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Give us a State and the Juice can stay
RAMALLAH: Ahmed Qorei, the head of Palestinian negotiating team with Israel, said that Jewish occupiers could live under Palestinian law and can become Palestinian citizens.(Former US Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice told me she understood our position about Ariel but that Maaleh Adumim (an Israeli settlement in part of the West Bank that would become part of a Palestinian state) was a different matter, Qorei said in an interview yesterday with the Israeli daily Haaretz. I told her, and (former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi) Livni, that those residents of Maaleh Adumim or Ariel who would rather stay in their homes could live under Palestinian rule and law, just like the Israeli Arabs who live among you. They could hold Palestinian and Israeli nationalities. If they want it welcome, Qorei said when asked if Israel would agree to evacuate Maaleh Adumims 35,000 occupiers. Israeli settlements in the heart of the territories would be a recipe for problems. Israel evacuated all the settlements in Yamit and in the Gaza Strip. All the prime ministers who negotiated with Syria, including Netanyahu, agreed to evacuate all the settlements from (the Golan) Heights. So why is it so difficult for you to evacuate the settlements in the West Bank? Qorei added that negotiating the annexation of Ariel to Israel is a waste of time. Maaleh Adumim and Givat Zeev must also be part of Palestine. Any agreement must guarantee our territorial contiguity; leave historical sites in our hands, especially Jerusalem, as well as natural resources, especially water. Posted by: classer 2009-05-27 |
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