Shas Party leader Minister Eli Yishai over the weekend released yet another statement that his party will not sit in any government that conducts negotiations over the future of Yerushalayim.
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Yishai stated that Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita has stated that Yerushalayim is not up for discussion and ongoing efforts to reach an agreement with Israel�s neighbors does not include making concessions regarding Israel�s total and unconditional sovereignty over the Jewish capital. He adds that any new government will have to declare Yerushalayim is not up for discussion as a prerequisite to Shas joining. This would make Shas� inclusion in a cabinet formed by Tzipi Livni most unlikely, and even Shaul Mofaz, who has a harder stance regarding the capital, has indicated he remains committed to talks with Israel�s neighbors.
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The announcement by Yishai represents a hardening of the Shas position, since in the past, the party was willing to sit in a government that delayed or postponed talks on Yerushalayim, but today, it says any government that does not rule out talks of compromise regarding the capital will not include Shas.
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Should Shas remain firm in its position, general elections could take place sometime between February and April 2009.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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Hardening of thier position?! What a joke. All that means is they are waiting foe more shekels from Olmert to stay in. What a disgrace and Chilul Hahsem.
The problem is that according to Horav Ovadya Yosef: ONLY Yerushalaim is not up for discussion but THE REST of Yehuda and Shomron – including Chevron and bais Lechem – IS UP FOR DISCUSSION…!
This is NOT good.
but will he allow “transparency” in announcing a: how much $$$ he will accept ?
and
b: who gets the $$$$ ?