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Commentary;
With the omission of one little word, IDF Chief Gabi Ashkenazi queered an entire pledge. And it’s little wonder. For the inclusion of this one little word in Ashkenazi’s proclamation, in the presence of President Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, etc., would have undoubtedly resulted in his termination.
“We will continue to do whatever we can to ensure that Jerusalem will forever remain the capital of Israel.”
That one little word which denotes and sums up Divine Jewish legacy and exclusivity is >undivided. MB
IDF Chief: Jerusalem is Why We’re Here, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
At a ceremony honoring the 40th anniversary of the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem this week, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said that Jerusalem is the “raison d’etre” of our national existence in Israel. He said the IDF will do everything it can to ensure Jerusalem remains Israel’s eternal capital.
“Jerusalem symbolizes the reason and purpose for our lives here,” Ashkenazi told the IDF Civilian Pensioners Organization. “It is the ‘why’ and ‘wherefore’ explaining why we are fighting. We will continue to do whatever we can to ensure that Jerusalem will forever remain the capital of Israel. And as the Prophet Isaiah said 2,700 years ago: ‘On your ramparts, O Jerusalem, I have placed guards all day and all night.'”
In attendance were President Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupoliansky, former Defense Ministers Moshe Arens and Yitzchak Mordechai, former Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon, and other dignitaries.