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Yishai: Shas will quit government if Temple Mount is relinquished

By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai said Tuesday morning that his ultra-Orthodox Shas party will leave the government if Israel relinquishes the Temple Mount as part of a peace deal.

Yishai was referring to the possibility of an agreement of principles being reached with the Palestinian Authority based on a plan recently proposed by Vice Premier Haim Ramon, whereby Israel would pull out of 70 percent of the West Bank, and would begin negotiations for a final-status agreement.

The minister said: "Unequivocally, Shas will not sit in a government that creates a Palestinian state on the Green Line [1967 border] and within Jerusalem municipal land."

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Yishai said a division of Jerusalem's Old City and the transfer of the Temple Mount to international control is something he is not ready "even to dream about in [his] worst dreams."

The minister added: "There is not even a shadow of a doubt over whether Shas would agree to dividing Jerusalem and a withdrawal to the 1967 borders, or would sit in a government that signed such an accord."

If Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seeks an agreement on the basis of former United States president Bill Clinton's proposed peace deal for an almost complete pullout from the West Bank, Yishai stated, he will quickly find himself with an accord but with no government.

"Not only Shas will leave the government, but also Yisrael Beiteinu will not sit one day in government that opposes all of its principles" Yishai said.

Right-wing groups are currently organizing to block an agreement of principles between Israel and the PA which would include dividing Jerusalem and relinquishing exclusive Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount.

As such, National Religious Party and Likud party activists met and examined the possibility of forming an alternative government, without elections, under the leadership of Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. This would be founded on the assumption that Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu and perhaps a few Kadima MKs would all leave the coalition in the event of such a final-status deal being reached.

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1.	Shas should quit politics altogether	10:41	\|	SJ	11/09/07

2.	Yishai, not a Western mind, he looks Asian	10:58	\|	Tamir Palestine	11/09/07

3.	Talebans	11:26	\|	Avrum	11/09/07

4.	Good ideas, all around.	11:48	\|	Giles Martin	11/09/07

5.	Talk is cheap,ACT 2 save Israel	12:19	\|	sam	11/09/07

6.	Shas party	12:23	\|	Pablo Guzman	11/09/07

7.	To Giles Martin	12:27	\|	Avery Cox	11/09/07

8.	Let them quit	12:40	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	11/09/07

9.	Good - Let them leave Israel while they`re at it!	12:45	\|	B`galil	11/09/07

10.	democracy only for people like me -sj, tamir, avrum	12:49	\|	ash	11/09/07

11.	We are not surprised	12:58	\|	Axel	11/09/07

12.	Shas will quit -unless the Govt pays them more	13:08	\|	eddie karaite	11/09/07

13.	Quit now before it is too late!	13:29	\|	Z Lando	11/09/07

14.	Shas didn`t get enough attention yesterday	13:49	\|	Chris Linthwaite	11/09/07

15.	Continued Shas participation in this corrupt government is an...	13:49	\|	bat yam	11/09/07

16.	To #2	13:51	\|	monostor	11/09/07

17.	Correct move but # 12 is right	14:01	\|	Gil Yashar	11/09/07

18.	reply to # 10 On the subject of Democracy	14:07	\|	SJ	11/09/07

19.	PLEASE LISTEN TO ME	14:07	\|	PALESTINIANPEACELOVE	11/09/07

20.	Thank God for the right wing!	14:11	\|	Relieved Leftist	11/09/07

21.	Rabbis have EVERY RIGHT to demand the TEMPLE MOUNT!	14:16	\|	Relieved Leftist	11/09/07

22.	Ash #10 is correct. Human rights and personal freedoms for all	14:23	\|	AV	11/09/07

23.	Waqf exposed (and damaged) the ancient walls of the Temple itself	14:29	\|	Hal	11/09/07

24.	Temple Mount = Mount Zion = Civil War	14:35	\|	Hal	11/09/07

25.	good	14:51	\|	Michael	11/09/07

26.	Instead of worring about Temple Mount,idiots are spouting	15:50	\|	S Judah	11/09/07

27.	Separating the Radicals from the Moderates	16:07	\|	PAUL	11/09/07

28.	silly statement	16:13	\|	chico	11/09/07

29.	these parties talk alot but prefer politcal power to principles	16:22	\|	zionist forever	11/09/07

30.	Good Ridance!	16:22	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/09/07

31.	Haaretz censors talkbacks that support Temple Mount	16:25	\|	CensorWatch	11/09/07

32.	Bye bye Shas! Good riddance !	16:41	\|	Aaron	11/09/07

33.	Eli Yishai.	16:49	\|	sandra chitayat	11/09/07

34.	Tamir P: insensitive, racially insensitive or simply stupid?	16:53	\|	Richard S	11/09/07

35.	eli yishai shames us	16:53	\|	mizrachi	11/09/07

36.	#2 Tamir	16:54	\|	Jake	11/09/07

37.	to sj	16:59	\|	ash	11/09/07

38.	Peace	17:03	\|	Marc	11/09/07

39.	Shas should have quit long ago...	17:05	\|	Polybios	11/09/07

40.	Shas like Hamas should have no role in politics or negotiations	17:14	\|	anti-racist	11/09/07

41.	a golden opportunity	17:15	\|	Shelley	11/09/07

42.	Shas party will leave the government	17:20	\|	Danny Epicorus	11/09/07

43.	#11 axel makes the important point olmert is talking to himself	17:37	\|	victor hardman	11/09/07

