Jerusalem in Peril

FrontPage Magazine: “Irrespective of official communiqués, the future of Jerusalem is a major issue in the current secret negotiations between Israel’s PM Olmert and Abu Mazen, president of the PA. The extent of Olmert’s far reaching incipient concessions must be so outrageous that he has not disclosed them even to his own cabinet or even to the leadership of the Kadima party. It is well known, however, that previous leftist Israeli governments, including those under PMs Rabin, Peres and Barak entertained the idea of conceding the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem to “Palestinian” Arab sovereignty, allowing the incipient “Palestinian State” to establish their capital in the Arab sector of a divided Jerusalem. Israeli advocates of a divided Jerusalem believe that this would achieve the desired peace with the Arabs, since Jerusalem is a great importance to them. “