In an expected move, European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday voted to accept “international law” and declare Jerusalem a joint capital of both Israel and Palestine, adding this must be accomplished through negotiations, not by a unilateral PA (Palestinian Authority) declaration of statehood.

Sadly, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated he was pleased with the EU announcement, which he views as moderate since they are demanding core issues that divide the sides, Israel and the PA, must be resolved at the negotiating table and not by unilateral declaration.

In essence, the acceptance and promotion of the “two-state solution” by Israeli leaders has sent a clear message to the nations of the world that Israel expects to compromise sovereignty over portions of her capital to present it to the forming terrorist entity, a state of Palestine.

The EU and others are basically following Israel’s lead, a nation whose leaders lack the religiosity, faith and backbone to cling to their national heritage, the Torah, exhibiting the need to adhere to international dictate at the expense of Eretz HaKodesh and national security interests.

Following the EU’s announcement, supporting the division of Jerusalem, Foreign Ministry officials boasted their success, explaining they were engaged in intensive lobbying efforts behind the scene towards the release of a moderate statement, which is how they interpret the support for the division of Yerushalayim. It would appear that adding the clause that Israel must agree to the division is intended to be somewhat of a consoling element of this unacceptable position.

The Prime Minister’s Office on the other hand released a message that Jerusalem is “profoundly disappointed” with Sweden’s role as rotating president of the EU, pointing out Sweden’s obvious bias favoring the PA cause at Israel’s expense.

The EU made its position clear, that it will not recognize any change regarding the pre-1967 Six Day War boundaries, which means the EU does not recognize the Kosel, Har HaBayis, Ramat Eshkol, N’vei Yaakov, and many other areas of the capital as legitimately under Israeli sovereignty, but as “occupied”. This would also apply to Yehuda, Shomron, Golan Heights and Jordan Valley areas too.

Once again, following Israel’s lead, with leaders who lack Jewish pride, unwilling to annex Yehuda and Shomron during the past decades, always referring to areas liberated in the eastern capital as “East Jerusalem”, highlighting the difference between those areas and West Jerusalem or “Jewish Jerusalem” as many Israelis perceive them.

The EU calls to avoid “provocative actions”, expressing serious concern over the tense situation in “East Jerusalem,” referring to ongoing efforts to expand the Jewish presence in areas such as Shimon HaTzaddik and other Arab occupied neighborhoods of the Jewish capital.

“I don’t really understand why Israel does not accept that Palestine consists of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem,” Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told journalists. “The Israelis have a right to live in Israel; the Palestinians have a right to live in Palestine.”

Unfortunately, many Israeli leaders would agree with the foreign minister’s statement.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)