Yediot Aharonot discusses life in the city. The author recalls: "Nine years ago I arrived in Jerusalem, at the height of terrorist attacks. The first time some student asked me to go for the evening, I asked him, in all seriousness, if that meant that we would have to travel to Tel Aviv. But very quickly I discovered another side and, more importantly, I decided to join an impressive group of young people who decided to stop crying about the city and start doing something about it. For nine years, I did not dare say what I am ready to say today, even with a small amount of confidence: Jerusalem has really changed. Today\’s Jerusalem has learned well how to serve even bourgeois couples with two children and a dog who dream of urban community life (yes, such things exist, and only Jerusalem can offer it), and who are looking for a nice place to live that maintains some values.
Ma\’ariv maintains that "The capital, in recent years, has chalked up an encouraging revival in the fields of tourism and culture, but as long as there is no demographic revolution – its verdict is engraved on the walls. Israel\’s capital will remain for the years to come downtrodden and orthodox. Its educated and wealthy will continue to abandon it for the suburbs and for Tel Aviv."
Yisrael Hayom notes that "Today, the 28th day of the [Hebrew] month of Iyar, is Jerusalem Day. Yet many do not know the additional significance assigned by the Knesset to this day, that this is the Remembrance Day for Ethiopian Jews who died on their way to Israel. Ethiopian Jews had one dream all their years in the Diaspora: To come to Jerusalem. On this day we remember all those who fought for this city and all those who fought to reach Jerusalem and died on the way."
The Jerusalem Post celebrates the 45th anniversary of the unification of Jerusalem, and states: “On Jerusalem Day we should feel thankful for living in a generation that has witnessed a rebuilt Jerusalem, and daunted by the many challenges that yerushalayim shel mata presents.”
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