Few days ago I was stirred by a news that our neighbour Papua New Guinea decided to open an Embassy in Jerusalem - CLICK .
It reminded me that city of Jerusalem got a bit strange status - UN and EU consider it a "corpus separatum" sort of a state within a state - CLICK.
Most of countries placed their capitals in Tel Aviv, exceptions are: USA, Guatemala, Honduras and Kosovo.
Why Papua New Guinea is so keen to have an Embassy in Jerusalem?
News under the first link clarifies it - decision was taken under pressure of local Christians, who strogly believe in St John's Apocalypse - Jerusalem will be a place of Final Judgement, from there will be a straight road to Heaven.
PS. In England there are the last days of a wonderful music feast - BBC Proms, a permanent position of a final concert is song Jerusalem which mentions that Jerusalem could be in England - CLICK.
I suggest to Christians in PNG to do the same.
P.P.S. Facts - city of Jerusalem was built by Canaanites, ancestors of Palestinians. God of Israel gave their territory to Israelites with instruction to eliminate the original inhabitants.
King Davis conquered Jerusalem many years later, ruled there some 40 years, his son king Solomon built there a Temple, few years later the Kingdom of Israel disintegrated and was swallowed by neighbouring countries.
State of Israel reemerged almost 2500 years later, in 1948 - CLICK.
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