Former NRP chairman and current National Union
MK Effie Eitam sharply attacked Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu, saying
the former prime minister will not stand up against Jerusalem’s division.
National Union MKs toured the Maaleh Adumim
region Monday. The MKs inspected areas surrounding
Jerusalem where Arab construction is being carried out illegally using funds
from the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia.
“Jerusalem is being divided, with the consent of
Sharon and Peres and the
illegal construction will leave Jerusalem surrounded by a fence, with a wall
down the middle and surrounded by fire,” MK Effie Eitam said, “and
Netanyahu won’t stop it if it is up to him.”
MK Effie Eitam told Arutz-7 that Jerusalem is already being divided in the
field. “I am very concerned that if there is not, alongside Netanyahu, a
bloc of right-wing Jewish parties, the connection between the nation and its
land will become only a slogan for him. And we have already seen where how far
the Likud can deteriorate.”
Notably, Netanyahu’s campaign slogan in 1996 was
‘Peres will divide Jerusalem.’ Following a report in Newsweek
quoting one of Sharon’s campaign advisors saying Jerusalem would have to be
partitioned, Netanyahu has repeatedly implied that Sharon would implement such
a move following elections.
Sharon has denied such intentions.
Eitam said the Likud does not understand that its political strength is tied
with its adherence to clear right-wing principles. He said that such ambiguity
has caused the party’s support to decline to a mere fifteen mandates
projected for the Likud in the coming elections.
BUT
LOOK....what the Lord says about Jerusalem....AFTER judgment: Zech 2:4-5
NLT
The
other angel said, "Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will
someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many
will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will
be safe. For I, myself,
will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the
glory inside the city!'
"