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BBC News - EU: Jerusalem should be capital of two states

European Union ministers have called for Jerusalem to serve as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state as part of a negotiated peace.

The foreign ministers dropped an earlier reference stating explicitly that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian state.

Palestinians welcomed the statement. Israel said it contained "nothing new".

Jerusalem's status is one of the most sensitive and complex issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"If there is to be a genuine peace, a way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of two states," the statement from EU foreign minsters said.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Dec 8th, 2009 at 03:06:28 PM EST
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The EU have to define what a Palestinian state would comprise to be a realistic separate state. Right now, Israel have no intention of allowing any such entity to come into existence which is an unsustainable policy cos sooner or later they're gonna come up against an end stop of nowhere for the displaced people to go.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Dec 8th, 2009 at 04:40:53 PM EST
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... cos sooner or later they're gonna come up against an end stop of nowhere for the displaced people to go.

Simple solution: Kill them all off if they won't leave voluntarily.  Show me the data that proves that this is not the unofficial policy being pursued.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Dec 9th, 2009 at 06:05:57 AM EST
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It's certainly the inevitable result of current policy. I imagine the Israelis would say that the displaced people can go elsewhere and it is a matter of complete indifference to them where that is, so long as it is not west of the Jordan. That this policy is not credible and that many would consider it murderous is not their problem as they see it.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Dec 9th, 2009 at 06:27:24 AM EST
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That this policy is not credible ...

Why so?  People Do die; proven fact.  In fact, I think the super-wealthy are looking at the Israeli/Palestinian "situation" as a dry run for what they'll want to do with ALL of the world's poor.

And good morning.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Dec 9th, 2009 at 06:42:53 AM EST
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