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| Jordan's King warns Israel of Jerusalem red line |
| 2009-10-17 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Israel of "disastrous repercussions" if it crosses a "red line" on Jerusalem, in talks on Friday with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. "Jerusalem is a red line and any manipulation in this city would have disastrous repercussions on the security and stability of the region," he said, quoted in a palace statement. Abdullah urged the international community, especially the European Union, "to act firmly against any Israeli measures aimed at changing the identity of the Holy City of Jerusalem and threaten the places of worship." The fate of the Holy City, with sites sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims, is one of the most sensitive issues in the decades-old Middle East conflict. Israel captured east Jerusalem in 1967 and annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community. It considers the entire city to be its "eternal, indivisible" capital. The al-Aqsa compound, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as the Temple Mount, has often been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The Palestinians want to make eastern Jerusalem the city the capital of their promised state. They are angry over encroachment there by Jewish settlers while accusing the Israeli-run municipality of making it virtually impossible for them to get permits for new homes or extending existing ones. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The funny thing is that Jordan does apparently not recognize any 'red lines' when it comes to western freedom and sovereignty. They're engaging in a campaign of legal terrorism directed against individuals in the west who had the temerity to exercise their civil rights and their human rights (and this was in no way connected to Israel or the Middle East!). Western indulgence is not buying us good will, it is turning nominal allies into enemies as they see that anti-western aggression does not carry any sort of punishment. |
| Posted by: Glalet Theart7032 2009-10-17 17:35 |
| #1 For a puppet king of a puppet kingdom which only exists because of Anglophone whim and Israeli stupidity (Diasporan hangups), he has a big mouth. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-10-17 07:32 |