Surprise! Abu Bluff wants all of Jerusalem
It shouldn't surprise anyone that 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the PA would not be satisfied with the Jerusalem area village of Abu Dis as the capital of a PA state – an idea that many politicians on the left have touted – but that the PA demanded all of eastern Jerusalem, including all of the Old City, as its capital. In an interview with a Russian TV station broadcasting in Arabic, Abbas said that he did not believe it was necessary to physically divide Jerusalem, and that arrangements could be made to allow free passage between the Israel and PA controlled areas of the city, but that "it must be clear what belongs to the Palestinians, and what belongs to Israel," he said.The original UN partition plan, which was accepted by the Jews but not by the Arabs, would have left Jerusalem an 'international city' and would have left Israel without an airport, among other charming differences.
Regarding Israel's demand that the PA recognize it as a Jewish state, Abbas said that this was only mentioned in the original UN partition plan, hinting that Israel would have to agree to that plan if it wanted such recognition.
What could go wrong?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:20 PM
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Resolution 181 only mentions making Jerusalem international as a temporary measure. It also says that after ten years, the residents can choose to hold a referendum to determine their status. Ben-Gurion probably agreed to the international city idea because he expected a Jewish majority would later vote to join the Jewish State.
Of course if the palestinians really accepted 181, they'd be using the names Judea and Samaria :-)
The Palestinians don't want peace and their last demand makes even sitting down at the table impossible. And yet the Israeli government mindlessly keeps on punishing the revanants of Yesha for another eight months for negotiations that will never happen.
What could go wrong indeed
Fayad is dangerous, all realists are dangerous. These blabla-Jerusalem-right-of-return idiots are in reality helping us with their maximalistic demands.
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