Battle for Jerusalem

Looking at the map of Jerusalem provided by the Jerusalem Post See it here, I'm reminded of a board upon which is played a strategy war game. If so, they would probably call it, Battle for Jerusalem.

According to this report Read about it here, the movable game pieces are Palestinian homes, Jewish settlements and security barriers. There are three players -- the Israelis, the Palestinians and the international community.

The goal is to see which side, the Israelis or the Palestinians, can most occupy the Old City part of Jerusalem before the game is declared over by the international community. And, to throw a wild card into the game, the goal of the international community is to push the Israeli side back to their 1967 border line.

This brings us to another intriguing article Read about it here. It turns out EU diplomats in East Jerusalem filed a report to the EU presidency for the purpose of not only exposing the game, but to help the Palestinian side win. Normally, there would be nothing unusual about this action. Everyone knows that the EU is part of the international community that wants to see the Israeli side pushed back to their 1967 border line. What's unusual is that the EU's Javier Solana sided with the Israeli side this time, and even talked the EU heads into rejecting their own report.

Question: If Solana represents the interests of the EU, and the international community, why is he siding with the Israeli side? Friends, I think we may all soon find out.

Keep in mind, it's a game of strategy.