Comments on: Status of Jerusalem http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/08/status-of-jerusalem/ Understanding politics from the left, right, and center Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/08/status-of-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Jeff Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:25:51 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2962#comment-1598 "Can a divided city ever function properly? . . . Can such outsiders ever implement or even produce a peace agreement, or is it something that Israelis and Palestinians can only reach on their own?" Methinks not. On details: The EU prudently avoided talk of a divided Jerusalem, going so far, as you point out, as only to state the obvious: "S'il doit y avoir une paix réelle, il est nécessaire de trouver par la négociation un moyen de résoudre le statut de Jérusalem comme future capitale de deux Etats" (http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2009/12/08/les-europeens-appellent-a-une-negociation-sur-le-statut-de-jerusalem_1277874_3218.html#ens_id=1228030 ) Palestinians needn't recognize Israel as a Jewish state – after all, no-one else has, and Israelis themselves are divided on the point. “Can a divided city ever function properly? … Can such outsiders ever implement or even produce a peace agreement, or is it something that Israelis and Palestinians can only reach on their own?”

Methinks not.

On details:

The EU prudently avoided talk of a divided Jerusalem, going so far, as you point out, as only to state the obvious: “S’il doit y avoir une paix réelle, il est nécessaire de trouver par la négociation un moyen de résoudre le statut de Jérusalem comme future capitale de deux Etats” (http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2009/12/08/les-europeens-appellent-a-une-negociation-sur-le-statut-de-jerusalem_1277874_3218.html#ens_id=1228030 )

Palestinians needn’t recognize Israel as a Jewish state – after all, no-one else has, and Israelis themselves are divided on the point.

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