Olmert Offers Judea, Samaria, Divides J'lem in Draft Accord

by Gil Ronen
 

(IsraelNN.com)

Israel's government has agreed, in writing, to hand over 6,250 square
kilometers of land – the equivalent of its entire biblical and
strategic heartland - to an Arab terror state. So reports Dr. Guy
Bechor, a leading expert on Arab affairs, who also supplies some of
the details of the negotiations.

Bechor reports, based on "leaks from the Palestinian side," that
Israel has, in the past few days, presented Palestinian Authority
chairman Mahmoud Abbas at least one draft of an "agreement of
principles."

The agreement calls for a state named Palestine to be established
alongside Israel, and have a territory of 6,250 square kilometers:
the equivalent of all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
"Palestine" will be demilitarized.

Most of the Jewish communities built in Judea and Samaria over the
past 40 years are to demolished and their inhabitants expelled,
according to the plan. The remaining communities are to be
concentrated in small salients for which the Arab state will be
compensated with additional territory elsewhere in present-day
Israel.

A passage of some sort will connect Gaza and Judea and Samaria. It
will be under Jewish sovereignty and Palestinian administration.

Israel agrees to redivide Jerusalem. Arab neighborhoods will be under
Arab sovereignty and Jewish ones under Jewish sovereignty. Mention is
made of "religious areas," but further details are not known as of
yet. Each side will recognize the other's spiritual needs.

The "refugee" question is not mentioned at all, and Bechor reports
that this is the main sticking point. Abbas is insisting that Arabs
descended from those who fled Israel in 1948 be allowed to return to
Israel, at least in principle.

Bechor says that Abbas and his men have gone over the draft and are
not pleased; they know how to negotiate, he notes.
In a recent interview with PA TV, Abbas said that "declarations of
principles are a waste of time" and "useless."
What the PA wants, he said, is a clear timetable for establishing
Palestine, as well as an Israeli pullback, demolition of Jewish
communities and "return of refugees" (i.e., the flooding of Israel
with Arab citizens).

The Arabs are hoping Israel will become more pliable in November,
when an international diplomatic conference, sponsored by the US, is
to be held in an attempt to hammer out an accord.

An official close to Mahmoud Abbas, Mustafa Bargouti, said that the
idea of a conference is "an Israeli trap" and that nothing will come
of it.

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Ezekiel 35 thru 39

Ezekiel 35 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
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Ezekiel 35
A Prophecy Against Edom
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it 3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste. 4 I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 " 'Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go. 8 I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines. 9 I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 " 'Because you have said, "These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them," even though I the LORD was there, 11 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you. 12 Then you will know that I the LORD have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, "They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour." 13 You boasted against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it. 14 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15 Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, O Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.' "