1.  Barak, for his part, had pledged that an undivided Jerusalem would remain the eternal capital of Israel, fully under Israeli sovereignty.

2.  Both claim it as their eternal capital, and as the touchstone of their cultural identity.

3.  But there was no reference to Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel.

4.  He vowed Friday that his final goal would be to make Jerusalem, which Israel considers its eternal capital, the capital of a Palestinian state.

5.  Hillary Rodham Clinton, pondering a bid for the Senate from New York, wrote a letter to Jewish groups proclaiming Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel.

6.  Israelis consider all of Jerusalem their eternal capital.

7.  But Israel considers the entire city its eternal capital.

8.  He maintains that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people and must remain united under Israeli sovereignty.

9.  Israel claims Jerusalem as its eternal capital, while the Palestinians want the eastern sector as capital of a future state.

10.  Israel claims the city, holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, as its eternal indivisible capital.