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Bookmark or Share- United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of IsraelThe 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]
- What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?Israel has occupied the West Bank, Arab East Jerusalem, which it captured from Jordan, and Syria's Golan Heights ever since.
- Sheikh Jarrah: Why Palestinians are facing possible eviction in east ...At the end of the "Six-Day War," Israel had occupied east Jerusalem, including Sheikh Jarrah, and in 1980, it annexed the territory.
- Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict | Explainer, Tensions ...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.
- Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem - WikipediaIsrael occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War; since then, the entire city has been under Israeli control. In Israel, the reunification of Jerusalem is commemorated as Jerusalem Day, an annual holiday. In July 1980, the Knesset passed the Jerusalem Law as part of the country's Basic Law, which declared unified Jerusalem the capital ...
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