The 170 world Jewish leaders who attended the three-day “summit” conference adopted the following resolution, “In Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Israel we pledge ourselves to stand by the State of Israel with all our heart and soul, and to help it to fulfill its historic mission in the return to Zion: in immigration and absorption, in the settlement of the land, and in the fostering of Jewish and universal values.
“In the face of the campaign of baseless slander and calumny, we shall intensity our efforts to deepen the unbreakable bond of the Jewish people with its spiritual heritage and its historic homeland. We shall work to strengthen Israel’s power to defend its independence and we shall support its efforts to establish a lasting peace with its neighbors.
“We, representatives of Jewish communities and organizations from all parts of the diaspora and spokesmen of the State of Israel, set our hands in witness to this declaration at the closing session of the Conference of Jewish Solidarity in Jerusalem, on this day, Sabbath eve, the 1st of Tevet, 5736, the 8th of December, 1975.
“We have come to Jerusalem to give expression to the devotion of the Jewish people to Zion and its solidarity with the State of Israel. We reject categorically the resolutions adopted in the General Assembly of the United Nations on the initiative of the enemies of Israel and their supporters, which impugn the right of our people to national independence in the land of Israel.
“The historic right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is inalienable. We declare that the resolutions of the UN Assembly condemning Zionism, the national revival and liberation movement of the Jewish people, constitute a violation of elementary rights and justice, and are null and void.”
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