The Israel Cabinet will make a declaration in the Knesset tomorrow rejecting the United Nations General Assembly decision to place Jerusalem under an international trusteeship and will insist that the city will remain “forever” the capital of Israel, it was indicated here today.
It was reported here today that the Cabinet, which met on the Jerusalem situation for several hours last night, is determined to transfer the Knesset and a majority of the government offices to Jerusalem.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee today heard a report of the Cabinet discussion of last night. The Herut members of the Committee today renewed their demand for immediate discussion of a bill which their party has introduced in the Knesset calling for immediate proclamation of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
A stormy meeting of the Mapai Party is currently in session. Members of the party heard the government’s intentions today for the first time, and some of them are insisting upon a more moderate position pending the return of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett. Meanwhile, Menahem Beigin, Herut leader and former chief of the underground Irgun Zvai Leumi, today declared that “if Jerusalem is put under foreign rule the underground will arise again.”
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