It is the policies of the Netanyahu government regarding settlements in the occupied territories and the deliberate freezing of the peace process that are causing Israel's increasing isolation in the world. Last week it was Robin Cook's turn to be denounced as an anti-Semite. Tomorrow, when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrives in Israel, he will no doubt also be denounced. The time has come to speak the truth about Jerusalem. Sooner or later, Israel and the Palestinians are going to have to reach agreement regarding this divided city.
Agreement means compromise.
The Palestinians will have to give something up, and Israel is going to have to give something up. All the blabber about Jerusalem being the undivided, eternal capital of the Jewish state, with the Palestinians putting their capital somewhere else is pure nonsense.