{"id":892,"date":"2010-03-19T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T01:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2010-03-19T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T01:40:56","slug":"yesha-council-to-clinton-jerusalem-is-ours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wenublog.com\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"YESHA COUNCIL to CLINTON: JERUSALEM IS OURS"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Hillel Fendel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(IsraelNN.com) In a letter to US. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jewish leaders in Judea and Samaria explain the unshakeable historic and religious bonds between the Jewish People and Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"David's<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Reprinted without Permission)
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\nThe letter was written in response to President Obama\u2019s and Clinton\u2019s criticism of Israel\u2019s intentions to build in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. The neighborhood is a part of Jerusalem-proper, and is surrounded nearly completely by Jewish-populated areas. Though it is part of area liberated by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War, it was not recaptured from Jordan, but was rather considered no-man\u2019s land between 1949 and 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish to share with you the sentiment and consensus among the Israeli public\u201d regarding Jerusalem, the leaders of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha Council) wrote to Ms. Clinton, who sharply berated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this week over the issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

The letter continues: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe Israelis believe in the integrity of a strong, unified and undivided capital for our nation \u2013 Jerusalem, the Holy City. We Jews are the descendants of King David, and of a hundred generations of Jews who built and glorified Jerusalem as our capital, beginning over 3,000 years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n

“From time immemorial, the Jews have worshipped towards Jerusalem and the Holy Temple \u2013 and prayed for Jerusalem since the dawn of our civilization.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Neither Romans nor Greek, Crusaders nor Arabs, Ottomans nor British ever succeeded in shaking our bonds with Jerusalem. Thus, when you demand that we not build housing in our capital, or that we divide our capital and surrender parts of it to others, you must realize that this is unacceptable to Jews everywhere and to us Israelis.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We will not negotiate on the issue of Jerusalem. We will never divide Jerusalem.
\n“The Jewish People worldwide support Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s action, and stand firmly behind him on this important issue of Israel\u2019s right to defend itself as a sovereign nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We deeply appreciate America\u2019s friendship, but it must be clearly understood: We are a free and sovereign people, and we have the right to determine our destiny.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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