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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (4116)	5/9/2002 8:19:38 PM
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Israelis Celebrate 35th Anniversary of East Jerusalem Capture By Jason Keyser Associated Press Writer Published: May 9, 2002 JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that Israel would never relinquish any part of Jerusalem, as hundreds of Israelis marched through the city to celebrate the capture of its disputed eastern sector and Old City in the 1967 Mideast War. "As the prime minister of Israel, and in the name of the state of Israel, I swear to defend and protect Jerusalem ... for the Jewish people," he said. Israel captured east Jerusalem, including sites holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims, from Jordan and later annexed it. Successive Israeli governments have said the city would remain united as Israel's undivided capital - a message celebrated on Jerusalem Day. But no country in the world recognizes Israel's hold over the eastern part of the city, which the Palestinians want for the capital of a future state. Jewish Israelis celebrated Jerusalem Day on Thursday with a parade. Groups of bank workers, union members, students and others marched through the city carrying blue-and-white Israeli flags and singing "Am Yisrael Chai," or "the Jewish people live." While the day was mostly a celebration for Jerusalem's Jewish residents, it was also a time to remember those lost during the battle for the city. Sharon, Israeli officials and army generals attended memorial services at Ammunition Hill, where many Jordanian and Israeli soldiers died during the fight. But the last year-and-a-half has brought fighting back to Jerusalem's streets for the first time since the Six Day War in 1967. Palestinian gunmen in the Bethlehem suburb of Beit Jalla have fired across a valley at Jewish homes in Gilo, a neighborhood built on land that Israel annexed after the war. Young Palestinian stone throwers have clashed with Israeli police at a holy shrine - known as Temple Mount to Jews and Noble Sanctuary to Muslims - and at several other spots within the walled Old City, which is sectioned into Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters. ap.tbo.com