But he also claimed Jerusalem as the "eternal capital" of the Jews.
The sector was quickly annexed and Jerusalem declared the eternal, united capital in 1980.
Jerusalem has not always been the "eternal and indivisible" capital of Israel.
We have come from Jerusalem, the ancient and eternal capital of the Jewish people.
Israel has insisted that Jerusalem is its eternal and indivisible capital.
There is only Jerusalem, the united and eternal capital of Israel.
Israel annexed the old city soon thereafter and proclaimed a united Jerusalem its eternal capital.
Jerusalem "will remain unified as the eternal capital of Israel," he said.
In 1980, Israel declared Jerusalem its united and eternal capital.
"Our eternal capital will develop more and more," he said, eliciting only bored silence from the crowd.