At a special Cabinet session, the prime minister described the city as the raison d’être of Zionism and the Jewish state.
Jerusalem
A point to consider on this year’s Jerusalem Day: 58 years ago, the eternal and holy city was reunited under Israeli rule.
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A senior official from the terrorist group urged an escalation of “resistance in all its forms in Jerusalem.”
The site, near the Temple Mount, is the only known ritual structure from the period found in Jerusalem.
Every single leader—from Yasser Arafat to Mahmoud Abbas to the last of the minor PA officials and terrorists—have said and continue to say that they are fighting for Jerusalem.
“After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora.”
There are currently only five countries with embassies in the capital: the United States, Kosovo, Honduras, Guatemala, and Papua New Guinea
