Israeli Plan Intensifies Palestinian Anger
251 views · Published 19 June 2009 · 3:45 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered many Palestinians in his recent speech when he proclaimed Israel's intentions to keep Jerusalem as the united capital of the Jewish state. The Palestinians claim the eastern part of the city as the capital of their future state, but Israeli plans to annex lands east of the city, in the occupied West Bank, could pre-empt that possibility. VOA correspondent Luis Ramirez reports on one facet of the fight over Jerusalem.
