Russia to get disputed J'lem property
The government plans to transfer ownership of the land on which the capital's St. Sergius Church stands to Russia in the coming weeks, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
The issue, which has been under negotiation since then-Russian president Vladimir Putin claimed the site in Jerusalem's Russian Compound and others nearby as property of the Russian Orthodox Church four years ago, is extremely delicate as Israel is concerned over the precedent that might be set for other churches' properties in the capital.
(Kippah tip: EH)
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They must have people in the government there just thinking up places in Israel to give away. Wouldn't surprise me to learn of a new cabinet post - The "If it's not in Tel Aviv - let's give it away - especially if Jews live on it or own it" ministry.
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