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When Israel was founded, the position of the United States was that its recognition of Israel did not imply a particular view on the status of Jerusalem. [108] The US voted for the UN Partition Plan in November 1947, which provided for the establishment of an international regime for the city, and Resolution 194 in 1948, following the 1948 Arab ...
Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. ... told Fox News Digital said Israel's move is a long time coming. "UNRWA is a cash cow for ...
United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑10/19 is an emergency session resolution declaring the status of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as "null and void". [1] It was adopted by the 37th Plenary meeting of the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly [2] during the tenure of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2017.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967 and formally annexed it in 1980 (see Jerusalem Law). [22]After the founding of the State of Israel in 1949, the United States recognized the new state, but considered it desirable to establish an international regime for Jerusalem, [23] with its final status resolved through negotiations. [24]
In the modern period, Jerusalem was divided between Israel and Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Israel captured East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967, uniting the city under Israeli control. The status of Jerusalem remains a highly contentious issue, with both Israelis and Palestinians claiming it as their capital ...
By Alexander Cornwell. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prominent U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged Saudi Arabia and Israel on Tuesday to establish diplomatic ties by the end of the year, warning ...
The U.S. views that parts of Jerusalem are not in Israel [e] and the official U.S. position is that the status of Jerusalem must be resolved in negotiations. [40] The EU views that Jerusalem is a corpus separatum, [41] and the United Nations considers Israel's proclamation of Jerusalem as its capital to be "null and void". [42]
Israel's founding father David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the modern State of Israel on May 14, 1948, establishing a safe-haven for Jews fleeing persecution and seeking a national home on land to which ...