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Israel's Uncertain Victory
Israel's conquest of Jordan's West Bank in June 1967 created the opportunity to 'reunify' East and West Jerusalem under exclusive Israeli control. On June 27, 1967, Israel extended its law and jurisdiction to 17,600 acres of formerly Jordanian territory, including all of Jordanian Jerusalem and a portion of the nearby West Bank--the area now known as East Jerusalem. Read more

Europe Affirms Support for a Corpus Separatum for Greater Jerusalem
On March 1, Theodor Wallau, Germany's ambassador to Israel, sent a letter to Israeli foreign minister Ariel Sharon reaffirming the European Union's longstanding formal support for Jerusalem's internationalization as outlined in UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (II). Read more

Israeli and Palestinian Population Densities in East Jerusalem
Population density per dunam increased at a faster rate in the Israeli-populated areas of East Jerusalem than in the Palestinian-populated areas between 1977 and 1996. Read more

Israeli Construction in East and West Jerusalem by Geometric Area
The peak for construction in Israeli sectors of East Jerusalem was in 1992, when it represented 71 percent of all building in the city. This figure was almost entirely due to work in the settlements of Neve Ya'acov and Pisgat Ze'ev. Read more