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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.
The Temple Mount ( Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Mount of the House [of the Holy]'), also known as Haram al-Sharif ( Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa ( المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit.
- Contentious Construction
- What Is East Jerusalem?
- Eviction and Tension in Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah
- A Controversial Plan For Silwan
Both the U.N. and the current U.S. State Department object to Israel building Jewish neighborhoods in areas that were incorporated into the city following the Six-Day War, since they are beyond the Green Line (the 1949 armistice line) and conflict with their interpretation of U.N. Resolution 242.This resolution, from November 1967, calls for “Withd...
The battle over east Jerusalem has demographic and political ramifications. “East” Jerusalem in fact comprises neighborhoods that are north, south, and east of the city’s pre-1967 borders. That includes established Jewish neighborhoods built in the late 1970s and early 1980s such as Gilo, Ramot, French Hill, and Pisgat Ze’ev, as well as the newer H...
In 2010 friction has centered on two areas–Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. The cause of the tension is the same in both cases–Jewish development and expansion in areas with a majority Arab population. Weekly protests started in Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah in August 2009, organized by a loose coalition of Arab, Jewish, and internationa...
On the southern side of the Old City in Silwan, opposite the City of David, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is trying to implement the Jerusalem Master Plan, which was proposed by Mayor Ehud Olmert in 2000 and ratified in 2007. The plan sets forth various objectives for expansion of residential areas in the capital, including a challenging call for “pre...
Jerusalem is situated on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which include the Mount of Olives (East) and Mount Scopus (North East). The elevation of the Old City is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft). [327] The whole of Jerusalem is surrounded by valleys and dry riverbeds ( wadis ).
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, along with the West Bank, after the Six-Day War.
11 de out. de 2023 · 11 October 2023. More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders are yet to be entirely settled. Wars, treaties and occupation mean the shape of the Jewish state has changed over...
26 de out. de 2021 · Haaretz | Israel News. Some in East Jerusalem Regret Neglecting Hebrew, ‘Language of the Occupier’. While efforts are being made to enhance the study of Hebrew, youngsters are often taught little more than rudimentary elements by untrained teachers. Some educational experts and parents are up in arms. School girls in East Jerusalem.
