Jordan controlled the Old City of Jerusalem for 19 years. They never offered it as a capital for a "Palestinian" state. That demand only began to appear after Jews liberated the city in 1967. It was never about justice. It was about taking the heart of the Jewish people.

On This Day — July 11, 2000 The summit that exposed Arafat’s true intentions. Camp David opened on this day. Ehud Barak — with Bill Clinton’s backing — offered Yasser Arafat a Palestinian state on 96% of the “West Bank”, 100% of Gaza, the dismantling of most “settlements,” and East Jerusalem as its capital. Israel even agreed to Palestinian sovereignty over the Temple Mount — with only minor Israeli control over parts of the Western Wall. Plus 4% of Israel to make up for the 4% of the “West Bank." Arafat said no. He could not accept the one clause that mattered most: an end to the conflict and all future claims. As Dennis Ross later explained, Arafat was unwilling to give up the dream of “the whole of Palestine” or the so-called “right of return” that would demographically destroy Israel. Watch Clinton himself describe the Palestinian state from which Arafat walked away. The summit collapsed. Almost immediately thereafter, Arafat green-lit the Second Intifada — the wave of suicide bombings, shootings, and mass murder that killed more than 1,000 Israelis. That years-long slaughter of civilians is what necessitated the construction of the security fence and checkpoints — the only things that finally stopped the bloodshed. Arafat never wanted a state next to Israel. He wanted Israel gone.