Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with his British counterpart David Cameron (not pictured) in Jerusalem March 12, 2014. REUTERS/Menahem Kahana/Pool
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament on Wednesday toughened a law requiring a public referendum on potential land-for-peace deals involving withdrawals from land annexed by Israel.
The law turns legislation already passed in 2010 into a constitutional amendment that would require an absolute majority of 61 of the Israeli Knesset's 120 lawmakers to rescind.
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