Europe Says Jerusalem Should Be a Two-State Capital
The European Union on December 8 adopted a resolution that for the first time explicitly calls for Jerusalem to become the future capital of both a Palestinian state and Israel. Backing away at the last minute from a more controversial Swedish proposal to officially call for the division of Jerusalem, the EU endorsed a watered-down declaration that states: “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 original proposal drafted by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, a well-known pro-Palestinian activist whose country currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, had called for the creation of a “State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.” Israeli officials, angry over EU efforts to prejudge the outcome of issues reserved for permanent status negotiations, persuaded French diplomats to remove the offending text, as well as other references to a Palestinian state that would comprise “the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”
Israel has always maintained that Jerusalem will remain its undivided capital, regardless of any future peace settlement with the Palestinians. This has been the declared policy of all Israeli governments, left or right.
The EU statement, which comes just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a 10-month freeze on construction in West Bank settlements, will be viewed by many as a European attempt to preempt any possible resumption of Middle East peace talks by helping the Palestinians improve their negotiating position vis-à-vis Israel.
Although the 27-member EU has limited clout as a diplomatic player in the Arab-Israel conflict, the EU is the biggest donor of financial assistance to Palestinian Authority, which has been accused of diverting the money to promote terror against Israel. The EU statement, which is predictably one-sided, could end up disincentivizing a new round of negotiations. Indeed, Palestinians may well be emboldened by the EU’s tacit acceptance of their key positions and be led to believe that if they hold out longer, the EU will support them on other core issues as well.
The EU resolution is overwhelmingly supportive of Palestinian statehood. For example, paragraph 3 of the EU text states:
The EU stands ready to further develop its bilateral relations with the Palestinian Authority reflecting shared interests, including in the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy. Recalling the Berlin declaration, the Council also reiterates its support for negotiations leading to Palestinian statehood, all efforts and steps to that end and its readiness, when appropriate, to recognize a Palestinian state. It will continue to assist Palestinian statebuilding, including through its CSDP [EU Common Security and Defense Policy] missions and within the Quartet. The EU fully supports the implementation of the Palestinian Authority’s Government Plan “Palestine, Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” as an important contribution to this end and will work for enhanced international support for this plan.
The EU doesn’t matter. They have little military power, NO Moral authority and so long as Russia has a grip on their gas supplies, no Economic power. What will the EU do? Stop buying Israeli Oranges? Whoopie!
Anyone with the intellect of a drunk fruit fly knows that sanctions don’t work. Look at Cuba, N. Korea or Iran for evidence. The only reason Russia hasn’t rolled to the Atlantic is the USA. Without America, NATO is toothless.
The only thing the EU has going is two(2) UNSC permanent seats. Considering that the UN has less power then the EU, that isn’t much.
No, Israel will make soothing sounds to the EU then go ahead and do what they want.
…..and if that came to be then the EU would say the Isrealis had to leave Jerusalem. The EU has become so afraid of Arabs and Muslims that they will say and do anything to curry favor.
Europe is a perfect example of what happens to people when they submit themselves to gov`n control. They talk big against the U.S. but are mostly a frightened continent. Had it not been for NATO and the U.S. backing their military play since WWII they would not exist today.
Well, the Swedes helped the authors of the first Holocaust, so why not those of the second?
Israel cannot sanely permit the palestinians to form a national state because the announced goal of the palestinians is to destroy Israel. Jerusalem has been the capitol of the hebrew state for over 3,000 years. The arabs are the interlopers-trespassers. They belong east of the Jordan.
To establish a security border, Israel must control the west bank in its entirety, gaza, and not permit an armed enemy, sworn to Israel’s destruction, to share a border with Israel.
Those palestinian arabs need to become egyptians, syrians or jordanians, and to stop trying to steal israeli lands.
” He said Israel should desist from trying to divide the EU, which he insists is a “cohesive and clear force” on global issues, including the Middle East.”
– wow, flashback… for a second, I thought we had gone back to talking about global warming.
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So – what’s the alternative to giving the palestinians a state? 3 million people just keep living in legal limbo?
