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Jerusalem News-749
Jerusalem News-749
Date 26th March 2008, 19th Adar-2 5768
Contents:
1. U.S. to Assist Egypt in Plugging
Smuggling Holes on Gaza Border
2. State of Israel History in Maps
3. US ambassador: Jews will just have to leave Jerusalem
1. U.S. to Assist Egypt in Plugging
Smuggling Holes on Gaza Border
The Media Line,
http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/news/article.php?id=2488
2. State of Israel History in Maps
http://www.unitedjerusalem.com/HISTORICAL_PERSPECTIVES/Maps_and_History/maps_and_history.asp
Brit-Am Comment: Not bad.
3. US ambassador: Jews will just have to
leave Jerusalem
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=15485
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
US Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones suggested during a tour of overcrowded
Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem on Monday that many Jews will just have to
move out of the capital rather than expand into parts of the city claimed by the
Palestinians.
Jones told said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Washington
is growing increasingly displeased with Jewish housing projects on the eastern
side of Jerusalem, which are certain to hinder efforts to conclude a peace deal
along the lines of US President George W. Bush's vision for the region.
The American envoy said he is well aware of the lack of Jewish housing in
Jerusalem, but in a remark betraying a lack of understanding regarding Jewish
historical and spiritual connection to the city Jones concluded that "sometimes
people do have to move to a different location. They cannot always stay close to
their families."
He insisted that more important than the Jews' restoration to their biblical
capital and heartland is Israel's implementation of commitments made as part of
the US-driven Road Map peace process, even if unreciprocated by the
Palestinians.
Jones ended the interview by all but justifying the Palestinian Authority's
ongoing failure to meet its primary obligations to curb anti-Israel violence and
incitement by stating that "it is not easy for either side to move ahead when
they see the provocative behavior of the other side."
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