May 11, 2010
“The Israelis have no intention of ever again being prevented from living throughout the city as they were between 1948 and 1967 when, under Jordanian control, Jewish communities were ruthlessly and violently driven out of areas where they had lived for centuries. Israel has a very different perspective. To Israelis, there is no Jewish Western Jerusalem and Eastern Arab Jerusalem.”
—Mortimer Zuckerman, editor-in-chief, U.S. News and World Report, “On Israel, Obama Playing the Mideast Game Wrong,” April 23, 2010
  • “The State of Israel has given up. The [Palestinian] neighborhoods are outside the jurisdiction of the state, and certainly the municipality. For all practical purposes, they are Ramallah. … Outside the half delusional right wing camp, I don't know anyone who wants to enforce Israeli sovereignty over this area.”
    —Yakir Segev, holder of the East Jerusalem portfolio in the Jerusalem municipality, address, Hebrew University, January 8, 2010


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