Sweden: recognize eastern Jerusalem as Arab capital

Sweden proposes recognizing eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a “democratic” Palestinian Authority (P.A.), if it declared independence. Sweden did not suggest recognizing the rest of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Sweden would overturn existing agreements, and give the Arabs their immediate demands without having had to negotiate peace and still being in a state of war.



Some Israelis interpret this as a result of allowing the legitimacy of Jewish residency in Judea-Samaria to be denigrated. They advise Europe that such a move would demonstrate not being an honest broker (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ Arutz-7, 12/1).







I think that the connection alleged, for the issue of Jewish residency in Judea-Samaria, is that Israel’s appeasement in that area encouraged Sweden to press in more areas. Incidentally, a few years ago, population statistics confirmed that the majority in eastern Jerusalem are Jews. Jerusalem has had a Jewish majority for the past 150 years. Sweden would let the holiest Jewish sites fall into the hands of Muslims, who, when they control them, deny Jews access. Nor is the P.A. democratic, not only in Hamas, but in Judea-Samaria, where it is autocratic and more important, jihadist.



Europe has demonstrated its one-sidedness for some time. Israelis preferred deceiving themselves about the civilized world rescuing it rather than letting it be persecuted, just as Jews did during the Holocaust. (To see my piece on how European governments subvert Israel by subsidizing NGO, click here )



Sweden shows that the West’s goal is not some immediate issue, but the dismantlement of Israel into an indefensible rump. If there weren’t a Holocaust before, there would be after this. Then, undistracted by the Jewish state, the jihadists would pay more attention to Europe, already in an internal struggle by the growing Muslim population there. As the Muslim Arabs put it, “Today, Saturday’s people (the Jews), tomorrow, Sunday’s people (the Christians). Sweden’s long-term policy is suicidal, not ethical.

Source:examiner.com/