Thursday, June 1, 2006

Letter to The Washington Post

The Post called saying that they are considering this one for publication, too. It is not a guarantee that it will be published, but be on the look out – most likely on Saturday.



Dear Editor,

In the editorial, Israel’s Realignment [May 26, 2006], the Washington Post states that Israeli Prime Minister Olmert intends to keep Jerusalem intact “even though a previous Israeli government recognized that a peace settlement will require divided sovereignty in the city.” The previous Israeli government that the Post refers to, Ehud Barak’s government, did indeed offer to divide Jerusalem during negotiations with the Palestinian Arabs –but that doesn’t make it “required.” As history tells us, the Palestinian Arabs declined the deal making it null and void – so apparently, that wasn’t the ‘requirement’ that the Palestinian Arabs were looking for.

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