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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 had been occupied by Israel in 1967 and was effectively annexed by Israel in 1980, an act internationally condemned. On 27–28 June 1967, East Jerusalem was integrated into Jerusalem by extension of its municipal borders and was placed under the civil law, jurisdiction and administration of the State of Israel.
David Ben-Gurion presented his party's assertion that "Jewish Jerusalem is an organic, inseparable part of the State of Israel" in December 1949, [63] and Jordan annexed East Jerusalem the following year. [64] [48] These decisions were confirmed respectively in the Israeli Knesset in January 1950 and the Jordanian Parliament in April 1950. [65]
Jordan bilaterally annexed East Jerusalem along with the rest of the West Bank in 1950 as a temporary trustee [64] at the request of a Palestinian delegation, [65] and although the annexation was recognized by only two countries, it was not condemned by the UNSC.
The United Nations’ top court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, ... settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967
Meanwhile, Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, where the city’s most sensitive holy sites are based, is not internationally recognized. As an occupying power, Israel’s actions in the ...
In 1950, Jordan annexed East Jerusalem as part of its larger annexation of the West Bank. Though the United Kingdom and Iraq recognized Jordanian rule over East Jerusalem, [23] no other country recognized either Jordanian or Israeli rule over the respective areas of the city under their control. [20]
The shops are located in East Jerusalem, an area captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War and later annexed in a move not recognised internationally. (Reporting by Amar Awad; writing by ...