Sounds great. Just the sort of thing america stands for.
Jerusalem should be a two-state Capital? Yeah, look how well it’s working for Londonistan.
In Jerusalem on the Temple Mount lives the soldiers of Allah with their leader Mohammad who with his pale horse ascended to heaven and descended with sword brandished. They stand above looking down on the Jewish People wailing at the wall. This is as it should be for according to the book of Mohammad. Dividing Jerusalem in half for Allah and half for YHWH is just like the story we learned about in the Good Book with the two women who wanted a child, one willing to chop it in half rather than give the child over to it’s mother.
Not only will the EU call for the division of Jerusalem, but the United Nations voice will become louder and louder, calling for the division also. Then we will surely know that desolation has come into the Land of Israel, when the Holy City is permanently in the hands of the one who causes desolation and his people who call for wiping Israel and the Jewish People from the face of the earth.
Ramallah is perfectly fine to be a capital. The same reason a kid wants a toy another kid is playing with is the reason the palis want Jerusalem as its ‘capital’. Mentality of a bunch of 4 year olds, and govern like it too.
Mr/Ms. Soeren Kern: the reason you are syaing this is beacuse of your hatred af Muslims and blacks like the rest of the people here…
East Jerusalam should be and will be the capital of plastinian sooner or later.. you can moan and groan all you want and it is not going to change things.
The solution to this problem is very very simple Untited States Air Force. we should ask the Israeli government to move beyond the 1967 boders if not we should send our might air force and bomb the hell of the settlements.. Just a reminder everone here who is claiming to be pro israel once they walk out of here they are anti Jews.. the are pro Israel because of their hatred for Muslims and that is it…
If only the pallies could kill all those dastardly jews they could get what they want. Or they could stop the killing and invest in them selves and peace…..
“So – what’s the alternative to giving the palestinians a state? 3 million people just keep living in legal limbo?”
According to the UN (1947, resolution 181) Jordan is the home of the Arabs living in Israel;
http://israel-un.mfa.gov.il/israel-and-the-un/history/history
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“On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its historic resolution 181 that endorsed the creation of a Jewish State in then-British Mandate Palestine.”
Please note that Palestine WAS NOT a Nation/State. It was a British administrative district established after the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) was broken up post WW1. Here is a URL to a list of the documents created by various diplomats and politicians regarding the Palestine Mandate and the creation of Israel;
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/concepts/british.html
Neither the Arabs or the Jews have been very interested in settling this issue by anything other then force. The current terrorist tactics the Arabs use on the Jews AND the rest of the world were taught them first hand by the Jews. I think the Arabs are mostly at fault since they had the opportunity to destroy Israel without firing a shot and choose to start a conventional war instead. Several of them, in fact.
If the Arabs had agreed to any of the White papers (especially the ’38 one AKA the Peel Commission)Israel would be a strip mall and Deli on the road between Damascus and Cairo. The heavily armed, militant Israel of today was created by Arab attempts to destroy it. Attempts that NEVER had a chance to succeed. Muslims make lousy soldiers. They have sucked at war for the last 1000 years or so.
If you read the last link I posted, you will see that MANY attempts were made to create a two (2) state solution. They all failed because neither party wants to share. Jews and Arabs don’t play well together.
The Brits were tired of both sides , so the conned the USA into taking over the problem. Truman was President and needed to get elected. So he sold out the Arabs to the Jewish lobby and the serious wars started.
Meanwhile, at no point did the Brits, the UN or anybody else envision a separate nation called Palestine. The various plans after ’33 called for the Arabs in the Mandate to relocate to Trans-Jordan ( across the river Jordan, renamed Jordan in the early 50′s, I think.). The Jews liked this one because it gave them all of Ancient Israel, which none of the other plans did. When the Jews counterattcked in ’67 and ’73, they went up to those borders and stopped. Please note that the IDF stopped because they wanted to, not because the Arabs made them.
I think the E U should pay attention at what is going on in their own countries, I assure you that you are closer at having two state rule than Israeli ever will be.
