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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/half-recognition-for-half-a-city/
Australia's Partial Recognition of Jerusalem Is Partially Welcome
(Israel Hayom) Yaakov Ahimeir - I am not particularly enthusiastic about Australia's recognition of "west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel" while its embassy remains in Tel Aviv. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's recognition of half of Jerusalem means that Australia has decided, even before negotiations with the Palestinians, that "east Jerusalem" will be the capital of a Palestinian state. This is a unilateralist, premature, determination which should have been withheld until the sides properly negotiate the matter. On the matter of Jerusalem, Israel should insist on the united city principle, under one sovereign country and beholden to one law enforced equally in both parts of the city. The writer is a senior Israeli journalist.