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Exposed: Secret talks to carve up Israel, again Clandestine bargaining hastens Palestinian state
Israel and the Palestinian Authority are negotiating indirectly via the U.S., Jordan and Egypt to outline a future Palestinian state that would encompass Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Middle East security and diplomatic officials told WND.
Popular perception has it that talks between Israel and the PA are stalled over a Palestinian demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extend a 10-month West Bank settlement freeze to include Jewish communities in eastern Jerusalem.
Just yesterday, Netanyahu's office released a statement declaring the prime minister would "never" cede control of united Jerusalem nor retreat to the 1967 borders, referring to an evacuation of the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. The statement came after Egypt's foreign minister said in Cairo last week Netanyahu was ready to discuss making "Arab Jerusalem" the capital of a Palestinian state.
According to Middle East security and diplomatic officials, however, Netanyahu's statement may be misleading unless he meant he would not retreat to the exact 1967 lines. Those officials, from Egypt, Jordan, the PA and Israel, told WND in separate interviews over the course of the last few weeks that Israel is in advanced stages of outlining a future Palestinian state that would encompass most of the West Bank. Also Jerusalem is being discussed between Israel and members of the Obama administration, the officials said.
To point out the advanced levels of the current talks, a PA official told WND that a visit next week by President Obama's national security adviser, Jim Jones, will center around security arrangements for a future Palestinian state in the West Bank.
The arrangements may include a contingent of Jordanian troops in the strategic territory as well as private Palestinian firms and international soldiers participating in the patrol of the Palestinian side of a future border, the official said.
Regarding international forces, one Jordanian security source said there are "very serious talks about bringing international forces to the borders between the West Bank and Israel, especially the Jordan Valley, where the Israelis would have security guarantees from an international force working in collaboration with the Palestinians."
Officially, White House spokesman Mike Hammer said that in his consultations, Jones "will discuss the full range of regional challenges and opportunities at this critical time in the Middle East."
According to the Middle East security officials, Netanyahu agreed in principal to establish a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders – the Gaza Strip, West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. However, Israel would retain what are known as major settlement blocks, including Ariel, Gush Etzion and Maale Adumim.
The officials said the formula, established under Netanyahu's predecessor, Ehud Olmert, would call for a 100 percent territorial exchange, meaning that any West Bank Jewish communities retained by Israel would be compensated to the PA using other land, such as territory in the Israeli Negev alongside the Gaza Strip.
Status of Jerusalem up for talks
With regard to Jerusalem, talks between the U.S. and Israel are in the infancy stages.
The officials from the Obama administration most publicly identified with brokering Israeli-Palestinian talks include Jones and Obama's envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, George Mitchell. However, WND has learned Dennis Ross, an Obama foreign policy adviser who served as Mideast envoy to the Clinton administration, is actively engaged in brokering a deal regarding Jerusalem.
Israeli diplomatic sources said Ross wants to use the formula established under the Clinton administration that would see Jewish sections of Jerusalem becoming Israeli while areas largely inhabited by Arabs would become Palestinian. About 100,000 Arabs live illegally on Jewish-owned land in Jerusalem. WND
You need to go to this link and read the entire article from WND. Whether this story is completely true or not is to be seen, but a reminder fact about the last major evacuation from Israeli land (Gaza) was brought to light that leads me to believe it is at least possible. WND pointed out that former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon came to power on the promise that he would never withdraw from the Gaza Strip. As we all know, in 2005, he broke his promise and pulled all Israeli settlements out of Gaza.
In the past, Israeli leaders have denied that talks were being held in secret only to later admit certain lands, plans, and arrangements were in serious negotiations...including the fate of Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated time and again that Jerusalem will always be Israel's undivided capital, but is this just a cover-up to satisfy the masses in Israel?
According to WND sources, the status of Jerusalem is still in the beginning stages of negotiations, but portions of it will eventually become the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Make no mistake, as far as the Bible is concerned a peace accord will come to pass (Daniel 9:27) that will include the status of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:2-3). The Bible further goes on to say, during this time, that Jerusalem would become a burdensome stone to the world, but even though the whole world comes against it, God would eventually cut them to pieces.
I will continue to keep you up to date on the supposed
"secret talks". If indeed, the report is true that the
negotiations toward establishing a Palestinian state are at an advanced stage we
should hear something publicly in the coming months. But if the
"secret" talks do breakdown, it will be as if they never took place.
Are you ready to meet the Lord? If not, your time is running
out!
Terry Malone
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