The illusion of Jordan’s custodianship
Jordanian lawmakers attend a session at the Jordanian Parliament on February 25, 2014, in Amman, Jordan [Shadi Alnsoor/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.
Since its establishment, Israel has tried to show the world that it respects freedom of worship and allows it for all. The truth is that it has, in fact, succeeded to a large extent, in portraying this impression to its friends around the world. Despite what it demolished in the year of the Nakba, it preserved some mosques and churches in the displaced villages "out of respect for the sanctities". This positive image was only disturbed by some of them later being converted into art galleries, cafes or cowsheds.
After the 1967 Occupation, it raised the slogan of freedom of worship for the three religions, and then gave Jordan and othe...










