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Israelis Celebrate the Liberation of Jerusalem
(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - On Monday Israelis marked Jerusalem Day, when the IDF liberated the city in the Six-Day War of 1967. Jerusalem is Zion, the wellspring of Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people. A Jewish state without Jerusalem is a crippled state. A Jewish state with Jerusalem is a complete state. For the same reason that we did not establish a state in Uganda, but in the Land of Israel, we did not set our capital in Tel Aviv or Haifa, but in Jerusalem. It remains the glue that unites Jews around the world. King David purchased Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) from Araunah the Jebusite. His son Solomon built the Temple there. The destruction of the two Temples, the first by Nebuchadnezzar and the second by the Romans, brought about an unceasing longing for the city and its rebuilding. The sanctity of the city was woven into almost every religious holiday and ceremony that Jews maintained throughout the world in daily prayers, at funerals, at circumcisions, at bar mitzvahs, in the blessing after meals and even at weddings. In all these and more, Jerusalem was present in an intense emotional connection, never to be forgotten. So when you walk in the streets of Jerusalem, remember that this city is the embodiment of Jewish justice, the foundation for our right and claim to this land, our home. And whoever returns and liberates his home is not a conqueror.