Wednesday, September 1, 2010

(NEWS) Barak: Israel May Divide Jerusalem, Internationalize Holy Basin

"Defense Minister Ehud Barak says it is likely that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will agree to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinian Authority.

Barak told the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz in an interview published Wednesday that he believes the best chance for peace lies in a peace deal in which all the Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem would be handed over to the PA in order to create a capital for a new Arab country.

'If Netanyahu leads a process, a significant number of rightist ministers will stand with him,' he told the newspaper. 'So what is needed is courage to make historic, painful decisions. I'm not saying that there is certainty for success, but there is a chance. This chance must be exploited to the fullest.'"












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