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Commentary;
This author keeps harkening back to that old adage, “the Arabs never miss a chance to miss an opportunity.” As with Ehud Barak, Arafat and Clinton at Camp David in 2000, will the Arabs, by their denial of Israel’s Jewish nature and other fundamental points, again save the Jews from the evil schemes of agendized anti-Jewish Israeli leaders?
Just as a point of information; Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the PLO stated; “no state in the world connects its national identity to a religious identity.”
But wait! Aren’t there more than 55 countries that make up the Organization of the Islamic Conference,, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and 22 members of the Arab League all of whom, in fact, do connect their national identities to a religious identity — ISLAM? The above nations were cited with their religious identity in a recent, enlightening Boston Globe editorial by Jeff Jacoby.
Also, it is very interesting that these leftist hypocrites appear to cling to Israel’s religious identity while at the same time desperately seeking to eradicate all Jewish roots, history and content from the minds and hearts of dumbed-down Israelis. For why else would any self-respecting sovereign nation involve itself in the sham of Annapolis?
Will the Arabs force Olmert, Barak, Livni, Ramon, etc. out from behind the bogus guise of “American pressure?” Will the true Leftist Israeli agenda of Annapolis be exposed to daylight; the divestation and divorce of Israelis from from anything Jewish? MB
Erekat: Palestinians Will Not Accept Israel as ‘Jewish State’, by Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
Excerpts;
Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization, rejected on Monday the government’s demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
In an interview with Israel Radio, Erekat said that “no state in the world connects its national identity to a religious identity.”
Also Monday, dozens of prominent Palestinian residents of Jerusalem published an appeal to the Abbas, asking him not to make concessions to Israel over the holy city in the upcoming talks.
The full-page newspaper ad, signed by 108 prominent Jerusalemites, including top Christian and Muslim leaders, did not make specific demands. However, the signatories asked Abbas not to negotiate a deal that would “violate our national rights.”
“Israel should return all of east Jerusalem, the area it captured in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed to its capital,” said signatory Adnan Hussein, an adviser to Abbas on Jerusalem affairs.
Earlier Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the starting point for all negotiations with the Palestinians will be the “recognition of Israel as a state for the Jewish people,
This recognition is meant to bolster Israel’s position that rejects the return of Palestinian refugees to areas inside the Green Line – the border before the 1967 Six-Day War.
“We won’t hold negotiations on our existence as a Jewish state, this is a launching point for all negotiations,” Olmert said.
Olmert also confirmed at Monday’s meeting that talks with the Palestinians were proceeding in a new direction, toward negotiations over a final-status deal, despite the fact that the first stage of the U.S.-backed road map had not been implemented.
The first stage of the road map calls on the Palestinians to dismantle terror groups. The sides had agreed recently that talks would proceed according to the document.
Is Israel a Jewish State?, by Jeff Jacoby (Boston Globe — Editorial)
Erekat: ‘Difficult’ Meeting, No Joint Document Yet
Excerpts;
While recognizing the right of Israel to exist, Erekat said: “The Palestinians won’t accept Israel as a Jewish state.”
Prime Minister Olmert’s spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, declined to comment directly on Erekat’s remarks, but said that recognition of Israel’s identity was key to any peace process. “This is not something that is up for discussion. It is a basic creed of the State of Israel,” she said. “Our country is a Jewish democratic state. We expect to be recognized as such by any country that would expect to have a peace treaty with us.”
Avigdor Lieberman: PA Must Recognize Israel as a Jewish State, By Mazal Mualem (Haaretz)