First off, the so-called "population of Ottoman Palestine" traditionally included Transjordan, where few if any Jews were living.
Second, as for David having conquered a Jebusite stronghold (not called Urusalim, which is an Akkadian name, but Yerushalem in ancient Hebrew/Canaanite, which meant approximately `founded by Shalem` or `founded by the perfect one`), and turned it into his capital, so what? Rome was an Etruscan site before it was dominated by the Latins. Athens was originally inhabited by an obscure pre-Greek population. These cities are eternally linked with Italy and Greece. Jerusalem is eternally linked to Israel and the Jewish People, and is their capital. |
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