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East Jerusalem (Arabic: القدس الشرقية, al-Quds ash-Sharqiya; Hebrew: מִזְרַח יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, Mizraḥ Yerushalayim) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel.
Oct 11, 2023 · Overwhelmingly, international opinion continues to consider East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as occupied territory. One of Israel's land borders was formalised for the first time in 1979,...
The Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem, known to Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem, refers to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, and its annexation.
Oct 11, 2023 · Jerusalem - Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which includes sites sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, to be the capital of their state.
May 4, 2012 · In 1948, when the first war between Jews and Arabs erupted, Jerusalem was one of the main battlefields. The city had the largest amount of Jews in the country, 100,000 out of 600,000 in the whole...
May 28, 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 rule, called East Jerusalem.
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 ...
Jun 5, 2024 · Stay on top of Occupied East Jerusalem latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
East Jerusalem ( Arabic: القدس الشرقية, al-Quds ash-Sharqiya; Hebrew: מִזְרַח יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, Mizraḥ Yerushalayim) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel.
Apr 23, 2021 · Scores of people have been injured in clashes in East Jerusalem between far-right Jewish activists, Palestinians and Israeli police.
