With respect to Peter Lageard's letter with regards to
Jerusalem, he should know that his idea has already been tried. The 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
proposed that Jerusalem became an international city owned by neither the new
Jewish or Arab States. The reason why
this plan didn't work is that the Palestinians rejected it, thus triggering the
1948 Israeli War of Independence. While
people have consistently pointed their fingers at successive Israeli leaders,
it is really Palestinian leaders that have failed the test of leadership. If a person with the charisma and foresight
of Nelson Mandela was ever born in Palestine, I am convinced that Palestinian
fortunes would of changed for the better long ago.
Regards
Zachary Barker
Bristol
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