Thursday, August 14, 2008

Olmert Criticized from the Left

Ehud Olmert's plan (here), is being criticized from the left and I also would like to know the answer's to Gershon Baskin's questions:-

Absent from the plan is any mention of Jerusalem. The report does not mention if the total land area in question include the Jerusalem area. In the past, Israel played with the percentages of land to be withdrawn from by excluding the greater Jerusalem area from the map. It is quite clear to me that the negotiators have been discussing Jerusalem, however, internal Israeli domestic politics do not allow for admitting that Jerusalem is on the table. Of course without Jerusalem, there is no possibility of a deal. Did Olmert already agree to Palestinian or Muslim sovereignty over Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount?

Or have Olmert and Abbas agreed to deposit the sovereignty over the Holy place to God? Will Palestinians have sovereignty over the Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem including within the Old City (as the Clinton parameters proposed?). Without answering these questions there is no peace treaty, no end of conflict and no change in the status quo.

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