(Prime Minister's Office) The Israeli Cabinet met on Sunday in the Western Wall Tunnels in honor of Jerusalem Day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "Several days ago, Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] told the UN that the Jewish People have no links to the Temple Mount and that eastern Jerusalem is part of the Palestinian Authority....Today we are holding a special Cabinet meeting in honor of Jerusalem Day at the foot of the Temple Mount upon which King Solomon built the First Temple of the Jewish People, and which is...the heart of the historical State of Israel, the City of David, and has been here for 3,000 years." "The deep ties between the Jewish People and Jerusalem is one that has no parallel among the nations. Jerusalem was our capital around 1,100 years before London became the capital of England, approximately 1,800 years before Paris became the capital of France, and around 2,800 years before Washington, D.C., became the capital of the U.S. For over 100 generations, Jews expressed their special yearning for Jerusalem in prayers that are repeated three times a day and under the wedding canopy."
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