Sharon 'plans to share Jerusalem with Palestinians'

[Thom Little]

Ariel Sharon was forced on to the defensive yesterday after Binyamin Netanyahu accused him and his new party, Kadima, of planning to give up part of Jerusalem in a future peace deal with the Palestinians.

Mr Sharon denied a report in Newsweek which said he was willing to give 90% of the West Bank to the Palestinians and compromise on Jerusalem in return for peace. According to the article, Mr Sharon's opinion poll expert, Kalman Gayer, said the Israeli prime minister would "in theory" accept "a compromise on Jerusalem, in exchange for peace".

Mr Sharon rejected his aide's remarks as "senseless and absurd", adding: "The entire united Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel forever." However Jerusalem is already a divided city with two languages, two peoples and little mixing between them.

But Mr Netanyahu, prospective leader of the Likud party that Mr Sharon left, was quick to emphasise the ideological divisions in the new party. He said: "The cat is out of the bag. Sharon's aides are revealing what he is trying to hide but everyone already knows Sharon will divide Jerusalem and bring the Palestinians back to the 1967 borders."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1667709,00.html

[Violet_Crumble]

1. Anyone claiming Sharon wants peace is fooling themselves...

Or they're of the opinion that peace will come from Israel taking what it wants and leaving the Palestinians with the dregs of what's left: "Mr Sharon rejected his aide's remarks as "senseless and absurd", adding: "The entire united Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel forever." "

Violet...

[Spinzonner]

2. Well, there's the old "Only Nixon Could Go to China"

way of looking at it

[pelsar]

3. exactly...

only the "right" can implement the "lefts" plans.....

the "divide" jerusalem is pure politics as it brings out base emotions, used by netanyaho against peres before.....nothing more than that.

[Violet_Crumble]

4. In this case the plan is to keep occupied East Jerusalem...

And anyone who has a plan like that is not interested in any sort of peace that would bring a fair resolution to the conflict....

Violet...

[Lilith Velkor]

5. Bibi Fuckinyahoo is grandstanding, of course

"...everyone already knows Sharon will divide Jerusalem and bring the Palestinians back to the 1967 borders."

Oh, if only.

[Darranar]

6. Both Sharon and Peretz have made very clear their intentions

to keep a united Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Sharon has already declared that not only will he keep Jerusalem but also the major settlement blocs surrounding it, and the Jordan Valley for "security purposes." This with nullifying the Right of Return. All without serious multilateral negotiation.

A great peace-maker, indeed.