Abbas rejects Egyptian offer to settle refugees in Sinai

[Shaktimaan]

95. RoR and Jerusalem...

Were supposedly the reasons Arafat abandoned the 2000 talks. Both carry equal weight IMO.

You want to know my personal views on EJ? Ok... I think that it should be a shared capital, with a clear division between sovereignty for each state. Ideally, I'd like to see Israel retain control of the old city, including the al aqsa mosque, while Palestine gets the rest. The only reason I'd prefer Israel to control the old city is bc it's only been under Israeli control that all three religions have had open access to the plethora of religious sites there. I'd like to see the mosque complex continue to be administered by a waqf to mitigate inter-religious strife as much as possible. Both sides of Jerusalem could then officially be granted capital status by the international community allowing both Israelis and Palestinians to share a city for diplomatic purposes; granting free access to both sides for diplomats, while encouraging dialogue between them and the greater diplomatic world at large.

So... What do you think?