Monday, December 21, 2009

Ayalon: EU won't cut our ties with Jerusalem

From Ynet News 19 December 2009, by Roni Sofer:




























Catherine Ashton, EU's new minister for foreign affairs

Jerusalem continues to be at heart of dispute between Israel, European Union...

Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign affairs chief, referred to the Israeli capital as "occupied territory" at a speech given earlier this week, prompting Ayalon to state that "just as the Romans failed to severe Israel's ties with Jerusalem, so will the EU's and UN's diplomats."

Saturday's comment by Ayalon also addressed the prospects of the Swedish initiative – declaring east Jerusalem the capital of the future Palestinian state – coming to pass despite the motion's rejection by Israel.

"If any unilateral decisions are made it would be crossing a red line and Israel will no longer be obligated by any post–Oslo deals," he said. Israel will also see such a move "as legitimizing unilateral moves on its part."

As for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Ayalon said that "... [Abbas is] not really interested in peace.... He is trying to blame Israel for his refusal to progress towards peace...." ...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

that woman is ugly in more ways than one

Anonymous said...

Ms. Ashton has absolutely NO business, interfering in Israeli State affairs. She should focus her energies, dismantling the UGLY currents of anti-semitism now being adopted by European nations.

She has no credibility, nor any common sense, her intellectual dishonest is deeply UGLY.

Anonymous said...

...she's UGLY herself...