Jerusalem, May 19 (IANS) The Israeli cabinet on Tuesday an**unced a set of decisions aimed to "strengthen" the city of Jerusalem and arrange special events in 2017 on the 50th anniversary of the city's unification. The decisions were an**unced in a special cabinet meeting held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in celebration of "Jerusalem Day", which marks the day in the 1967 Mideast War in which Israel seized east Jerusalem, then controlled by Jordan, and finally took control of the whole city, Xinhua news agency reported. "We will **t go back to a divided city, a torn city, a city with barbed wire fences and snipers on the wall," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, admitting the presence of some "distress", referring to the mounting tensions between Palestinians and Jews in the city.
06-05-2015, 12:01 PM
Israel an**unces plan to 'strengthen' Jerusalem
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