ISRAELI KNESSET MOVES TO PREVENT OLMERT FROM GIVING AWAY JERUSALEM

HAARETZ: Amendment to Basic Law on Jerusalem shakes up coalition

Officially, the government took no stand Wednesday on the matter of amending the Basic Law on Jerusalem, and the coalition allowed its members to vote their conscience. Most Kadima MKs stayed away. In other words: at least for the preliminary reading, the coalition expressed its blessing more than its objection to the bill seeking, ahead of the Annapolis conference, to hobble the government and prevent it from making concessions in Jerusalem. Six ministers backed the bill. Only Labor's ministers voted against it, including Raleb Majadele, who announced the day before in the same place that Israeli law does not apply to the Temple Mount.

Under the amendment, proposed by MK Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) and 25 other MKs, a majority of 80 MKs would be required to concede any territory or jurisdiction in Jerusalem.

I THINK THE ARABS SHOULD GET ONE SQUARE MILE FOR EACH TIME JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED IN THE KORAN.

THAT'S EXACTLY ZERO SQUARE MILES.