Foreign Minister Abba Eban declared in the Knesset today that “no power in the world can ever change the status of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.” That status, he said, “is rooted deep in Jewish history and in the Jewish people’s faith, and has received tangible expression in the life of the State of Israel since its inception.” Eban stressed that the government had never adopted the memorandum submitted three years ago by Moshe Benvenisti, now Jerusalem’s city councilor, which noted the possibility of restoring some areas outside the municipal boundaries to Jordanian sovereignty.
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