News: Sharon to divide Jerusalem?
Posted on Monday, December 19 @ 19:38:22 PST by Virgil |
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JERUSALEM – Just days after a principle adviser to Ariel Sharon told the media the Israeli prime minister will divide Jerusalem if he wins in upcoming elections, a senior minister and close Sharon ally today refused to answer whether she would support relinquishing parts of the holy city to the Palestinians.
The statements follow the lauding by several senior dovish Israeli lawmakers and Palestinian leaders of Kadima, Sharon's newly formed political party, as Israel's "best chance" at creating a Palestinian state in Gaza, Judea and Samaria and the eastern sections of Jerusalem.
"My parents' friends demand that I promise to say there won't be a Palestinian state and that I promise to fight and prevent its establishment, but I'm not saying it," said Justice Minister Tzipi Livni at a community gathering earlier today.
Livni then refused to respond to a question posed to her by a reporter for Israel's Haaretz daily about whether she would support splitting Jerusalem to create a Palestinian state.
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