East Jerusalem

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disputed territory part of Jerusalem territory urban area

East Jerusalem is the predominantly Palestinian eastern sector of Jerusalem, internationally regarded as occupied territory and central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over future statehood and sovereignty.

Aliases (2)

City of David area ×1
East Jerusalem (disputed) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disputed territory → part of Jerusalem → territory → urban area →
annexationNotRecognizedBy	United Nations → most countries →
annexedBy	Israel →
borderedBy	West Bank → West Jerusalem →
capturedIn	Six-Day War →
centralTo	Israeli–Palestinian conflict → Jerusalem political status →
claimedBy	State of Israel → State of Palestine →
consideredByUN	part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory →
contains	Al-Aqsa Mosque → Beit Hanina → Church of the Holy Sepulchre → Dome of the Rock → Jabal al-Mukabber → Mount of Olives → Old City of Jerusalem → Ras al-Amud → Sheikh Jarrah → Shuafat → Silwan → Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif → Wadi al-Joz →
containsPopulationGroup	Israeli settlers →
designatedByIsraelAs	part of the unified capital Jerusalem →
designatedByPalestineAs	capital of the State of Palestine →
governedDeFactoBy	Jerusalem Municipality (Israeli) →
languageMostSpoken	Arabic →
locatedIn	Asia → Levant → Middle East →
majorityPopulation	Palestinians →
occupationBegan	1967 →
occupiedBy	Israel →
otherCommonLanguage	Hebrew →
partOf	Jerusalem →
previouslyAnnexedBy	Jordan →
previouslyControlledBy	Jordan →
recognizedBySomeStatesAs	occupied East Jerusalem →
residentsStatus	mostly permanent residents of Israel without full citizenship →
separatedInPartBy	Israeli West Bank barrier →
statusUnderInternationalLaw	occupied territory →
subjectTo	Israeli civil law (de facto) →
UNSecurityCouncilResolutionsConcern	UN Security Council Resolution 242 → UN Security Council Resolution 478 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Intifada → Jordanian annexation of the West Bank → Six-Day War → École Biblique →	location
Israel Border Police → Israeli authorities →	jurisdiction
Garden of Gethsemane → Mount of Olives →	locatedIn
West Jerusalem →	adjacentTo
Israeli Military Governorate →	appliesToJurisdiction
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank →	appliesToTerritory
Tyropoeon Valley ("City of David area") →	associatedWith
Palestinian Authority →	capitalClaimed
Palestinian government →	claimsCapital
West Bank ("East Jerusalem (disputed)") →	containsCity
Palestinian Authority →	doesNotControl
Palestinian territories →	hasCapitalClaim
Jerusalem →	hasPart
Palestinian national movement →	hasPrimaryTerritorialFocus
Arab–Israeli peace process →	involvesTerritory
Noble Sanctuary →	locatedInDisputedTerritory
Jerusalem Islamic Waqf →	operatesIn