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Jerusalem Day and the Tricky status of the Holy City

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection June 3, 2019

By Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— Following what only Israel calls the liberation of East Jerusalem 52 years ago on June 7, 1967, Moshe Dayan issued the following declaration: “This morning, the Israel Defense Forces liberated Jerusalem. We have united Jerusalem, the divided capital of Israel. We have returned to the holiest of our holy places,…

Netanyahu: Jerusalem has and always will only be the capital of the Jewish people

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection May 21, 2015

By: HERB KEINON, JPOST— Jerusalem historically has been the only capital of the Jewish people, and so it will remain, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday at the government’s official Jerusalem Day ceremony at Ammunition Hill. “We need to tell the truth, without fear,” Netanyahu said. “This is where we began our path as a nation,…