AHC: Byzantines Retake Jerusalem...

...and hold it? John Tzimisces came very close to recapturing Jerusalem when he died, but his conquests in the Levant didn't last.
 

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Maybe John lives 10 more years? He died at 50, so its implausible that could happen.

Other ways include Basil II living a few years longer while having a capable son, allowing him to better consolidate his conquests and train a successor. Said successor could consolidate the holdings and push down into the Levant.
 
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