Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem

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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.[4]

    Jerusalem was envisaged as a separate, international city under the 1947 United Nations partition plan, but it was divided by the 1948 war that followed Israel's declaration of independence. As a result of the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the city's western half came under Israeli control, while its eastern half, containing the famed Old City, fell under Jordanian control.[5][a] In 1950, Jordan annexed East Jerusalem as part of its larger annexation of the West Bank.

    Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War; since then, the entire city has been under Israeli control. In Israel, the reunification of Jerusalem is commemorated as Jerusalem Day, an annual holiday. In July 1980, the Knesset passed the Jerusalem Law as part of the country's Basic Law, which declared unified Jerusalem the capital of Israel, formalizing its effective annexation.[7] The United Nations Security Council ruled the law "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478.

    1. ^ Efrat, Elisha; Noble, Allen G. (1988-11-01). "Problems of reunified Jerusalem". Cities. 5 (4): 326–332. doi:10.1016/0264-2751(88)90022-4. ISSN 0264-2751.
    2. ^ Romann, M. (1978-11-01). "Jerusalem since 1967: A profile of a reunited city". GeoJournal. 2 (6): 499–506. doi:10.1007/BF00208589. ISSN 1572-9893. S2CID 153456123.
    3. ^ Kershner, Isabel (2017-06-25). "50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront a Life Divided". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
    4. ^ The Legal Status of East Jerusalem (PDF) (Report). Norwegian Refugee Council. 2013. p. 9. Immediately after the 1967 War the Government of Israel unilaterally annexed about 70,500 dunams (approximately 17,400 acres) of the Jordanian Jerusalem and West Bank land to the municipal boundaries of West Jerusalem. In addition to the areas of Jerusalem that had previously been controlled by Jordan (approximately 6,500 dunams), the annexed lands included an additional 64,000 dunams, most of which belonged to 28 Palestinian villages in the West Bank; the remaining annexed lands were within the municipal boundaries of Bethlehem and Beit Jala. With this annexation, the total area of Jerusalem tripled, making Jerusalem Israel's largest city, in both territory and population. This annexed territory is known today as "East Jerusalem".
    5. ^ Hasson, Shlomo (2000). "A Master Plan for Jerusalem: Stage One – the Survey". In Maʻoz, Moshe; Nusseibeh, Sari (eds.). Jerusalem: Points Beyond Friction, and Beyond. Kluwer Law International. pp. 15–24. ISBN 978-90-411-8843-4. OCLC 43481699. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
    6. ^ Korman, Sharon (1996). The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice. Oxford University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-19-158380-3. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
    7. ^ "Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 2 April 2007.


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