Netanyahu: East Jerusalem to remain under Israeli sovereignty

United Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an official Jerusalem Day ceremony.

"On this special day it is clear to us that a divided Jerusalem is a memory. The future belongs to the complete Jerusalem that shall never again be divided", RIA Novosti cited him a saying.

"We will forever keep Jerusalem united under Israeli sovereignty. Jerusalem was only ever the capital of the Jewish people, not of any other people.Here our path as a nation began, this is our home and here we shall stay," Netanyahu said.