Diagnose it. The Jerusalem Syndrome. No, its not the Arab claim over the city, nor the Jewish claim, either. In fact, its not political at all. Anybody can have it, though few would want it. The Jerusalem Syndrome is when you visit the Holy City and conclude that you are the Messiah. Read related story The holiness and spiritual history of the city sets some people off kilter enough to be noticeable by the psychiatric profession. Maybe youre from abroad; maybe youre an Israeli who has never been to the city. Jerusalem unhinges every visitor, but for most people the mental-spiritual jarring is a positive reconnection to something deep and divine.
For a statistically measurable minority, however, Jerusalem unhinges one mentally. You may assume the position: white robes, or babbling in tongues, or preaching the apocalypse until you are treated. Were not certain how the syndrome is precisely, medically, described, but we do confess that sometimes when we listen to the various political claims made by Muslims for whom Jerusalem does not even appear a single time in their holy writ, it does sound like the Jerusalem Syndrome.
