No. Yasser Arafat died on 11 November 2004.
Jerusalem was not destroyed in 70 AD. The temple was destroyed. Much of the city remained after the final battle. One can read two messages in the destruction of the temple. One was that it actually was an accident that it was burnt, as the ancient writers claim. The other was that the destruction of the temple was a fulfillment of Jesus' prophesy.
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The Jewish claim that Jerusalem is a holy city is much older and is completely unrelated to the Holocaust.
I you mean the city of Jerusalem, it was not destroyed although it suffered severe damage. This was a consequence of the war. If you mean the temple, it is unclear if it were ordered destroyed by Titus, or if it was destroyed by an accident of the war. Some ancient writers claim that Titus wanted to spare the temple, but a fire due to either the rebels or the Romans destroyed it. At army rate, it was Titus, as commander or the Roman army, who gets the credit or the blame.
For Judaism: http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/jerusalem-in-judaism
Actually all three claim it as their holy city the Jews, christians and also Muslims do claim it as theirs.
Jew, Christians, and Muslims.
It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1542 Answer 2 He built the walls as we see them today, but there were other walls beforehand. There was the wall King David built around the city of David and there is the Roman wall around the city, and there are also walls from the time of the Maccabees. The wall around the Temple Mount itself was built by Herod Over the course of history the different walls were built (partially) in new places showing the expansion of the city over time. Answer 3 First Temple - Kings David and Solomon. Second Temple - Nehemiah.
Christians Muslims and Jews all to claim the holy lands-Jerusalem.
Jews believe that Jerusalem, Israel is their holiest city. Muslims have three holy cities: Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.
A person has to run into a temple/church and go to the priest/rabbi/rev and ask for sanctuary. This started in the Middle Ages. If the person leaves the church/temple he/she will then be arrested.