Ehud Olmert’s bold promise at Annapolis last week was that Israel was, and is willing to make painful concessions.

The Arab World seems relatively confident that this means Israel will relinquish East Jerusalem. Here’s a photo of dusk at the Western Wall Promenade in the Old City of Jerusalem (aka East Jerusalem).

Imagine for a moment that all Jews in this photo would at best have to pass thru a Palestinian checkpoint to get to this part of the New Arab Capital. Keep in mind that all other areas “relinquished” to the Palestinians in the years since Oslo, including Jericho, Ramallah, Nablus, Gaza, and parts of Hebron, have all become “Juden Rein” – Jews are not permitted to access these areas. It is actually the Israeli government who forbids Jewish Israeli citizens from going to these territories.