Israel Matzav

Nir Barkat is good for the Jews

'Peace Now' is unhappy with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.

Ever since Nir Barkat was elected Jerusalem mayor in November 2008, he emerged as one of the most faithful allies the East Jerusalem settlers could have and, together with the Netanyahu government, he led the city into crises and rising tensions. The intensification of settlement activities in East Jerusalem threatens the chances of implementing the two-state solution and might create an irreversible situation that would prevent a compromise in Jerusalem.

Two types of threats might prevent a Jerusalem solution: neighborhoods that the government established on territories that were annexed in 1967, where some 190,000 Israelis currently reside; and Jewish settlements in the heart of Palestinian neighborhoods. The large neighborhoods are meant to prevent the implementation of the two-state solution by cutting East Jerusalem off the West Bank, while the settlements in the Palestinian neighborhoods are meant to prevent the arrangement in Jerusalem that is based on the principle that Jewish neighborhoods belong to Israel while Palestinian neighborhoods are part of the Palestinian state.

I'm happy that Jerusalem has a mayor like Nir Barkat who is willing to fight with 'Peace Now' and the other surrender advocates who would expel some 200,000 Jews (including yours truly) from their Jerusalem homes.

There isn't going to be a 'two-state solution' because the 'Palestinians' and their Arab patrons will never agree to the presence of a Jewish state in the land of Israel. It is time to recognize that reality and to stop paying homage to the 'two-state solution.' Its time has passed and our lives must go on.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:09 AM