Know More About Palestine



Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010 6:55 PM (EST+7)
Syria "totally rejects" new Israeli referendum bill


Read more: Syria, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, National Referendum Bill, Netanyahu, Erekat, Abbas, Syria, Zahalka

RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (JMCC) - The Syrian Foreign Ministry has totally rejected the new Israeli bill which would bring any withdrawal from the Golan Heights or East Jerusalem to a public vote. The bill effectively creates another obstacle for Palestinian statehood: any new land-for-peace deal could be jettisoned by Israeli voters.

Conceived by Israeli President Benyamin Netanyahu and passed Monday by a 65-33 vote in Knesset, the National Referendum Bill was called by Saeb Erekat an Israeli attempt to veil its oppression of the Palestinian people as an exercise of Israeli democracy.

Echoing statements made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Erekat, and Israeli Knesset member Jamal Zahalka, the Syrian ministry announced: 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.

The two Arab leaders were not the only ones to criticize the bill; Defense Minister Ehud Barak said it would likely be used by Israel's enemies as proof that it is averse to advancing the Middle East peace process.

A Palestinian state is in Israel's clear interest, Barak said. This [law] won't do anybody any good. We must get pass the obstacle of settlement freeze, because is a weak point for Israel that cannot be explained to the world.

Read more at Haaretz...
WHAT'S NEW


BACKGROUND


POLLS


WAYS TO GET JMCC


CONTACT US


Subscribe

Al-Madaris St. (same building as
MBC and al-Arabiya studios)
First Floor, Al-Bireh
PO Box 4045, Ramallah
PO Box 25047, Jerusalem 97300
Phone: ++972-2-297-6555
Fax: ++972-2-297-6555
Log in to My JMCC
Email
Password
 or Sign Up
Forgot your password?Close
 My JMCC
Front Page
My Comments Photo of the Day
Calendar Hot Spot(for journalists)
Audio of the Day Video of the Day
Most Popular Historical Timeline
Noticeboard Blogs
My Tags Help Desk
  
User Info
First Name
Last Name
Email
My Tags 
I am a
After signing up,you will receive
an automatically
generated password in your
email.
Close
Recover Password
Submit Your Email
 or Sign Up
Close