Ulpana Bill Falls, Nationalists in Coalition Cave In

Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/6/12 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

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Nationalists in the coalition caved in and abstained from the Knesset vote Wednesday afternoon that rejected a bill to legalize five homes in the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El, forcing the expulsion of 30 families.

The vote as 22 for the bill and 69 against. Absent from the vote were all of the ministers and deputy ministers who vowed to test Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s ultimatum to vote against the bill or be fired.

Among those who left the Knesset before the vote were Jewish Home leader Daniel Hershkowitz and Likud ministers Yuli Edelstein and Ayoub Kara.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pressured nationalist Cabinet ministers not to vote against the Ulpana demolitions and won the day after it was clear he had a solid majority ... he made several concessions to nationalists.

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Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.

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Nationalists in the coalition caved in and abstained from the Knesset vote Wednesday afternoon that rejected a bill to legalize five homes in the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El, forcing the expulsion of 30 families... Absent from the vote were all of the ministers and deputy ministers who vowed to test Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's ultimatum to vote against the bill or be fired... he made several concessions to nationalists.