Now that the Trump peace plan might become a reality, each a of us must do whatever we can to make sure that all of Jerusalem remains under Israeli sovereignty.
As Israel celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem during its annual Yom Yerushalaim celebrations, people throughout the world are yearning to return to the Holy City.
‘The people of Israel are experiencing national Jewish pride greater than ever before,’ said military commentator Chaim Herzog at the end of the 1967 Six-Day War.
As Jerusalem marks the 53rd anniversary of the city’s unification in the Six-Day War, the municipality continues to grow and prosper with a record number of residents – Jews and Arabs – who enjoy the freedom of access to their holy sites.
As Israel celebrates Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, take a visual journey commemorating the historic reunification of the holy city following the 1967 Six-Day War.
On Jerusalem Day, we celebrate 51 years of the reunification of the city. That means over half a century since the city was opened up to people of all faiths to visit and pray freely at Jerusalem’s holy sites.
‘Jerusalem above and Jerusalem below, we are bound to this city. It is part of our soul, part of our experience, on both our material and spiritual sides.’
‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Zion’ represent the Jewish people and the non-Jewish nations of the world coming together to serve God and support the Jewish People in the Land that He gave them!
The Jerusalem Declaration, stating support for the eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish state and signed by over 575,000 people from 168 countries around the world, has encouraged Israeli leaders.
“It’s one thing to have an online petition and quite another to publicly display the actual names of the signatories on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City,” said United with Israel founder Michael Gerbitz.
“Fifty years ago we returned to the heart of our capital and our country, and 50 years ago we did not conquer it, rather we liberated it,” Netanyahu said at the ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat was visibly moved when presented with a historic book, compiled by United with Israel, of over half a million signatures of members from around the world declaring support for a united Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish state.
Apropos to the US decision not to recognize Jerusalem as an Israeli city on passports of Jerusalem-born Americans, here is a relevant chapter of modern history.
Israel is celebrating the 48th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, its eternal capital. The Old City was liberated during the Six Day War in 1967, after 19 years of Jordanian occupation.
Florence Bar Ilan's collection of correspondence with her American relatives from the 1930s through the 1960s, has been published by family members ahead of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), which falls on May 17.
This video showcases the ever-changing skies over Jerusalem, revealing the extraordinary beauty of this gorgeous and special city as we approach Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day).