BASIC LAW: JERUSALEM, CAPITAL OF ISRAEL* |
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Jerusalem, Capital of Israel. |
1. Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel. | ||||
Seat of the President, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court. |
2. Jerusalem is the seat of the President of the State, the Knesset, the Government and the Supreme Court. | ||||
Protection of Holy Places. |
3. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings towards those places. | ||||
Development of Jerusalem. |
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* Passed by the Knesset on the 17th Av, 5740 (30th July, 1980) and published in Sefer Ha-Chukkim No. 980 of the 23rd Av, 5740 (5th August, 1980), p. 186; the Bill and an Explanatory Note were published in Hatza'ot Chok No. 1464 of 5740, p. 287. |
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SOURCE: "The Israeli Government's Official Website", published by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel (copyrighted 1998). URL: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp Goto "Map". Press "Basic Laws" link in the middle of the graphic image of the website map, and then press link to "Basic Law: Jerusalem".
(C) Israel Law Resource Center, February, 2007.