Abbas eist voormalig niemandsland op

100% van de Westelijke Jordaanoever en de gehele oude stad van Jeruzalem is niet genoeg voor de Palestijnen, aldus president Abbas.

Hij eist nu ook alle niemandsland van voor de Zesdaagse Oorlog op. Dit zou ondermeer betekenen dat een stukje van de weg van Tel Aviv naar Jeruzalem op Palestijns grondgebied zou komen te liggen. Op deze weg, de belangrijkste verbinding tussen Jeruzalem en de rest van Israël, werden in 1948 Joodse konvooien zo veelvuldig aangevallen, dat zij onbegaanbaar werd en water en voedsel Jeruzalem niet meer konden bereiken. Pas in juni 1948 werd met de zogenaamde 'Burma Road', een alternatieve route vanuit het zuiden, de blokkade opgeheven.

Wat zal Abbas' volgende eis zijn?

 

 

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Abbas stakes land claim
Date: 10 / 10 / 2007  Time:  14:50
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Bethlehem - Ma'an - In an unprecedented move Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday stipulated the amount of land required for a future Palestinian state.

Abbas called for a complete Israeli withdrawal from land occupied after the 1967 Six-Day War.

Abbas' demands were made in the midst of ongoing talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiation teams as they attempt to formulate a joint statement in advance of the US-sponsored autumn peace summit in November.

Abbas made his declarations during an interview with Palestine TV and stated that the Palestinians require a future state on 6,205 square kilometers of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

"We have 6,205 square kilometers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip," said Abbas. "We want it as it is."

According to leaked documents of the Palestinian negotiation team, the Palestinian land demands include areas which were considered no-man's land before the Six-Day War.

Abbas emphasized that his land claim is reinforced by United Nations Resolutions.

Abbas also said that it is imperative that the joint statement being composed by the negotiation teams addresses six major issues.

"The international conference must include the six major issues that are Jerusalem, refugees, borders, settlements, water and security," said Abbas.