A report on East Jerusalem, State of Palestine and Israel

2018 United Nations OCHA map of the area, showing Israeli occupation arrangements
East Jerusalem zoning
Map of East Jerusalem. The Arab areas are coloured green, while the Jewish areas are blue.
Demonstration against road block, Kafr Qaddum, March 2012
The Merneptah Stele (13th century BCE). The majority of biblical archeologists translate a set of hieroglyphs as "Israel," the first instance of the name in the record.
William McLean's 1918 plan was the first urban planning scheme for Jerusalem. It laid the foundations for what became West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem.
Old Roman era gate beneath the Damascus Gate (Bab al-'Amud) in Jerusalem
The destroyed Palestinian Legislative Council building in Gaza City, Gaza–Israel conflict, September 2009
The Large Stone Structure, an archaeological site in Jerusalem
1961 Jordan Tourism Map of Jerusalem
Map of Israeli settlements in the West Bank
King Hussein flying over the Temple Mount while it was under Jordanian control, 1965
International recognition of the State of Palestine
Map of Israel and Judah in the 9th century BCE
Aerial view of the ancient Jewish cemetery on Mount of Olives
Children waving a Palestinian flag, West Bank
Portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, written during the Second Temple period
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements.
Palestinian girls in Nablus
Kfar Bar'am, an ancient Jewish village, abandoned some time between the 7th–13th centuries CE.
Israeli West Bank barrier in Jerusalem
Illustration of Palestinian Christian home in Jerusalem, ca 1850. By W. H. Bartlett
The 13th-century Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem
Jerusalem municipal area, under Israel in 2000
Jews at the Western Wall in the 1870s
Greater Jerusalem, May 2006. CIA remote sensing map showing areas they consider settlements, plus refugee camps, fences, walls, etc.
The First Zionist Congress (1897) in Basel, Switzerland
East Jerusalem, with Israeli West Bank barrier in the background
UN Map, "Palestine plan of partition with economic union"
Dome of the Rock in the Old City
Territory held by Israel: The Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in 1982.
UN map showing a series of Israeli "Inner Settlements" – each represented as red crosses – with clusters in the Old City, to the south adjacent to the City of David (shown as "Beit Hazofe" (בית הצופה, "Observation House")) and Ma'ale HaZeitim, and to the north around Shimon HaTzadik.
Israel's 1980 law declared that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel."
The new building is Schmidt's Girls College.
Shimon Peres (left) with Yitzhak Rabin (center) and King Hussein of Jordan (right), prior to signing the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994.
The site of the 2001 Tel Aviv Dolphinarium discotheque massacre, in which 21 Israelis were killed.
Köppen climate classification map of Israel and the Golan Heights
Population pyramid of Israel
Immigration to Israel in the years 1948–2015. The two peaks were in 1949 and 1990.
Road sign in Hebrew, Arabic, and English
The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University
Mount Scopus Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Knesset chamber, home to the Israeli parliament
Political system of state of Israel
Supreme Court of Israel, Givat Ram, Jerusalem
Map of Israel showing the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights
Israeli West Bank barrier separating Israel and the West Bank
Area C of the West Bank, controlled by Israel under Oslo Accords, in blue and red, in December 2011
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat at the signing ceremony of the Oslo Accords with then US President Bill Clinton
Squad commanders exercise at Eliakim training base in 2012
Iron Dome is the world's first operational anti-artillery rocket defense system.
Change in per capita GDP of Israel since 1950. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars.
The Diamond Exchange District in Ramat Gan
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Its building is optimized for computer trading, with systems located in an underground bunker to keep the exchange active during emergencies.
Matam high-tech park in Haifa
The world's largest solar parabolic dish at the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center.
Ben Gurion International Airport
Ein Bokek resort on the shore of the Dead Sea
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta
Shrine of the Book, repository of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem
A meal including falafel, hummus, French fries and Israeli salad
Teddy Stadium of Jerusalem
Boris Gelfand, chess Grandmaster

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

- East Jerusalem

Palestinians and many in the international community consider East Jerusalem to be the future capital of the State of Palestine.

- East Jerusalem

It was soon recognized by all Arab League members except Transjordan, which had occupied and later annexed the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

- State of Palestine

Israel later captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War in June 1967.

- State of Palestine

Israel has effectively annexed East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, though these actions have been rejected as illegal by the international community, and established settlements within the occupied territories, which are also considered illegal under international law.

- Israel

During the summit, Barak offered a plan for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

- Israel
2018 United Nations OCHA map of the area, showing Israeli occupation arrangements

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Jordanian annexation of the West Bank

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Independent Arab state to be established there alongside a Jewish state mainly to its west.

Independent Arab state to be established there alongside a Jewish state mainly to its west.

Contemporary map, 1955
Arab Legionnaires attacking Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Old City of Jerusalem, 1948
Contemporary map, 1955
King Abdullah at Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 29 May 1948
Arab Legion soldier posing in the ruins of the Hurva Synagogue, Jerusalem
1947 UN Partition Plan and 1949 UN Armistice Lines

Prior to hostilities in 1948, Palestine (modern-day West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel) had been under the Mandate for Palestine control of the British Empire, which captured it from the Ottomans in 1917.

Jordanian forces remained in most positions they held in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Old City.

The decision forced King Hussein to relinquish his claim to speak for the Palestinian people during peace negotiations and to recognize an independent Palestinian state that is independent of Jordan.

The barrier route as of July 2011: 438 km finished, 58 km under construction, 212 km planned.

Israeli West Bank barrier

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The barrier route as of July 2011: 438 km finished, 58 km under construction, 212 km planned.
The barrier in Jerusalem, 2007
The barrier between Abu Dis and East Jerusalem, June 2004
Graffiti on the road to Bethlehem in the West Bank stating "Ich bin ein Berliner"
Route 443 near Giv'at Ze'ev Junction, with pyramid-shaped stacks of barbed wire forming a section of the Israeli West Bank barrier
Israeli West Bank barrier – North of Meitar, near the southwest corner of the West Bank, in 2006.
The barrier between northern West Bank and the Gilboa
Inside the West Bank on the West Bank barrier
West Bank Barrier, Palestinian side
Israeli West Bank barrier near Mount Zion in 2009
Palestinian children running towards the barrier, August 2004
Replica section of the Israeli Barrier, built in London in 2013, as part of the international protest against the Israeli wall
Graffiti depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg on the Israeli barrier in Bethlehem, July 2018
Graffiti paintings on the wall by British graffiti artist Banksy
Section of West Bank barrier located on Route 443, near Jerusalem. Painting was likely done by the official contractor.

The Israeli West Bank barrier, comprising the West Bank Wall and the West Bank fence, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank.

While the barrier was initially presented as a temporary security measure at a time of heightened tensions, it has since been associated with a future political border between Israel and the State of Palestine.

The barrier runs partly along or near the 1949 Jordanian–Israeli armistice line ("Green Line") and partly through the Israeli-occupied West Bank diverging eastward from the armistice line by up to 20 km to include on the western side several of the areas with concentrations of highly populated Israeli settlements, such as East Jerusalem, the Ariel Bloc (Ariel, Karnei Shomron, Kedumim, Immanuel etc.), Gush Etzion, Givat Ze'ev, Oranit, and Maale Adumim.