44.	Haaretz continues to censor talkbacks supporting Temple Mount	17:42	\|	CensorWatch	11/09/07

45.	Forgive me monostor #16 Israel is not a Western one	17:48	\|	Tamir Palestine	11/09/07

46.	The Best Thing That Could Happen	17:56	\|	Jane	11/09/07

47.	Bulldozers....	17:59	\|	Shalom	11/09/07

48.	The Axis of Stupidity-Shas, Likud and IB	18:00	\|	Joe	11/09/07

49.	Rav Ovadia`s House	18:28	\|	Andrew	11/09/07

50.	Jerusalem must not fall again	18:33	\|	Rustam	11/09/07

51.	2000 year-old blame where blame belongs	18:48	\|	David	11/09/07

52.	The threat of peace	18:57	\|	tadchase	11/09/07

53.	Could the end be in sight?	19:17	\|	Jim	11/09/07

54.	# 8 Cipora Juliana Kohn	19:30	\|	Jim	11/09/07

55.	Haaretz still keeps censoring talkbacks supporting Temple Mount	19:46	\|	CensorWatch	11/09/07

56.	hate to agree with Shas, but...	19:50	\|	M	11/09/07

57.	He is Right	19:53	\|	Devin	11/09/07

58.	re 31 You are Racist	20:02	\|	Devin	11/09/07

59.	# 41 Rustam	20:15	\|	Jim	11/09/07

60.	If Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu quit government, then	20:16	\|	Smadar	11/09/07

61.	Temple in Jerusalem	20:19	\|	Gary Tomasch	11/09/07

62.	TAMIR PALESTINE Please,please tell me	20:21	\|	notblackorwhite	11/09/07

63.	Temple Mount	20:22	\|	RonH	11/09/07

64.	re 49 the Heritic	20:23	\|	Devin	11/09/07

65.	Take Them Up On Their Offer	20:26	\|	Bill Foonman	11/09/07

66.	To # 42 Rustam	20:32	\|	David	11/09/07

67.	Temple Mount	20:35	\|	sheila	11/09/07

68.	Israeli control of Temple Mount? When?	20:41	\|	Stillvoice	11/09/07

69.	Both Shas and Israel Beteinu should quit NOW! Force an election	20:41	\|	Nannette	11/09/07

70.	#43 David	20:47	\|	Stillvoice	11/09/07

71.	notblackorwhite, yes I`m Gaza Boy and Tamir Gaza	20:47	\|	Tamir Palestine	11/09/07

72.	#19 PalestinianPeaceLove	20:51	\|	Smadar	11/09/07

73.	Shas again and again	20:54	\|	leucippe	11/09/07

74.	There is no hope	21:14	\|	tadchase	11/09/07

75.	#52 RonH	21:50	\|	Jim	11/09/07

76.	or if they can have their Volvos back!	21:57	\|	Jerome Burstein	11/09/07

77.	# 58 tadchase addedum	22:02	\|	Jim	11/09/07

78.	9,B`galil. They are Jewish, What are you?	22:18	\|	S Judah	11/09/07

79.	We need Aryeh Deri back	23:40	\|	Moshe Radau	11/09/07

80.	#51-Jim	23:54	\|	Rustam	11/09/07

81.	land for peace	00:05	\|	Eli	12/09/07

82.	#75 S Judah	00:42	\|	B`galil	12/09/07

83.	erratum	01:41	\|	Jim	12/09/07

84.	just in...and to follow-up on my post #57	01:49	\|	Smadar	12/09/07

85.	The Waqf exposed (and damaged) the walls of the Temple itself	02:21	\|	Hal	12/09/07

86.	Shas Finally Gets It Right	02:24	\|	Yoram	12/09/07

87.	The Joys of the Two State Solution	02:28	\|	Danite	12/09/07

88.	Shas, Beiteinu. Don`t wait. Leave the evil coalition NOW!	02:35	\|	Chaim	12/09/07

89.	#8 is a fake	02:45	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	12/09/07

90.	Islamic Waqf exposed (and damaged) the walls of the Temple itself	02:52	\|	Hal	12/09/07

91.	The Righteous Leaders of Israel	03:28	\|	Therese Zepeda	12/09/07

92.	#89, Cipora Julianna, I thought so	03:39	\|	Jake	12/09/07

93.	Smadar #72	03:46	\|	Jake	12/09/07

94.	#93 Jake	04:58	\|	Smadar	12/09/07

95.	The Nation is Worried !!!	06:04	\|	Akram Zekaria.	12/09/07

96.	#Akram Zekaria.	07:09	\|	Lisen	12/09/07

97.	REMEMBER OUR COVENANT WITH THE L-RD	07:16	\|	ANDREW	12/09/07

98.	International control	07:23	\|	Lisen	12/09/07

99.	Thank you Shas - but why wait	08:27	\|	Miche Norman	12/09/07

100.	96# Lisen,you have no hope in a refine argument.	13:12	\|	Akram Zekaria	12/09/07

101.	Temple mount is not the location of Herod`s Temple	19:08	\|	Ivar	12/09/07

102.	You People Need to Wake Up	22:35	\|	Jay	12/09/07

103.	The Bible	12:15	\|	David	13/09/07

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