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Source: http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechKneset240517.aspx
Netanyahu: Israel Has Made Jerusalem an Island of Tolerance and Religious Freedom
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a special Knesset session marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, said Wednesday: "The dark cloud that hung over Jerusalem was dispersed 50 years ago. We embarked on an unprecedentedly justified defensive war and won a resounding victory....Above all else, this was an event of historic justice: Jerusalem - our national capital for 3,000 years - returned to its original owners....Only under our sovereignty did it become an island of tolerance and freedom of religion." "Again and again, there are attempts to erase our roots in Jerusalem, deny our connection to it, dissolve our sovereignty over it....But I am certain that this absurd play will eventually fail. Because the truth is stronger than any lie."