Sunday, September 20, 2009

Let's Ask Erekat

And another attempt at textual deconstruction:

...Palestinian leaders say the sources of the frustration could not be clearer — Israel’s refusal to freeze settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in keeping with earlier commitments and its insistence on holding peace talks without agreeing to deal with the key issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

“Without a settlement freeze or an agreement to talk about the core issues, there is no point in starting the negotiations,” Saeb Erekat, the top Palestinian negotiator, who is also going to New York, said by telephone. “Ask Mr. Netanyahu if he is willing to negotiate on Jerusalem and on refugees. He refuses. And we all know that if he ever accepted, he would lose his governing coalition.”

Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition is largely right-wing and pro-settlement
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Who made those "earlier commitments" to "deal with the key issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees"?

And instead of asking "Mr. Netanyahu if he is willing to negotiate on Jerusalem and on refugees", let's ask Erekat if he is willing to discuss, say, sharing the Temple Mount compound for religious services of Islam and Judaism.

Anyone want to guess the reaction?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Jew from Boston, MA here and I love your blog. Excellent writing and a great perspective.

Would appreciate a blog roll swap.

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rob fletcher said...

Well, what will this conclude then??? I hope it will be something positive and constructive for our country as well.