Saturday, October 04, 2008

Two Pal. Nos On Jerusalem

No negotiations and no signing.

"The Palestinian Authority will not negotiate, and will not sign any agreement with Israel that does not include Jerusalem," said lead negotiator Ahmed Qureia this week.

Palestinian news agency Maan quoted Qureia as saying the above during a meeting with the leader of the Islamic Movement in northern Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah. The controversial sheikh provided Qureia at the meeting with a number of Israeli documents and maps he alleges contain proof of Israel's plans for Judaizing the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount by establishing synagogues along the perimeter of the Western Wall.


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"The Palestinian people reject the harming of their local holy places - both the Muslim and the Christian - in Jerusalem, and see this as a crossing of red lines and creation of a reality on the ground in an attempt to create precedents which would preclude the results of the negotiations on a final status agreement," Queria said.

During the meeting, Salah expressed his support for the activities of the Palestinian leadership with regards to safe-guarding the Al-Aksa mosque, and urged reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas in order to face "the challenges and dangers which threaten" the mosque.


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Please let me know if anyone criticizes this quite negative view of peace especially after Ehud Olmert said:

...the eastern, predominantly Arab, sector had to be yielded “with special solutions” for the holy sites.


P.S. And you did notice the collaboration between two Pals., one "in" Israel and the other "out" of Israel. Classic Pal. pincer movement.

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