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.