in fact, there's a story in the bible about that.
the mythological israeli king solomon is dealing with a conflict over custody of a child. this appears to be a myth that is part of a genre of semitic stories, that have to do with an attempt by the authorities to end child sacrifice (another is the one where a schizophrenic named abraham thinks god told him to kill his child, and then goes into a mental breakdown over it, the moral of which is to stop sacrificing your kids to god), which the romans, greeks and persians all documented as a serious problem in the region, in the late bronze and early iron ages, something that has been upheld by archaeology, and is probably at the root of what later became blood libel, and which we still see in western news in the digital age, in terms of a constant attempt to make jews look like they eat and torture children. anyways, the story goes that they can't figure out who should have custody, so it is suggested that the child be cut in half and split equally amongst the two sides. one side shrugs it off and says whatever, and the other says "no, don't cut my child in half, you psychotic jew. give it to the other person.". solomon, who all evidence suggests never actually existed, decides the real parent is the one that won't cut the child in half, but would give it to the other instead.
while i don't think there's much wisdom in this story, it's worth thinking about.
a divided jerusalem is not a solution to the bitchfest, it's the cause of the bitchfest. the bitchfest will not end until the city is united.