(5 Jun 2024)
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Jerusalem – 05 June 2024
1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cabinet members during special meeting marking “Jerusalem Day”
2. Mid of Netanyahu and cabinet members
3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:
“Then, as today, we were surrounded by enemies. They thought to suffocate us, to wipe us off the map, but we are an ancient people, a people of brave warriors, we stood up as one man and defended ourselves. We are doing the same today against Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north and Iran in the east.”
4. Pull-out shot from Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at meeting
5. Close of Netanyahu
6. Netanyahu and cabinet members, Jerusalem mayor Moshe Leon (left of Netanyahu) posing for photo to mark “Jerusalem Day”
STORYLINE:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet held a special meeting on Wednesday to mark “Jerusalem Day.”
Addressing the cabinet in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that Israel was "surrounded by enemies,” and that like in ancient times, it was “doing the same today against Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north and Iran in the east.”
“Jerusalem Day,” marks Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 Mideast war.
Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its capital, but its annexation of east Jerusalem is not internationally recognized.
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis were expected to take part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday in an event that often sees racist chants and brawls.
The Palestinians, who seek east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, see the march as a provocation.
The current war began with Hamas’ October 7 attack into southern Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250 hostages.
Israel responded with a massive offensive that has killed over 36,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, displaced most of the territory’s population and caused widespread destruction.
The United States has thrown its weight behind a phased cease-fire and hostage release outlined by President Joe Biden last week.
But Israel says it won’t end the war without destroying Hamas, while the militant group is demanding a lasting cease-fire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces.
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