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Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
Yahoo News ^ | 5/20/2012 | AMY TEIBEL

Posted on 05/20/2012 11:32:18 AM PDT by Former Fetus

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.

The comments, made as Israel marked the 45th anniversary of capturing east Jerusalem, were nearly unprecedented for a mainstream Israeli leader and put Olmert at odds with his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu. Celebrating Israel's control of Jerusalem, Netanyahu declared his government was committed to keeping the entire city Israel's undivided capital.

"No Israeli government since 1967 has done even a smidgen of what was needed in order to unify the city in practical terms. That is a tragedy that is going to lead us, for want of another choice, to making inevitable political concessions," Olmert told the Maariv daily.

Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and immediately annexed the area, home to sensitive Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites as well as a large Arab population. The Palestinians hope to make east Jerusalem the capital of an independent state including the neighboring West Bank and Gaza Strip.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bible; israel; jerusalem; jerusalemday; jerusalempartitioned; lastdays; prophecy
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I know, I should not read garbage like this. I clicked on the link curious to see which former PM had said such a thing and then I just couldn't help myself and read the whole article. What a disgrace, especially on Yom Yerushalayim!
1 posted on 05/20/2012 11:32:26 AM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: Former Fetus

He needs to be quiet. The last Israeli PM that gave up land to the PA followed that with a stroke. Just sayin’


2 posted on 05/20/2012 11:36:25 AM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Former Fetus

the world has never and will never seen peace with the Arabs


3 posted on 05/20/2012 11:38:33 AM PDT by jrd (DO AWAY WITH THE EPA)
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To: Former Fetus

May I be the first to ask WTF is wrong with him?

Here are my first memories of Israel (aside from a brief awareness of the 6 day war). It came from hearing Catholic people talk about visiting the Holy Land. They had no complaints.

Now think about this, Christian people everywhere, do you think that will be the case should Muslims be granted hegemony over Jerusalem? You think you’ll just be going over there for a visit, a tour, a pilgrimage?

No, no you won’t. You’ll be burkha clad at best, kept out most likely, and tortured and killed at worst.

Sure, maybe that’s a little hyperbole, but I suggest we all wait and see how next year’s and the year after’s Egyptian tourist season is going.

Sign me: Not optimistic on any of this.


4 posted on 05/20/2012 11:40:09 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: nolongerademocrat

That’s right! The Lord does not take kindly to people dividing His land! (Joel 3:2)


5 posted on 05/20/2012 11:46:54 AM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus

I’m in Nahariya, five miles from the border with Lebanon. At least 4 fighter jets just flew over my hotel, coming from the north-east direction (Lebanon/Syria/Jordan). Just an exercise, or....???


6 posted on 05/20/2012 11:47:40 AM PDT by onehipdad (A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.)
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To: Former Fetus

I knew it was Olmert before I clicked on the link, but checked out the article just to be sure. And lo...


7 posted on 05/20/2012 11:47:49 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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Of course this is YAHOO NEWS. Like Ohlmert has any credibility.

Bibi soundly defeated him and has now allied the rest of Israels leaders around himself to protect Israel.

Ohlmert has ALWAYS been an appeaser, real men like Bibi make him nervous.

8 posted on 05/20/2012 11:47:52 AM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: Former Fetus

Perfect example of why Olmert is a was.


9 posted on 05/20/2012 11:51:22 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: onehipdad

Did that scare you just a little bit?


10 posted on 05/20/2012 11:53:55 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: onehipdad

Did that scare you just a little bit?


11 posted on 05/20/2012 11:54:11 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: basil

Nah, but my wife is freaking out back in Oregon.


12 posted on 05/20/2012 12:01:05 PM PDT by onehipdad (A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.)
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To: Former Fetus

I assume Olmert has a house, or two? Israelis should “visit” those homes tonight and express what they think of his treasonous utterances. If there is anything left but ashes in the morning they should be ashamed.


13 posted on 05/20/2012 12:01:52 PM PDT by montag813 (No Amnesty - Enforce the Law! http://www.StandWithArizona.com)
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To: Former Fetus

Ehud Olmert: Hebrew for “Jimmy Carter.”


14 posted on 05/20/2012 12:04:34 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: onehipdad

I would have been right there with her—LOL!


15 posted on 05/20/2012 12:07:50 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Former Fetus

Not only that I highly doubt Jesus will rule from a divided city. He mentioned something about a house divided.


16 posted on 05/20/2012 12:10:00 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Former Fetus

Not only that I highly doubt Jesus will rule from a divided city. He mentioned something about a house divided.


17 posted on 05/20/2012 12:10:36 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: basil

Must’ve been a trainer, nothing on the local news about it.


18 posted on 05/20/2012 12:12:01 PM PDT by onehipdad (A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.)
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To: bjorn14

He won’t rule a divided world, the whole earth will be His kingdom.


19 posted on 05/20/2012 12:13:15 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus

In a word, “UNIFIED”! Accept no substitutes.

You always get one guy on your team that makes the outlandish comments of your enemy seem less unreasoned. Boot guys like that from your team.


20 posted on 05/20/2012 12:19:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Okay, now lets see if the RNC, Rove, and Card can get him elected without their core base. Game on!)
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