Jerusalem Law
The Jerusalem Law (officially Hebrew חוק יסוד: ירושלים בירת ישראל Chok jesod: Yerushalayim birat Jisra'el "Basic Law: Jerusalem Capital of Israel") is an Israeli Basic Law . It was passed by the Knesset , the Israeli parliament, on July 30, 1980. It says that "the united Jerusalem ... in its entirety is the capital of Israel".
The bill for this law was submitted by the Techija party . It was supported by the parties in the government ( Likud coalition) and rejected by Mapam and Chadash . Israeli law and authorities had existed in the Israeli part of Jerusalem (West Jerusalem) since 1948. Accordingly, in the 1950s the states Bolivia , Chile , Costa Rica , Côte d'Ivoire , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Haiti , Kenya , Colombia , Netherlands , Panama , Uruguay , Venezuela and Zaire had their diplomatic representations (partly Consulates General, later mostly embassies ) reopened on Israeli territory in Jerusalem (West Jerusalem).
In addition, France , Greece and Italy have representations in West Jerusalem, the Greek with responsibility for Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank, the French as well as those in East Jerusalem of Belgium , Britain , Italy, Sweden , Spain and Turkey , those from there from their countries only represented in the city and the West Bank, but not in the rest of Israel.
But the elevation to the Basic Law now meant that the annexation of East Jerusalem should be irreversible.
On August 20, 1980, in Resolution 478 of the UN Security Council , the Jerusalem Law null and void ( null and void explains). As a result, the 16 embassies already located in Jerusalem were moved to and around Tel Aviv . The consulates of the eight other states were excluded.
The original version is published in Sefer haChukkim (Code of Law) No. 980 of 23 Av 5740 (August 5, 1980), p. 186.
In 2018, the U.S. embassy moved to Jerusalem after recognizing Jerusalem as the official capital. The controversial nation-state law of 2018 repeats the establishment of Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital.
Web links
- English text of the Jerusalem Law on the Israel Foreign Ministry website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Glasneck, Angelika Timm : Israel. The history of the state since its foundation , Bonn 1992, ISBN 3-416-02349-8 , p. 212.