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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-holds-emergency-session-on-jerusalem-unrest/
Israel's UN Ambassador: The People of Israel Are Not Occupiers in Jerusalem
(Times of Israel) Lazar Berman - Israel's UN ambassador Ron Prosor defended construction in Jerusalem on Wednesday, telling an emergency Security Council session that "the people of Israel are not occupiers and we are not settlers. Israel is our home and Jerusalem is our eternal capital." "There are many threats in the Middle East, but the presence of Jewish homes in the Jewish homeland has never been one of them," Prosor emphasized. "Jerusalem had a Jewish character long before most cities in the world had any character." He also blasted the Palestinian Authority for objecting to Jews visiting the Temple Mount. "You don't have to be Catholic to visit the Vatican. You don't have to be Jewish to visit the Western Wall. But the Palestinians would like to see the day when the Temple Mount is only open to Muslims." "Let me tell you just how much the PA cares about holy sites: In Nablus, which has been under the control of the PA since 1995, the grave of the biblical patriarch Joseph was reduced to rubble. In Bethlehem, also under PA control, violent extremists have looted and desecrated the Church of the Nativity."