Israeli FM considers UN resolution on Jerusalem as null and void

Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon reiterated on Tuesday his government's ambitions in the occupied city of Jerusalem in aiming to tighten the Israeli occupation on the city and thereby defying, once again, the position voiced by the European Union recently, rejecting the annexation measures taken by Israel against the city.

During his meeting with the ambassadors of foreign countries accredited to Israel, Sharon said his "government considers the UN resolution 181 concerning Jerusalem, which was released in 1947 as void and null."

Sharon confirmed that "Jerusalem will be always the united eternal capital for Israel."

Meanwhile, a high-ranking German official told the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Tuesday that, "In a dirty electoral maneuver Netanyahu and Sharon bombarded friendly relations between Israel and the closest European state to it," in reference to the Israeli critical reaction to a statement made by Germany on the Arab identity of Jerusalem.

He added, "We have not ever recognized Jerusalem as a united capital for Israel." He accused Netanyahu and Sharon of leaking the message in order to use it for electoral purposes.