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Israel to UN: What about Israel's Contiguity?
(Ynet News) Yitzhak Benhorin - Responding to criticism by European countries at the UN of construction plans in Jerusalem neighborhoods, Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor said: "This week, Assad began to use Scud missiles to escalate the mass murder of his people, Syrian jet fighters bombed a mosque in a refugee camp killing dozens of Palestinians, and a giant Hizbullah arms warehouse exploded 300 meters from a school in a densely populated village in southern Lebanon." "Among all the pressing issues in the Middle East, what was singled out as the most urgent at this podium? Surprise, surprise...early plans to build homes in the Jewish people's ancient capital of Jerusalem." Prosor stressed that all new construction announced by the Israeli government will take place in Jerusalem and in settlement blocs that will be part of Israel in any future peace agreement with the Palestinians. "I can't understand how people conclude that a Palestinian state cannot exist if there is contiguity between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem. These are the same people who stand up and speak about a contiguous state between Gaza and the West Bank, areas divided by more than 60 km. And these same people don't seem to mind that connecting Gaza and the West Bank would cut Israel in two." Prosor then held up a large map of the area and asked, "What about Israel's contiguity? What about Jewish contiguity?"