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Jerusalem Will Never Again Be in the Hands of Foreigners

(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - Prime Minister Sharon spoke at the Jerusalem Day Ceremony on Monday: * For 19 years Jerusalem was divided, besieged, reclusive, and for double that time - 38 years - it has been united and open. * The majority of the Israeli population has not known a different reality. The younger generation could not visualize the line crossing the city, strewn with mines and barbed wire. They could not imagine the enemy soldiers on the walls of the Old City, and no access to the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, and the Mount of Olives. They could not imagine that the city's suburbs, from Ramot and Neveh Yaacov in the north, to Gilo and Har Homa in the south, were barren hills, with cannons aimed at the heart of Jerusalem. * For us, there is only one Jerusalem, and no other. It will be ours forever, and will never again be in the hands of foreigners. We will honor and cherish all lovers of Jerusalem, of all faiths and religions. We will carefully guard all its sites of prayer, churches and mosques, and freedom of worship will be ensured, which was not the case when others ruled it. * We will fearlessly face the entire world and will ensure the future of united Jerusalem. For Jerusalem is the anchor, root of life, and faith of the Jewish people and we will never again part with it. Whoever wishes to know this should open the Bible, read, and understand. * Historic Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish people for over 3000 years, will always be one, united, the capital of the State of Israel forever and ever.
2005-06-07 00:00:00
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