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[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.
The US government, the European Union, Russia and the UN have criticized Israel's plans to continue building in East Jerusalem [27] but both the US and the EU have stated that there should be no preconditions for resuming the suspended peace talks related to Israel's Road Map requirement to freeze settlements.
By 11 June the Arab forces were routed and all parties had accepted the cease-fire called for by UN Security Council Resolutions 235 and 236. Israel gained control of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the formerly Jordanian-controlled West Bank of the Jordan River. East Jerusalem was arguably [55] annexed by Israel ...
Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo I Accord in Washington, D.C. The accords provided for the withdrawal of some IDF forces from the West Bank and Gaza Strip and for the establishment of a self-governing authority for the Palestinians, the Palestinian National Authority. 1994: 26 October: Israel and Jordan signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map 1: United Nations -derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements ...
On March 25, 2019, the United States officially recognized the Golan Heights as being under the sovereignty of Israel.Signed into effect by the Trump administration, the U.S. presidential proclamation marked the first instance of any country recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights; [1] the territory is viewed as part of Syria under international law, though it has been under an ...
Israel has never formally annexed Jerusalem, nor claimed sovereignty there but its extension of Israeli law and administration there in 1967, and the Jerusalem Basic Law of 1980 are often taken as constituting an effective [61] or de facto annexation. [110]
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has proposed a plan which would see settlement blocs annexed to Israel in exchange for heavily Arab areas inside Israel as part of a population exchange. According to Mitchell G. Bard : "Ultimately, Israel may decide to unilaterally disengage from the West Bank and determine which settlements it will ...