France and the Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem.(Israel)

From: Midstream | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Green, Elliot A. | Copyright information

A brass plaque rested for many years on the wall of an imposing stone building just inside the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli troops came through this gate when they recaptured the Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War. The plaque read "Domaine National Francais Republique Francaise," French National Domain, French Republic. In other words, the French state has been claiming that certain real estate within Jerusalem is part of France. The label National Domain asserts that...

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