Kollek Cites a Letter From Bush
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LONDON — Jerusalem’s Mayor Teddy Kollek said Wednesday that President Bush has written to him promising that the United States supports a united Jerusalem.
Jerusalem “must never again be a divided city,” Bush wrote in the March 13 letter distributed at a news conference here.
Last week, Bush made a statement apparently lumping East Jerusalem, which Israel regards as its sovereign territory, with the West Bank, which is under Israeli military occupation.
Asked at a news conference at the Israeli Embassy whether he believed Bush’s letter canceled the President’s earlier statement, Kollek said: “That is my strong impression.”
Bush, however, said in his letter: “It is also our view that the final status of this most special of cities should be decided by negotiation. . . . There is thus no intention on our part to focus now on the final status of Jerusalem.”
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