East Jerusalem (Arabic: القدس الشرقية, al-Quds ash-Sharqiya; Hebrew: מִזְרַח יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, Mizraḥ Yerushalayim) is the portion of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel.

The Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem, known to Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem, [1] [2] [3] refers to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, and its annexation.

East Jerusalem (Hebrew: מזרח ירושלים, Mizraḥ Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس الشرقية, al-Quds ash-Sharqiya) is the eastern part of Jerusalem that was occupied and then annexed by Jordan after the 1947–1949 Palestine war. Israel got control of it, …

May 4, 2012 · Today about 200,000 Jews live in East Jerusalem. Together with 300,000 Palestinian residents of the city the majority of Jerusalemites live in East Jerusalem.

Dec 2, 2024 · East Jerusalem is central to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The location of key religious sites for the world's three major monotheistic religions, disagreements over ownership were perhaps inevitable.

Jan 29, 2025 · The most immediate impact will be in east Jerusalem, which Israel seized during the 1967 Mideast war and annexed in a move not recognized by most of the world. UNRWA’s headquarters there faces immediate shutdown.

Nov 21, 2023 · Most international communities and organizations recognize the boundaries of the Armistice Agreement in 1949 that gave West Jerusalem to Israel and East Jerusalem to Palestine. However, in 1967, Israel gained control of East Jerusalem and annexed significant territory outside of the 1949 boundaries.

The US opposed Israel's declaration of Jerusalem as its capital in 1949 and opposed Jordan's plan to make Jerusalem its second capital announced in 1950. [25] The US also opposed Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem after the 1967 war. [25]

5 days ago · Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.

4 days ago · The Educational Bookshop outlets are in East Jerusalem, a part of the city that Israel captured from Jordan in 1967 and later annexed. Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its undivided capital ...