Sharon and the Dark Days"…and Jerusalem was built here"
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Poet William Blake wondered whether it was true that Jerusalem was built in darkness. Today, one and a half centuries later, the same question is being asked. A day after he was elected prime minister, Ariel Sharon announced, "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel."
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Jerusalem, a holy site to three monotheistic religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism, has for hundreds of years been a bone of contention—and a source of much bloodshed. When Sharon called it "the eternal capital of Israel," he meant to say that he would never continue the peace process begun by his predecessor, Ehud Barak, and Palestine leader Yasser Arafat, let alone surrender Jerusalem to the Palestinians. But it's not only Sharon's bel
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