French Hill (settlement)

French Hill, 2022
French Hill (Giv'at Shapira) in the OCHA OpT map of East Jerusalem

French Hill (Hebrew: הגבעה הצרפתית, HaGiv'a HaTzarfatit, Arabic: التلة الفرنسية, at-tel al-faransiya), also Giv'at Shapira (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת שַׁפִּירָא), is an Israeli settlement[1][2][3] in northern East Jerusalem. It is located on territory that has been occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 and later unilaterally annexed by Israel under the Jerusalem Law, in a move internationally condemned as illegal, "null and void" under international law, in 1980. The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, such as French Hill, illegal under international law, which the Israeli government disputes.[4]

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  2. ^ "All about French Hill". www.jpost.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Jessica. "From Arab to Orthodox, Chinese to Korean, it's love thy neighbor in French Hill". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.