Jerusalem is like no other city on earth. It is holy to the world's three major monotheistic religions, and was fought over for three millennia by a variety of peoples and nations. Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people, but, in a special sense, Jerusalem belongs to the whole world. Jerusalem is a city of many faces: while it is the capital of the modern State of Israel and the country’s largest city, it is also a thriving metropolis with a history stretching back thousands of years, a holy city to the three great monotheistic religions and the epicenter of the Jewish people. Jerusalem is a city where old neighborhoods exist side by side with new ones and where a heterogeneous population beset by national, religious and social differences lives side by side in a shared home. Naturally, Jerusalem is also a city of enormous political significance and ramifications.