Freedom Lawyers of America

"Kadima revealed some details of its vision of a divided Jerusalem yesterday, saying a future Palestinian state would include the East Jerusalem neighborhood of A-Tur, but not the Old City. 'The Old City, Mount Scopus, the Mount of Olives, the City of David, Sheikh Jarra will remain in our hands, but Kafr Akeb, A-Ram, Shuafat, Hizma, A-Zaim, A-Tur, Abu Dis are not part of historic Jerusalem, and in the future, when the Palestinian state is established, they will become its capital,' said Otniel Schneller, a former leader of the Yesha Council of settlements who represented Kadima at a debate on dividing Jerusalem. The debate was held at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. The Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad also spoke in favor of dividing Jerusalem, while the Likud, National Union-National Religious Party and Shas rejected the notion. Only 10 years have passed since the Likud said Shimon Peres would divide Jerusalem, but yesterday's discussion showed that in the political discourse of the 2006 elections, the division of Jerusalem is no longer taboo." (03/24/06) http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/697519.html