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A two-state solution with Israel and Palestine side by side in peace and security. A viable state of Palestine in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, on the basis of the 1967 lines. A way must be found to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of both Israel and Palestine.
Map indicating East Jerusalem boundary. On 27 June 1967, Israel expanded the municipal boundaries of West Jerusalem so as to include approximately 70 km 2 (27.0 sq mi) of West Bank territory today referred to as East Jerusalem, which included Jordanian East Jerusalem ( 6 km 2 (2.3 sq mi) ) and 28 villages and areas of the Bethlehem and Beit Jala municipalities 64 km 2 (25 sq mi).
East Jerusalem absorbed thousands of Palestinian refugees, a substantial number of whom were middle-class people [43] from West Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods when they came under Israeli rule, and many were settled in the previous Jewish areas of the eastern sector, [44] whose inhabitants, likewise refugees, were relocated in the formerly ...
East Jerusalem is administered as part of the Jerusalem District of Israel, but is claimed by Palestine as part of the Jerusalem Governorate. It was annexed by Israel in 1980, [85] but this annexation is not recognised by any other country. [91] Of the 456,000 people in East Jerusalem, roughly 60% are Palestinians and 40% are Israelis. [85] [92]
According to the United Nations Conciliation Commission, the Status Quo applies to nine sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, [1] which Cust separates into three categories: Disputed between Christian denominations: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and its dependencies, Jerusalem The Deir es-Sultan, on top of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
The Holy Land [a] is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. Today, the term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern states of Israel and Palestine.
Recent surveys suggest Hamas’ popularity among Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza is running higher despite — or because of — the devastating Oct. 7 cross-border attack on Israel ...