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Apr 8, 1999 · Despite demographic changes, most ordinary Serbs view Kosovo as their "Jerusalem", a place which should never be surrendered. During the second World War the province was annexed to Greater...
According to De Administrando Imperio, the ancestors of Serbs and Croats were part of the Slavic migrations into the Balkans, the Croats settled in modern Croatia and Western Bosnia whereas the Serbs in the rest of Bosnia, Travunija, Zahumlje and Duklja, lands situated North-West of Kosovo.
Kosovo became (especially during the 19th century) the Jerusalem of the Serbs. Forced to accept the position of vassals to the Turks, Serb despots continued to rule a diminished state of Raška, at first from Belgrade and then from Smederevo.
Sep 10, 2020 · For 12 years, Jerusalem eschewed ties with Pristina to avoid endorsing a unilateral statehood bid. Now officials cite various reasons why Kosovo and Palestine are not similar.
The Serbs - many of whom viewed Kosovo as their cultural heartland - instituted a new constitution in 1989 revoking Kosovo's autonomous status. Kosovo's Albanian leaders responded in 1991 by organizing a referendum declaring Kosovo independent.
In short, both Serbs and ethnic Albanians have important claims and ties to Kosovo. Yet it is the heartland or "Jerusalem" of neither people.
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May 28, 2019 · That changed drastically in 1989 when Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević brought Kosovo directly under the Serbian government in Belgrade and the dissolution of Yugoslavia brought war to the area....
