21-07-2009, 03:23 AM
Yes, it looks like Obama is making a stand on the Moskowitz project so it's a line in the sand for Israel and the US. It's a good call by Obama, imo. He can see what Israel is trying to do. It's being used as a trojan horse to jewify the Arab sector of the city.
The problem for Obama is that, with typical arrogance, Israel doesn't accept the right of the UN, US or anyone else to have a say in what should happen in Jerusalem. They ignore the fact that the original partition plan passed by the UN General Assembly in 1947 recognised the city as one of religious significance to both Jews and Arabs, and thus to be administered by the UN. Freedom of worship and movement etc. was the utopian ideal. Israel was granted their homeland by UN resolution but have virtually ignored all UN resolutions since then.
It's easy to wise after the fact, but Ben-Gurion was making speeches as far back as the 1930's claiming that the proposed Jewish state would never accept joint governance.
Judging by the blogs in the JP and other Israeli newspapers, the people of Israel are almost as fanatical as Netanyahu and his colleagues, so I can't see Israel backing down. The ball's in Obama's court now. What a horrible mess he has inherited.
The problem for Obama is that, with typical arrogance, Israel doesn't accept the right of the UN, US or anyone else to have a say in what should happen in Jerusalem. They ignore the fact that the original partition plan passed by the UN General Assembly in 1947 recognised the city as one of religious significance to both Jews and Arabs, and thus to be administered by the UN. Freedom of worship and movement etc. was the utopian ideal. Israel was granted their homeland by UN resolution but have virtually ignored all UN resolutions since then.
It's easy to wise after the fact, but Ben-Gurion was making speeches as far back as the 1930's claiming that the proposed Jewish state would never accept joint governance.
Judging by the blogs in the JP and other Israeli newspapers, the people of Israel are almost as fanatical as Netanyahu and his colleagues, so I can't see Israel backing down. The ball's in Obama's court now. What a horrible mess he has inherited.