TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Lazar Berman and Staff
October 29, 2014
Jewish homes in ‘our eternal capital’ are not a threat, Ambassador Ron Prosor tells Security Council
Israel’s UN ambassador defended construction in areas of Jerusalem over the Green Line on Wednesday, telling the Security Council that “the people of Israel are not occupiers and we are not settlers. “Israel is our home and Jerusalem is our eternal capital,” said Ron Prosor.
Prosor made his remarks at an emergency Security Council session called to address escalating tensions in Jerusalem. The council was meeting at the request of member Jordan on behalf of the Palestinians, who want all settlement activities to end. “There are many threats in the Middle East, but the presence of Jewish homes in the Jewish homeland has never been one of them,” Prosor emphasized.
Prosor promised that under Israeli control, Jerusalem would remain a free and open city for all people……
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