There was an interesting article on the front page of Friday’s Makor Rishon.

The newspaper pointed out something very interesting. If the current government of Israel is stupid enough to split Jerusalem (against the law) and give it away it faces another predicament.

Under the current law, most of the Arab residents will be entitled to be reimbursement and housing elsewhere in Israel so that they won’t fall under the dominion of the PA.

I can see it now. The PA takes over and all the East Jerusalem Arabs decide to take advantage of the law to the tune of an estimated NIS 7.5 billion shekels.

Pretty ironic.