#7 So – what’s the alternative to giving the palestinians a state? 3 million people just keep living in legal limbo?================ Why don’t the Pals enter one of those nearby Islamic Paradises illegally and then demand amnesty? The Pals had their chance in 1948 when the UN defined a Palestinian state along with the Jewesh State. Life’s a bitch and then you die.
#11 mr, what are you smoking?
Paul, doesn’t matter, it’s illegal in Indiana.
Paul # 16.. I am going to smoke a cigar in a few minutes. What I said was just for fun……
#17 you said right on the money…..
#11 mr
“the reason you are syaing this is beacuse of your hatred af Muslims and blacks like the rest of the people here…”
mr you’re using the same line on these people that you used on me. Frankly I’m offended. Please reserve this description for me and me only.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, why does your son hate you so much? After all he joined the US armed forces to kill your people. What exactly did you do to him?
Why do you insist on using “blacks” with the term Muslims? In reality its only you we hate.
if you met me in person you would defenitley change your mind… I am nor sure who my people are.. I guess the whole world.. unlike you I do not pick and choose race religion or color…. I will be very happy and proud of him if he took a few Al Qeda and even more Talinans out. now do you see where I come from.. what do you do for living? work in Burger King?
The solution to this problem is very very simple Untited States Air Force. we should ask the Israeli government to move beyond the 1967 boders if not we should send our might air force and bomb the hell of the settlements….
Your attitude is probably very common at foggy bottom in Washington – especially under this pig, Obama. Right now, Netanyahu is a paid whore for the States – as is Ehud Barak and Tzipora Livni. Tel Aviv pimps would be overjoyed to have such whores who stayed bought like Netanyahu, Barak and Livni.
If the American air force came in to bomb us here in Samaria, our air force would respond. They would ignore the American whores in Jerusalem. Plenty of American planes would go down in flames. And I? If I lived to see this, I would fall on my knees and thank the Living G-d of Israel every single time an American plane fell burning to the ground in Samaria. I’d be overjoyed to see the Lion of Judah unleashed at last against its worst enemies. Old and sick as I am, I’d volunteer to go on missions to destroy American targets in this country and teach the arrogant Jew-haters in America that Jewish blood comes at a high price.
By the way, mr:
All of my neighbors would be overjoyed to fight the Americans – especially those born in the United States.
And I used to manage a Burger King. That is how I know what kind of pigs eat at the American Burger Kings.
ruvy: woo hoo!!! Lots af anger here!!! what is that about?
first of all we don’t like our president(s) to be called a pig. that is just not right…. I guess there are politics every where… look here simpleton: how many planes you have? everything you have we give it to you!! I did not know Israelis built thier own planes? what do the have single engine jets!!!?? look sonny: what I said was a meant as a joke and nothing else.. but while we are at it we do not need to send our air force there… we can have the Israeli government buckle in a month if we wanted to do.. stop giving you money/stop sharing intelegence with you/ publicly critisizing you/ re call our ambasoder.. see it is very simple. you need to and you will go back to 1967 borders.. you can moan and groan all you want it is going to happen…. it is really cold here in new york today.. by the way did I tell you I only date Jewish women and I am a muslim… go figure
First of all, your president is a pig. To be specific, under his black skin he is the worst kind of pig – a white élitist who barely hides his hauteur, and thinks that most of you Americans are trash.
As for your blustering about how you could make us buckle, wise up and grow up. Your money is nothing but Monopoly money that nobody wants. The governor of our Central Bank does you a favor by buying the trash you call money. We should dump all of your funds and buy gold. And sit on it, using it as the reserve for the shekel.
Go ahead – recall your ambasssador. Keep the scum home. Stop sharing your intelligence with us, for what little it is worth. Apply all the pressure you fools think you can. After about a month, the American whores who form our government will fall, and be overthrown. A real government will come to power, as government of Jews who don’t care what you fools think. And then we’ll do what is necessary to clean up the mess you fools have left in the region.
Oh, and when we’re done here, we should blow up the White House and the State Department – just for a joke….