Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s chief security adviser said he would not “completely rule out” the possibility that three Arab villages around Jerusalem will at some point be transferred to the Palestinian Authority. Danny Yatom’s comment prompted threats by religious parties to quit the Barak government.
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