New bill in Knesset would make Jerusalem capital of Jewish people
Pastor Dale Morgan
New bill in Knesset would make Jerusalem capital of Jewish people*
By REBECCA ANNA STOIL
The Jerusalem Post
The Knesset Plenum approved by a large majority Wednesday afternoon the
preliminary reading of an amendment to the Basic Law: Jerusalem that
would seek to establish the centrality of Jerusalem as the capital not
just of the State of Israel but also of the Jewish people.
The bill, which was sponsored by MK Zevulun Orlev (NU-NRP), passed with
58 in favor and 12 opposing. Among those opposing the bill was MK
Avshalom Vilan (Meretz) who described the legislation as "fiction and a
farce".
"Accepting the law establishing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish
people means that people like Morris Talansky and the Brooklyn Hassids
become Israeli citizens," he said, adding that the bill would also add
yet a further level of complication to any future negotiations involving
the permanent status of Jerusalem.