From http://www2.haaretz.co.il/special/summit-e/e/282283.asp }}>Begin Tuesday, July 25, 2000 Churches seek int'l pledge on Jerusalem By Joseph Algazy The heads of three churches - Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox - met yesterday with representatives of the Palestinian Authority and said they want international guarantees on the future of Jerusalem. The meeting was held at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The delegation was led by the Latin Patriarch, Michel Sabah. The Palestinian side consisted of Faisal Husseini, who holds the Jerusalem portfolio for the Palestine Liberation Organization; Ziyad Abu Zayad, who holds the same portfolio in the PA; Ahmed Hashem Zraiyer, chairman of the Jerusalem committee in the PA's Legislative Council (parliament); and Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. The clerics expressed their opposition to the idea of putting the Christian Quarter under Palestinian sovereignty while the Armenian Quarter remained under Jewish sovereignty. They reiterated their proposal that Jerusalem be granted a special status, backed by international guarantees, that would ensure freedom of access to the holy places of all three monotheistic religions and freedom of worship to all believers. The Palestinians said they too were opposed to the idea of splitting the two quarters. "The Christian churches and the Palestinians are in one camp as regards the future of Jerusalem," Abu Zayad said after the meeting. A Palestinian source said yesterday that the "Palestinian street" is divided over the proposals put forward by the churches. Supporters say that the idea of international guarantees is consistent with the joint statement issued by the Vatican and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the eve of Pope John Paul's visit to the Holy Land last March. However, opponents of the idea say the churches' proposals could hurt Arafat's bargaining position at Camp David. They added that they were surprised by the churches' request to be part of the Camp David negotiations. End<{{ A<>E<>R Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The libertarian therefore considers one of his prime educational tasks is to spread the demystification and desanctification of the State among its hapless subjects. His task is to demonstrate repeatedly and in depth that not only the emperor but even the "democratic" State has no clothes; that all governments subsist by exploitive rule over the public; and that such rule is the reverse of objective necessity. He strives to show that the existence of taxation and the State necessarily sets up a class division between the exploiting rulers and the exploited ruled. He seeks to show that the task of the court intellectuals who have always supported the State has ever been to weave mystification in order to induce the public to accept State rule and that these intellectuals obtain, in return, a share in the power and pelf extracted by the rulers from their deluded subjects. [[For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, Murray N. Rothbard, Fox & Wilkes, 1973, 1978, p. 25]] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
