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What does it mean?
Dayan asserts a permanent return to holy sites after the war.
In plain terms
He says they will never leave the holy places again.
What can you take from it?
Religious sites are claimed as permanent territory.

Where it applies

  • religious declaration
  • historical moment

Putting it to work

  • assert permanence of claim

Questions to consider

  • How do holy sites affect borders?
  • Can religious claims be permanent?

Another view

It frames religious sites as exclusive property.

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