5/29/2011

Israeli PM reiterates policy on united Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reiterated his government's commitment to sustaining Jerusalem as a united city below the Jewish state's sovereignty, saying that its unification is "one with the foundations from the nation of Israel."

"The broad assistance ... for the principles that I presented are the State of Israel's ironclad assets," Netanyahu told cabinet ministers in a unique meeting held at Jerusalem's David Citadel in tribute of Jerusalem Day, referring to his speech to the U.S. Congress last week, during which he stated that Jerusalem "must remain" the united capital of Israel.

Jerusalem Day, which falls on Wednesday, is an annual occasion that marks the capture from the entire Jerusalem plus the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest web-site, inside the 1967 war.

"The Jewish People today and our friends around the globe stand with each other, faithful to Jerusalem and our heritage," Netanyahu mentioned, as outlined by an official press release. He added that the government is obliged "to create up Jerusalem, the heart from the nation."

In his Congressional address, Netanyahu stated that Israel was ready to make "painful compromises" to reach peace and will be "generous" on the size of the future Palestinian state, though Jerusalem would not be divided.

The status of Jerusalem has traditionally been a core situation within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians envision the city's eastern sector as the capital of their long term state, although the international community largely regards Jewish neighborhoods there as illegal settlements.

Just about every Israeli government seeing that the 1967 war has stated that the city remained the country's "eternal and indivisible capital," that all of Jerusalem would remain in Israel's hands in any achievable peace deal with the Palestinians.

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday also approved a five-year program to bolster Jerusalem's neighborhood economy.

Dubbed "Merom," the plan earmarks 216 million shekels (62 million U.S. dollars) for upgrading the city's tourism infrastructure and bio-tech sector.

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