Indepepdent Western-style state: a Kingdom of Jerusalem, or Republic of Jerusalem, or something like that
Independent state, ruled by the Native Christians: an Assyrian State or Christian Palestinian State.
British colony (Mandate of Jerusalem)
Italian colony
Greek colony
Armenian rule
German colony
Russian colony
Bulgarian rule
French colony
Spanish/Portuguese colony
Papal rule: rule from the Vatican (Jerusalem as part of the Vatican State)
Something else (e.g. Hungarian/Romanian/Serbian/etc rule)
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I would suggest the restauration of the ancient crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, under the direct or indirect heirs of the House of Anjou (the third and greater Royal House which rules on the Kingdom). The Kingdom should be defended by the European States.
Unfortunately, this is only a dream. But sometimes dreams can become... reality.
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I chose British Mandate of Palestine just because Sir Edmund Allenby kicked arse.
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Indepepdent Western-style state
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Really difficult to say, because I can't even imagine that it can come true. Anyway, Armenians, Greeks and Catholics all have possessions there, so it wouldn't be fair to give the control just to one of them. Perhaps an independent style state with a council of different representatives at the head.
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With the possible exception of the French and British it's hard to see any of the listees being able to hold the place, and that is very shaky. Moreover, atheistic Europeans would have no interest in doing so. I could envision a restored Christendom, led by the US, taking both Jerusalem and Constantinople though. Who would administer the places is a question to be worked out, but they'd need American military support.
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In a perfect situation, firm Europeans of all countries would unite under the flag of Freedom, Western Civilization and Christianity again, in a new crusade covered by modern means for freedom and security of our Occidental world, and re-gain Constantineopel from the Muslim terror! Then Jerusalem as the holy town of our Catholic faith needed to be freed from its Islamic occupants. Only Christians and Jews have a right to rule the town in a shared system of balance. Islam belongs to Mekka and Medina where the barbarian desert cult stems from.
When Vienna was on the brink of Muslim victory, Christian kingdoms and duchies from all over Europe formed the 'Holy League' to put aside their petty differences and to form a clenched hand to wipe the Ottoman threat from the face of our beloved continent. We are in need of a new version of the 'Holy League'.
The rule of Jerusalem should be guaranteed by a shared system of balance of power between Jews and Catholics, with the Papal State and the Holy Father as the highest authority on the Catholic side.
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It should obviously be ruled by the Order of the Hospitallers (or Knights of Malta).
It would be divided into 8 districts, the 8 Langues that were given a chapel in Malta:
- PROVENCE
- AUVERGNE
- FRANCE
- ARAGON-NAVARRE
- CASTILE AND LEON
- ITALY
- ENGLAND-SCOTLAND-IRELAND
- GERMANY
A Holy Prince chosen from one of those 8 langues, and one flag to rule them all:
< La Catalogne peut se passer de l'univers entier, et ses voisins ne peuvent se passer d'elle. > Voltaire
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I voted for Spanish/Portuguese colony because the current King of Spain is a claimant to the throne of Jerusalem, he even includes King of Jerusalem in his official title so there is the historical precedent, plus the Spanish seem to still have a strong Christian and national identity compared the rest of Europe.
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