I don’t even know what to say about this madness any more; the Olmert government seems determined to commit national suicide in the name of an absolutely delusional fantasy of “peace” with people who are irrevocably dedicated to Israel’s destruction: Israel May OK Division of Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM (AP) - Senior Israeli officials expressed support Monday for the transfer of Arab parts of Jerusalem to Palestinian control, offering a concession on one of the most contentious issues in the Mideast conflict. The offer appeared to fall short of Palestinian calls for a full Israeli withdrawal from key areas of the holy city.

The officials spoke as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were to begin talks in Jerusalem to work out a joint document they hope to issue at a U.S.-sponsored peace conference next month. The meetings were closed.

Ahead of the talks, a confidant of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he has proposed in recent talks with Palestinian officials to turn over areas of east Jerusalem to the Palestinians. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war, as capital of a future independent state.

And to make this even worse, Carl in Jerusalem notes a report that Jordan will be in control of Temple Mount.

Very bad craziness.

UPDATE at 10/8/07 10:20:35 am:

Olmert’s office now denying the Jordan report: PMO: Jordan won’t control Temple Mt.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office on Monday morning denied the report in Al-Quds al-Arabi that he and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had agreed to transfer the Temple Mount’s holy sites to Jordanian custody.

The Prime Minister’s Office said that no agreement had been reached on the holy sites in Jerusalem.

According to the report in the London-based newspaper, Olmert and Abbas had agreed that the Temple Mount sites would be under Jordanian jurisdiction in a final peace deal, and Jordanian citizenship would be granted to 90,000 east Jerusalem residents.