Eugene Kontorovich (Teaches constitutional and international law at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois): "There is no serious question that Jerusalem is as much part of Israel as Ashkelon or Beersheba. American presidents know that. They simply wish to avoid the threatened wrath of the Muslim world that would come from formally acknowledging Israeli sovereignty. The Jerusalem policy has nothing to do with questions of Palestinian statehood, occupied territory, or the other issues linked to Israel’s victory in the Six Day War, as the administration does not recognize Israeli sovereignty over “pre-’67” Jerusalem either. Secretary of State John Kerry is currently shepherding a diplomatic process aimed at securing negotiations that would commit Israel to return “back” to the 1949 Armistice Line, or the 1967 borders, as they are known. Yet the Jerusalem issue shows that the US never even fully recognized Israel’s sovereign rights within those lines."
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 20:59:16 +0000
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