Israel Matzav

Saeb has a cow

Chief 'Palestinian' negotiator bottle washer Saeb Erekat went ballistic over the weekend at a suggestion by Czech President Milos Zeman that the Czech Republic's embassy be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Czech President Milos Zeman’s proposal to move the Czech Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem prompted Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator in the peace talks with Israel, to send a letter of protest to Prague stating that such a move would undermine the peace process.

Zeman publicly voiced his views on the subject at the opening of the annual Days for Israel forum in Hradec Kralove in East Bohemia last week.

According to the Czech news agency CTK, Erekat has asked the Arab League and other Arab organizations to call extraordinary meetings at the ministerial level to support the Palestinian stance.

The Czech Republic is going to early elections later this month, and Zeman said that he will try to persuade the new prime minister and foreign minister to consider moving the embassy to Jerusalem.

Notwithstanding the political turmoil in his country, the Czech president arrived in Israel on Sunday at the start of a four day official visit.

Wasn't Saeb the guy who claimed to have offered us 'the biggest Yerushalayim ever'? Maybe he only meant so long as it isn't our capital? 

Labels: Czech Republic, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Saeb Erekat

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:08 PM