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Related: About this forumPalestinian prime minister pays rare visit to Temple Mount
At the Dome of the Rock, Rami Hamdallah says there won't be 'a Palestinian state without East Jerusalem as its capital.'By Jack Khoury and The Associated Press | Oct. 27, 2014 | 9:32 PM
The Palestinian prime minister has paid a rare visit to a key Jerusalem holy site in a bid to bolster Palestinian claims to the area.
Rami Hamdallah's visit to the Dome of the Rock on Monday came at a time of rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
The shrine, located in Jerusalem's Old City, is located on the Temple Mount, a hilltop compound revered by Jews and Muslims. It The Palestinian prime minister has paid a rare visit to a key Jerusalem holy site in a bid to bolster Palestinian claims to the area.
Rami Hamdallah's visit to the Dome of the Rock on Monday came at a time of rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.623074
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Palestinian prime minister pays rare visit to Temple Mount (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Oct 2014
OP
Abbas urges U.S.: Intervene before Jerusalem violence spirals out of control
Jefferson23
Oct 2014
#1
One side has an advisory ruling in their favor, one has enormously powerful friends...we'll see.
Jefferson23
Oct 2014
#3
Israeli PMs come and go while pressure from the outside world grows and grows.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2014
#5
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)1. Abbas urges U.S.: Intervene before Jerusalem violence spirals out of control
Palestinian president warns against Israeli attempts to change status quo at Temple Mount.
By Jack Khoury 04:17 27.10.14
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned the U.S. on Sunday against a deterioration of the situation in Jerusalem, saying it was liable to spiral out of control if the Israeli government continued its current policies, particularly the attempts to change the status quo in the Temple Mount.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.622914
By Jack Khoury 04:17 27.10.14
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned the U.S. on Sunday against a deterioration of the situation in Jerusalem, saying it was liable to spiral out of control if the Israeli government continued its current policies, particularly the attempts to change the status quo in the Temple Mount.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.622914
oberliner
(58,724 posts)2. Not exactly a flexible position to take
Especially in light of the fact that the Israeli PM says there won't be a Palestinian state with E Jerusalem as its capital.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. One side has an advisory ruling in their favor, one has enormously powerful friends...we'll see.
King_David
(14,851 posts)4. The only thing that is 100% sure
Is that both sides are not going to get everything that they want
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)6. Even enormously powerful friends can read the writing on the wall.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)5. Israeli PMs come and go while pressure from the outside world grows and grows.
BDS.
King_David
(14,851 posts)7. True
Because israeli prime ministers are elected, palestinian elections are one man one vote one time.