Friday marked 42 years on the Hebrew calendar since Israeli forces liberated eastern Jerusalem and restored the Temple Mount and the Western Wall to Jewish hands.

But with the passing of each year, it is hard to escape the gnawing feeling that the reunified city is increasingly coming under siege yet again. Never, it seems, has the pressure been so great for Israel to divide it and "share" it with our enemies.

Just like the Jews of centuries past we must not be deterred. Israel must continue to build, expanding Jewish Jerusalem whether our friends and foes like it or not....

Read the rest of Freund's commentary on our expanded blog page.