Gaydamak helps Olmert sell Jerusalem

Russian oligarch-cum-Israeli politician Gaydamak will pay Israel to transfer the government offices from the “Russian Court” in Jerusalem. Olmert agreed to give the prime land plot in Jerusalem to Russia. The “Russian Court” story started in the nineteenth century when Tsar’s Christian Society purchased the land plot. Russian government is not a heir to that society. No country recognized Russia’s rights to tsar’s foreign property. Israel confiscated even some of the Vatican holdings. Russia confiscated synagogues and the real estate which belonged to Jews annihilated in Holocaust. Yet, Olmert agreed to give Russia the “Russian Court” provided that Russia compensates Israel for transferring the government offices elsewhere.