Im Tirtzu believes it is crucial to preserve the unity of Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty in any future political settlement. We believe the Jewish people’s moral-historical connection to historical-Jewish Jerusalem (the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Old City, the City of David, the Mount of Olives, etc.) is the basis of the Jewish people’s right to an independent sovereign state in the Land of Israel. The issue of the unity of Jerusalem should stand above any disagreements within Israeli society and the Zionist ethos, based on our moral rights to the Land of Israel with a united Jerusalem as its capital should be retained forever.
In the words of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z’l ten days before he was assassinated in Tel Aviv: “In Israel we have no disagreements on one issue: the unity of Jerusalem and its continued establishment and consolidation as the capital of the State of Israel. There is no such thing as two Jerusalems. There is only one Jerusalem. As far as we are concerned, Jerusalem is not an issue to compromise on and there is no peace without Jerusalem.”