Hands Around Jerusalem

From Salon.com:

The right wing's Jerusalem gambit: A new coalition of religious hard-liners with ties to President Bush seeks to scuttle any plans for dividing Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians.
By Gregory Levey

An interesting article in its own right, illustrated with a map. Not a map that is helpful in locating Jerusalem, but instead hands holding, protecting or guarding the troubled city. I'm not exactly sure what the illustrator is trying to say with this... "Hands off my Jerusalem"?

What is your emotional response to this image of hands on a map?