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"We Will Always Insist on Jerusalem": Israel's President Rivlin on 50th Anniversary of Reunification

Ilana Messika : May 24, 2017  Breaking Israel News

"As we mark the half a century since the city was reunited, I believe the time has come to bring peace to Jerusalem. To grow within her an Israeli Hope, a hope for Jerusalem: the city which welcomes pilgrims from all communities, from all over the world." -President Reuven Rivlin

(Israel)—[Breaking Israel News] President Reuven Rivlin opened Israel's official celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem Tuesday, pledging Israel's commitment to the capital and especially to the Old City. (Photo: The iconic photo of the reunification of Jerusalem: Israeli paratroopers visiting the Western Wall after the liberation of the Old City in 1967/David Rubinger/via Breaking Israel News)

Rivlin spoke about the difficult battle for the city in 1967, and recalled the moment he heard the Old City had been secured under Israeli control. "We gave our all for Jerusalem because we knew that on Jerusalem we must insist," said the President at the Western Wall.

"We will always insist on Jerusalem," Rivlin reiterated. "There never has been, there never will be any other reality. Here, in these stones, beats the heart of the Jewish People. Jerusalem is the heart of the State of Israel, and the Kotel is the heart of Jerusalem."

Colonel Motta Gur's call "The Temple Mount is in our hands!" over an IDF wireless device on June 7, 1967 quickly became a defining moment for a generation of...

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