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| Fayyad Proclaims Jerusalem Capital of Palestine |
| 2009-08-03 |
| [Arutz Sheva] (IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad proclaimed historic Jerusalem an Arab capital city in a speech given Saturday near Ramallah. Control of the city must be granted to a future PA state, he said. "The future of the national project and the future of a comprehensive peace in the region are both dependent on protecting Jerusalem, its status, its history, and Palestinian rights in the city," he declared. "East Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian statehood and the state's sovereignty over its capital must be complete," he added. Similar statements were made by senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat, who expressed fury Sunday over the implementation of a court order evicting two Arab families from Jewish-owned homes in Jerusalem where they had been squatting illegally for several years. "East Jerusalem is, and always will be, Palestinian," an angry Erekat said. Like Fayyad, he threatened that Israel's presence in the entire city of Jerusalem "threaten[s] the viability of a two-state solution." Erekat called on the international community to reject Jewish growth in historic Jerusalem, which he termed "a dangerous plan" to thwart Arab demands. "The international community must act decisively, in line with international law, against these Israeli measures... Nobody can say that they didn't see these outrageous actions coming," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |