Yom Yerushalayim: The messiah’s donkey and its dung
Ethan Tucker, The Times of IsraelFor the 50th time, we are marking the 28th of Iyyar as Yom Herut Yerushalayim, the day when the Old City of Jerusalem, the eastern parts of the city and all of the territory of Yehudah, Shomron, the Golan Heights (and Gaza and Sinai) came under Israeli control.
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