Jonathan Pollard told listeners at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva during Jerusalem Day festivities today that, "since 1948, we've been making every effort to prove to the world that Jerusalem is our capital."
Pollard lay the blame for the world community refusing to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital in the Israeli government's not conditioning the foundation of foreign embassies in the city.
"This is our Land, God gave it to us, and if you don't like it, that's OK. We set the rules," he continued, adding, "You may have heard that the US wants to set up a PA embassy in Jerusalem. We can't allow this. If the Americans want to set up a Palestinian embassy in Washington, good luck. That's their business. But not here. Not in Israel. Not in Jerusalem."