Ya, the Wall and unilateralism is the only way. However, I doubt Sharon would split Jerusalem without some real payment in kind. The devil is in the details, and I dont know about this Olmert fellow.
Yes of course. I hope this finds you well.
The "split" that is being discussed are outlying Arab areas, originally Arab villages, that Jerusalem grew into. Abu Dis is included and that was ceded to the Palestinians by Ehud Barak in 1999 and was never within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries. What we are talking about is the area already outside the separation barrier. This is not the sort of division Ehud Barak proposed, which would have divided the Old City and Arab neighborhoods deep within Jerusalem. It is strictly what is already beyond the barrier.
Those who say Prime Minister Olmert will give up half of Jerusalem are quoting Kadima's opponents or their own fears, not anything than anyone within Kadima has proposed.
Ehud Olmert, when mayor of Jerusalem, was considered a Likud "hard liner" by the left. He challenged Ariel Sharon for party leadership and lost badly. He then allied himself with then Likud and opposition leader Sharon and the two became close. He adopted the idea of unilateral separation before Prime Minister Sharon did. He was Vice Premier under Prime Minister Sharon and became acting Prime Minister when Prime Minister Sharon suffered his second stroke.