Posted on 11/14/2005 2:35:45 PM PST by Esther Ruth
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 01:31 IST JNW HEADLINE NEWS
'Palestinians': We require Jerusalem By Ryan Jones
November 14th, 2005
With many world leaders in Jerusalem this week to mark 10 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and discuss prospects for regional peace, the "Palestinians" have worked to ensure that these dignitaries all know that the Arab-Israeli conflict will not end until the PLO flag flies over the ancient Jewish capital.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was quoted by the PLO-controlled news agency WAFA as saying a solution on Jerusalem in line with current Arab demands was necessary for lasting peace.
Erekat insisted it was illegal for Israel to impose its law on the city which, he said, the international community views as occupied territory.
Jerusalem has had a Jewish majority since long before Israels rebirth in 1948. From the time the biblical King David declared it his capital more than 3000 years ago, the city has had this status in the heart of all Jews. Until the Palestinian Arabs began laying claim to it after 1967, no other nation ever designated Jerusalem the capital of their empire or state.
Following the 1967 reunification of the city under Jewish rule for the first time in over 2,000 years, Israel vowed Jerusalem would remain its united capital forever.
PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas, meanwhile, pledged during a ceremony marking the anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death last Friday to continue on the path that [Arafat] started and exert whatever efforts are needed to raise the flag of Palestine on the walls, the minarets and the churches of Jerusalem.
Arafat often swore that untold numbers of his Arabs were willing to martyr themselves in order to ensure the achievement of this goal. JNW Site Search
LOL. I can't add much to that. Your coffee is strong this AM. Islamics are the original libertarians since they only care about I, me, my and mine
Ishmael was the inventor of "Anarchic Tribalism", which is the MO for how Arab society runs.
Here's hoping they hold their breath while they wait.
AKA "A wild ass of a man, his hand against every man"
:) Spoiled brats are what they are, and wear out my last nerve like a rusty hinge.
Amen to that! History shows it.
If their position is best described as an "ingredient", I'm in.
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