The State of Israel and Jerusalem

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I propose the agreement of a two state solution with an Israeli withdrawal on the basis of 67 lines. The Jewish city should remain the capital of the state of Israel as it is. What you say is that the two the city of Jerusalem shall be shared by two different countries. I don't know in the history of mankind that the citizens of one city were citizens of two separate countries. That's what you propose. This is unrealistic. This is absolutely imaginary.

Many of Israel's supporters, including Donald Trump, claim Jerusalem should be recognised as the country's capital city. After all, it has been the Jewish people's spiritual capital for millennia. But will recognising Jerusalem be the death blow for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Arguing in favour of the motion "The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital" were Ehud Omert, former Israeli Prime Minister; and Natasha Hausdorff, barrister at Six Pump Court Chambers and a director of the NGO ‘UK Lawyers for Israel’. Against them were former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer Ghada Karmi. The debate was chaired by Emily Maitlis, presenter of BBC Newsnight and one of the UK's best known broadcasters.

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