The leader of Israel’s Labor Party came under fire for offering to divide Jerusalem and give up control of the Temple Mount in a future peace deal with the Palestinians. Labor leader Benjamin Ben- Eliezer, who also serves as defense minister in the unity government, presented his peace plan at a conference of Labor officials on Wednesday.
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