“There are phenomena that one cannot come to terms with, and the government that I am heading is unable to accept them,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, referring to the determination of Peace House residents to refuse eviction orders.
“The debate on the Land of Israel is legitimate, and the resolve to keep a Jewish presence in the holiest and most significant of our cities is understood. However, this resolve must not overpower the court’s decision,” the prime minister added, at a State-sponsored commemoration of Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.