Natuurlijk moet een eventueel vredesplan ook door de Palestijnen worden goedgekeurd via een referendum, maar dat Israel dat ook wil dat mag natuurlijk niet. Israel moet gewoon onmiddelijk en zonder enige garanties uit de gehele Westoever, Oost Jeruzalem en de Golan vertrekken. Zolang dat de Palestijnse positie is, heeft praten eigenlijk weinig zin, maar ja, je moet toch wat.
De wet die bepaalt dat voor de terugtrekkning uit de Golan en Oost Jeruzalem een referendum nodig is, wordt door antizionisten algemeen als onaanvaardbaar bestempeld, en iemand twitterde dat de mensen die onder de bezetting leven ook mee moeten kunnen praten. Wel, in de Golan hebben Arabieren ook de Israelische nationaliteit, en in Oost Jeruzalem hebben ze die indertijd aangeboden gekregen maar geweigerd, maar uit diverse polls blijkt dat men in grote meerderheid bij Israel wil blijven. Dus ik snap het probleem niet helemaal. Als er een serieus vredesplan ligt en de PA zich als een serieuze vredespartner opstelt, dan is er een goede kans dat dit gewoon door het referendum komt. Maar zolang de PA doorgaat met de opruiing tegen Israel, iedere connectie van de Joden met de Klaagmuur, Jeruzalem en het land ontkennen en kaarten gebruikt waarin Israel niet bestaat, is dat vertrouwen er niet.
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The Jerusalem Post
Abbas: Referendum law is 'obstacle to peace'
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
11/24/2010 02:34
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=196522
PA president inaugurates PLO headquarters in Ramallah which will be "moved to J'lem in future"; Syria: referendum makes mockery of int'l law.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned as an obstacle to peace the new law requiring the approval of 80 MKs or a national referendum before any Israeli withdrawal from east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
"This law is aimed at placing obstacles in front of a peace settlement," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah, where he inaugurated a new headquarters for the PLO. "The Israelis are telling the world that they won't withdraw from Jerusalem and the Golan."
Abbas said that he was nevertheless not opposed to Israel holding a referendum after reaching agreement with the Palestinians and Arabs on a peace settlement.
"They [Israel] can ask their people about the settlement through a referendum," he said. "But when they talk about a referendum about this part or that part [of the land], this constitutes an obstacle to peace."
Abbas said that the PLO headquarters he inaugurated in Ramallah would move to Jerusalem in the future.
"All our national institutions are here temporarily," he said.
"In the future they will all be moved to Jerusalem, the capital of the independent Palestinian state."
Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat also condemned the new law. He said that in accordance with international law, Israel must pull out not only from east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, but the entire territories it captured in 1967.
"It's inconceivable to condition ending the occupation on any referendum," Erekat said.
The Palestinians rejected any attempt by Israel to use its democracy as an excuse to deny the Palestinians their rights, he said.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the Knesset's decision to approve the National Referendum Law, which would require either a Knesset super-majority or a national referendum in order to hand over any territories to which Israeli law applies.
"The Knesset's decision to pass the bill makes a mockery of international law. The international community considers east Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights to be occupied territories," a Syrian Foreign Ministry announcement read.
The law is designed for "those still under the illusion that the Israeli government is interested in peace," the ministry said.
Abbas: Referendum law is 'obstacle to peace'
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
11/24/2010 02:34
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=196522
PA president inaugurates PLO headquarters in Ramallah which will be "moved to J'lem in future"; Syria: referendum makes mockery of int'l law.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned as an obstacle to peace the new law requiring the approval of 80 MKs or a national referendum before any Israeli withdrawal from east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
"This law is aimed at placing obstacles in front of a peace settlement," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah, where he inaugurated a new headquarters for the PLO. "The Israelis are telling the world that they won't withdraw from Jerusalem and the Golan."
Abbas said that he was nevertheless not opposed to Israel holding a referendum after reaching agreement with the Palestinians and Arabs on a peace settlement.
"They [Israel] can ask their people about the settlement through a referendum," he said. "But when they talk about a referendum about this part or that part [of the land], this constitutes an obstacle to peace."
Abbas said that the PLO headquarters he inaugurated in Ramallah would move to Jerusalem in the future.
"All our national institutions are here temporarily," he said.
"In the future they will all be moved to Jerusalem, the capital of the independent Palestinian state."
Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat also condemned the new law. He said that in accordance with international law, Israel must pull out not only from east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, but the entire territories it captured in 1967.
"It's inconceivable to condition ending the occupation on any referendum," Erekat said.
The Palestinians rejected any attempt by Israel to use its democracy as an excuse to deny the Palestinians their rights, he said.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the Knesset's decision to approve the National Referendum Law, which would require either a Knesset super-majority or a national referendum in order to hand over any territories to which Israeli law applies.
"The Knesset's decision to pass the bill makes a mockery of international law. The international community considers east Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights to be occupied territories," a Syrian Foreign Ministry announcement read.
The law is designed for "those still under the illusion that the Israeli government is interested in peace," the ministry said.
Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.
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