Israeli politicians feared Kosovo’s loss to Serbia would set a precedent for Jerusalem

Evidence

According to an Israeli journal’s correspondent from the Balkans, “Kosovo is not just a part of Serbia but also ‘the cradle of its nationalism and culture.’ If the ‘Serbian Jerusalem’ is taken away from it, why should ‘al-Quds’ not be taken from us in the future and become the capital of the independent Palestine?” — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1529

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the enemy-making apparatus is mutually reinforcing across the two conflicts — the internal threat logic of one nationalism is quoted as authority by another’s state.