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.
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.
Israel is celebrating Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, which was captured during the miraculous Six Day War in 1967.
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).
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).
Jerusalem Day is observed widely throughout Israel and the Jewish world. What is less known although central to Jewish history is Hebron Liberation Day.
Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish nation since King David declared it as such in 1000 BCE. No other nation ever designated the Holy City as its own.