'a fine line between provocation and satire. — Tom Storm

Just make some dramatic landscaping and transport everything on the Temple Mount and the hill itself to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. — ssu

If he were alive, George Carlin could perhaps do something with this. — Tom Storm

Listen, asshole, it's like it says on the sign – No returns, no redemptions, no renegotiations, no receiverships, especially with no fuckin' receipts. No do-overs, 'cause, y'know, this ain't a goddamn video game. Also, no buy-backs, no warrantees, no money back guarantees, no rebates, no trade-ins, no upgrades, and no we won't take that dump as collateral neither. Okay either. No give, no take, no care no more, motherfucker. Stop squatting and just abandon the shithole – though it would be really fuckin' nice if you left it in some state of repair vaguely resembling the pristine condition your cocksucking murdering thieving proselytizing enslaving ancestors found it in – when – they – stole – it – from – mine. Oldest goddamn story in the oldest goddamn book, ain't it? Anyway. Just leave, gents, on that Elon Musk rocket right up your tight, raw asses and fly this [BIRD] to the moon! No hard fuckin feelings, ok? :wink:

Just make some dramatic landscaping and transport everything on the Temple Mount and the hill itself to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. — ssu

I think that it's superficially plausible. Aside from @Apollodorus's assumption that the removal of the third holiest site in Islam from Jerusalem could somehow ease religious tensions — thewonder

Nobody said anything about removing the site. I said relocate the mosque. This should be done with Muslim support. Islam is a religion of peace and I'm sure a compromise could be easily made. — Apollodorus

Plus, the Muslims have three or more holy sites. Jews only have one and even that is controlled by Muslims. This doesn't seem just. I think justice is central to true philosophy. Therefore true philosophers should support my proposal. — Apollodorus

Because the mosque just happens to be on temple mount. No religious significance whatsoever. — Echarmion

Is that your argument? — Apollodorus

I'm just not sure. Returning Istanbul to Greece. — Banno

Constantinople was Greek for thousands of years. It had a large Greek population until recently and was only renamed "Istanbul" in 1930 under Ataturk's national-socialist regime. Territories occupied by the Nazis were returned to their original owners. It shouldn't be a problem. — Apollodorus

If you really tried to implement it, even though I think you mean well, it could potentially start a world war, although I am sure that could happen anyway. — Jack Cummins

Religion appears to be a major factor in the current tensions. — Apollodorus

There can be no peace without justice. — Apollodorus

The only solutions are to wait until one side annihilates the other or we wait several generations until religion is abandonded and relegated to myth like all the other religions before it. — Harry Hindu

Religions may well disappear of their own accord some day. But in the meantime the road to peace seems to be to separate them and keep them apart. That was the solution with the partition of India and it worked quite well. So, separation seems to be a sound principle on which to build a practicable road to peace. The same principle is applied in marital conflict, boxing matches and military conflict. — Apollodorus