Palestinian resentment for Barak's campaign to exclude Jerusalem from permanent settlement
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 9/16/1999

The Palestinian Authority expressed its resentment toward the declarations made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak regarding the future of occupied Jerusalem and the intensive campaign he is launching to exclude it from the permanent settlement with the Palestinians.

Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Shaath expressed the PA's extreme annoyance over Barak's visit to Maalia Adomim settlement in East Jerusalem, which is established on confiscated Palestinian lands, and his confirmation of his commitment and joining it to Israel in any permanent settlement with the Palestinians.

In his speech to a group of settlers in Maalia Adomim on Tuesday, Barak said, "You will remain a part of the Israeli state in any permanent settlement, and we will not remove a settlement comprising 125,000 citizens."

Barak's statements coincided with a series of procedures and declarations by Israeli officials aimed at excluding Jerusalem from final status talks.

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