Historical Perspectives on Jerusalem's Diversity

I was born and lived in Jerusalem,

where Arabs lived,

Muslims and Christians and Jews.

I was raised in a school where Arabs,

Muslim Arabs, Christian Arabs, and Jews studied

together with me. We all lived in peace with each other.

Arabs were stronger than anyone, and so was my family.

testifies Ruhi al-Hati. The mayor of East Jerusalem was

expelled by Zionist occupiers after the aggression of

1967. He died in Hollywood.

In the Middle Ages, Jews were oppressed and persecuted in Europe.

The only refuge ready to accept them were Islamic states,

including Palestine and others.

They lived under Arab Muslim rule for thirteen centuries in

peace.

Differences and conflicts arose only with the appearance of international

Zionism.