Told you so.... Everything revolves around the issue of (East) Jerusalem --all the rest is trifle....
Wednesday, October 09, 2002 Cheshvan 3, 5763
Settlement tightens the noose on Jerusalem
By Amira Hass
haaretzdaily.com
Excerpt:
According to the document, the Jerusalem metropolitan area that is now coming into being - through a network of outer and inner roads, outer and inner separation fences, the route of the light railway system and an accelerated wave of construction that is linking together Israeli settlements - will extend over an area of 440 square kilometers, of which only 25 percent lie in West Jerusalem, with the remainder in territory occupied in 1967.
This construction, which links Israeli settlements to Jerusalem, blocks the development options of the future capital of the promised Palestinian state, cuts off Palestinian settlements from one another and from East Jerusalem, and ensures continued Israeli control in widespread areas of the West Bank, through Israel's control of the roads.
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The Israeli Neo-Templars don't miss a trick, eh? Their encirclement tactics will preclude the Palestinians from winning the demographic contest in Jerusalem... unless Iran puts a gun on Israel's neck. |
