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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Knesset advances bill to make it harder to withdraw from East Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAmid continuing tensions over the Temple Mount, the Knesset advances an amendment that seeks to make it more difficult to hand over parts of Jerusalem in any future peace agreement with the Palestinians.
The bill would amend the Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel to require 80 votes in the Knesset — or two-thirds of parliamentarians — to relinquish Israeli control over any part of municipal Jerusalem.
The bill, authored by lawmakers from the Jewish Home party, passes its first reading by a vote of 51 to 41.
It now returns to the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee for further changes, and will come up for its final two votes in the Knesset’s winter session that begins in October.
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