The matter of sovereignty over Jerusalem keeps being raised by some, as if it were a novel question of first impression. However, this is just not the case. The matter has been litigated and decided in favor of the Jewish people on more than one occasion over the last approximately 2,349 years.
One of the first such legal actions[i][/i][i] was brought by descendants of the original Canaanite[ii] inhabitants of the Land of Israel. The Judge was no less a personage than Alexander the Great, himself. The attorney for the Jewish people was a country lawyer named Geviyah[iii]. At the trial, he examined the plaintiffs and asked what proof they had to support their claim to title to Israel. They testified the Bible[iv] was their proof of record title. Well, Geviyah handily countered that assertion. He cited the very same Bible[v] to defeat the Canaanites’ claim. In this regard, it should be noted that the Bible reports[vi] how the Canaanites sinned and G-d vested title to the Land of Israel in the Jewish people.
Geviyah moved for summary judgment dismissing their claims. He also asserted a counterclaim. Alexander turned to the Canaanite plaintiffs and said he was granting the motion and ruling in favor of the Jewish people, including on Geviyah’s counterclaim, unless they could provide a compelling and convincing answer to the case presented by Geviyah. The Canaanite plaintiffs had no response and so they asked for an adjournment of three days. It just delayed the inevitable, because they could not formulate any answer, since they had none. The fact was the very same Bible they relied on as evidence actually proved title was properly vested in the Jewish people. It also supported the counterclaim asserted by Geviyah. Thus, judgment was rendered in favor of the Jewish people both dismissing the Canaanite claim and on Geviyah’s counterclaim. It would appear that the Canaanites used the three-day adjournment as a subterfuge. It permitted them time to flee the jurisdiction. Perhaps, this was in order to avoid the enforcement of the counterclaim against them.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-or-louisiana-the-matter-of-title-has-long-been-resolved/ [/i]