The Jewish War Veterans concluded its 85th annual convention by reaffirming its position that an undivided and integrated Jerusalem remain, now and forever, the capital of Israel. “We decry the most recent abstention of the U.S. government in the United Nations Security Council,” a resolution on this issue stated. It added that the resolution last week “clearly represents meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.”
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