Haaretz: Kadima's views on solving the issue Jerusalem
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 4/4/2006

Haaretz had reported on March 23 on views about a solution to the city of Jerusalem with the Palestinians that the Kadima party which had recently on the elections that "'Kadima revealed some details of its vision of a divided Jerusalem yesterday, saying a future Palestinian state would include the East Jerusalem neighborhood of A-Tur, but not the Old City. The Old City, Mount Scopus, the Mount of Olives, the City of David, Sheikh Jarra will remain in our hands, but Kafr Akeb, A-Ram, Shuafat, Hizma, A-Zaim, A-Tur, Abu Dis are not part of historic Jerusalem, and in the future, when the Palestinian state is established, they will become its capital,' said Otniel Schneller, a former leader of the Yesha Council of settlements who represented Kadima at a debate on dividing Jerusalem. The debate was held at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies."

Haaretz added that The Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad, who lost the election, also had spoken "in favor of dividing Jerusalem, while the Likud, National Union-National Religious Party and Shas rejected the notion," and that the "division of Jerusalem is no longer taboo."

Haaretz said "Kadima distinguishes between the historic city - ancient Jerusalem and the adjoining neighborhoods - and the many Arab neighborhoods that are far from the traditional core of the city and "were never part of Jerusalem. Kadima supports 'separation between us and the Palestinians who don't live in the heart of Jerusalem,' he said, adding that there would be no concessions on sites that are sacred to Jews."

The Haaretz spoke of different views of those who would like to see the city devided and those who wants to keep it united.

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