by Esther Korson<\/p>\n
Yesterday I travelled to Tel Aviv with a friend, as she had to go to the Chilean Embassy. On the way there, I was remembering how things used to be, when all of the international embassies were still in Jerusalem\u2014and not in Tel Aviv!<\/strong><\/p>\n In every country in the world\u2014yes, every single country\u2014the international embassies are located in the capital chosen by that country, with consulates in other cities depending on the size of the country. Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people long before any of those international capitals even existed! Jerusalem has been the centre of the Jewish people\u2019s national and spiritual life since David made it his capital and that was way back in 1003 BC. (1 Kings 2:11 \u201cDavid reigned over Israel from Jerusalem for 33 years.\u201d) Following our return from Babylon in 538 BC, Jerusalem again served as the capital for the Jewish people, and has remained in our hearts and in our dreams for all of the hundreds of years that followed. In all of that time, Jerusalem has never been the capital of any other sovereign nation. Never!<\/p>\n