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- The United Nations recognizes East Jerusalem (and the West Bank as a whole) as the territory for an independent Palestinian state, thus rejecting Israel's claim to that half of the city.
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[a] Under international law, East Jerusalem is considered part of the West Bank, and Palestinian territories, and under illegal occupation by Israel. [2][3][4] Many states recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine (such as Brazil, [5] China, [6] Russia, [7] and all 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), [...
The United Nations recognizes East Jerusalem (and the West Bank as a whole) as the territory for an independent Palestinian state, thus rejecting Israel's claim to that half of the city.
May 4, 2012 · Together with 300,000 Palestinian residents of the city the majority of Jerusalemites live in East Jerusalem. The vast majority of Israelis, including many in the Israeli left, don’t consider...
Sep 18, 2024 · Some proponents of a two-state solution have proposed splitting the city in two: it was divided after the first Arab-Israeli war (1948–49) into a western portion under Israeli rule, called Jerusalem, and an eastern portion under Arab (Jordanian) rule, called East Jerusalem.
Palestinians in Jerusalem make up close to 40 percent of the city’s population. They are required to pay taxes to the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality like any inhabitant of the...
- Mohammed Haddad
May 12, 2021 · Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent days, unleashing some of the worst violence between Israel and the...
4 days ago · The status of the city remained a central issue in the dispute between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, who claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Area 49 square miles (126 square km). Pop. (2022 est.) 981,711.
