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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Metropolis in Israel and Palestine, Israel Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew) القُدس (Arabic) Metropolis Old City from the Mount of Olives with Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount Tower of David Zion Square Chords Bridge Mamilla Mall Western Wall Shrine of the Book ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. (March 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series on Jerusalem History Timeline City of David 1000 BCE Second ...
Jerusalem was not divided among the tribes — Yoma 12a; A snake or scorpion never injured anyone in Jerusalem — Yoma 21a; Whoever did not see Jerusalem in her glory has never seen a beautiful city — Sukkah 51b; Ten measures of beauty descended to the world, Jerusalem took nine — Kidushin 49b; Jerusalem is the light of the world ...
Today, Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ) and Al-Quds (Arabic: اَلْـقُـدْس). Yerushalayim is a derivation of a much older name, recorded as early as in the Middle Bronze Age , which has however been repeatedly re-interpreted in folk etymology , notably in Biblical Greek , where the first element ...
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]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jerusalem History Timeline City of David 1000 BCE Second Temple Period 538 BCE–70 CE Aelia Capitolina 130–325 CE Byzantine 325–638 CE Early Muslim 638–1099 Crusader 1099–1187 Late Medieval 1187–1517 Ottoman 1517–1917 British Mandate 1917–1948 Modern period ...
Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...
As such Hebron is the second holiest city to Jews, and is one of the four cities where Israelite biblical figures purchased land (Abraham bought a field and a cave east of Hebron from the Hittites (Genesis 23:16-18), King David bought a threshing floor at Jerusalem from the Jebusite Araunah (2 Samuel 24:24), Jacob bought land outside the walls ...