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From Berlin to Jerusalem

RockinRickOwen Wrote: Jun 02, 2012 1:00 PM

The odd thing about this whole controversy is that in the original UN partition plan of 1948, WEST Jerusalem was supposed to be Jewish, albeit under the authority of the United Nations. In Pre-1967, West Jerusalem was Jewish, while the Old City and East Jerusalem were occupied by Jordan, a barbed wire, armed-for-war kind of occupation. So even both sides agreed to the pre-67 borders, and the return of all refugees (including the wannabes), the Knesset would still be in West Jerusalem, which would still be Jewish, and therefore Jerusalem would be still be the Israeli capital. So whose capital it is, what's to negotiate?

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traitorbill Wrote: Jun 02, 2012 4:01 PM

Israelis looking for peace with their enemies remind me of conservative Republicans always trying to find favor among the mainstream media. Aint gonna happen.

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From Berlin to Jerusalem

Editor's Note: This column was co-authored by Bob Morrison.

The Obama administration refuses, time and again, to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Victoria Nuland, speaking from the State Department, recently repeated over and over that the status of Jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations. Israel thus becomes the only country recognized by the U.S. that is not allowed to name its own capital. But the U.S. recognizes Germany’s capital. It’s Berlin. This is most curious.

The United States, in organizing the United Nations in 1945, required that only those nations that had declared war on Germany...

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