Sonchild (19 Feb 2008)
"Jerusalem is Being Handed Over Now Netanyahu Says"


 
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is secretly carving up Jerusalem, Israeli opposition and Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu said. ~ He accused the Olmert governor of planning to "effectively cede all the territory" up to the 1967 boundary lines [between Israel and the West Bank -- "with minor corrections, including Jerusalem." "The prime minister said...we will not hand out Jerusalem until everything is complete, which means we will surrender Jerusalem after we surrender everything else," Netanyahu told visiting American Jewish leaders. "But in fact Jerusalem is being handed over now." Nethanyahu and other have warned that a divided Jerusalem would bring terrorists into the city - putting them within easy attack range of Israeli population centers. Netanyahu noted that senior Palestinian officials have said that Jerusalem is being discussed and that Israel is willing to give up the eastern part of the city. "No, the Jewish people have not given up on unified Jerusalem. The government has given up on it," he said, adding that the will of the people will prevail. Olmert said on Sunday that the Palestinians agreed to delay discussion of Jerusalem until other issues are resolved. But top Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat denied on Monday that talks on any issue were being postponed. Erekat said the "core issues are inseparable." Olmert was meeting against with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday.