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East Jerusalem includes the Old City, which is home to many sites of seminal religious importance for the three major Abrahamic religions — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, including the Temple Mount / Al-Aqsa, the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Oct 11, 2023 · Jerusalem - Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which includes sites sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, to be the capital of their state.
Oct 11, 2023 · Israel effectively annexed East Jerusalem - claiming the whole of the city as its capital - and the Golan Heights.
May 12, 2021 · Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent days, unleashing some of the worst violence between Israel and the ...
Jun 5, 2024 · Stay on top of Occupied East Jerusalem latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
May 28, 2024 · Some proponents of a two-state solution have proposed splitting the city in two: it was divided after the first Arab-Israeli war (1948–49) into a western portion under Israeli rule, called Jerusalem, and an eastern portion under Arab rule, called East Jerusalem.
May 8, 2021 · World reacts as Jerusalem tensions escalate. More than 200 wounded in Al-Aqsa amid growing anger over Israeli plans to evict Palestinian families from occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah.
