High above the ancient shrine of three faiths, a Zionist banner proclaimed: "Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem." In the flag-decked streets below. Jewish youths danced the Hora. It was a day of triumph in the city which, for centuries of their exile, has been the symbol of the Jews' lost homeland.
Although last year's United Nations resolution demanded that Jerusalem be made an international city, the Israelis pointedly chose it for the opening ceremony of their newly elected Constituent Assembly. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Zionism's elder statesman, last week solemnly opened the Assembly. When the band struck up...
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