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...fact, explaining that Har Homa is the final stage of an attempt to surround the city "with a ring of primarily Jewish neighborhoods." This cutting off of Jerusalem from surrounding Palestinian areas is precisely the kind of attempt to pre-empt the status of the city that the Oslo accords were framed to avoid. The status of the city is to be decided. Israel has already made its decision...
...being crushed by their erstwhile, trusted leader. However, Levitin's touting of Israeli democracy is more problematical. Israel has historically been vastly more "murderous" than the Palestinians, in terms of numbers of civilians killed. These killings continue, as the families of the 200 Palestinian civilians killed since the Oslo agreement will attest. And democracy? Vast tracts of "public" land in Israel are owned by the Jewish National Fund, whose assets exist to benefit "persons of Jewish religion, race or origin." The Jewish Agency, which has a similar mandate, controls much of the development budget: through a variety of legal ruses...
...Palestinians are hungry again," complains Levitin. Indeed they are. Palestinians in the Gaza strip are hungrier now than they were before Oslo. The deliberate and systematic de-development of Gaza continues apace, resulting in a fall in living standards and income since 'peace'. Palestinians are hungry: for statehood, rights, jobs, security and, in many cases, food...
Levitin is correct when he flexes his legal expertise on the Oslo accords by noting that the building on Har Homa does not violate the literal word of the agreement. However, the accords do state that Jerusalem will be on the agenda of the final status negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel; Israel has agreed that status of Jerusalem is left for bi-lateral negotiations...
...states?" The link to Hussein, Levy insisted, is clear: "Recent declarations created a psychological atmosphere that could lead to such tragic acts." Stewart observes: %2 2Given the growing crisis surrounding the peace process, today's tragedy can only emphasize the urgency of moving swiftly and decisively to implement the Oslo Accords, something Netanyahu has been reluctant to do. It may well be that today's incid ent was the work of a lone gunman, but lone gunmen on both sides are symptomatic of the deep emotions that surround almost every Israeli-Palestinian issue...