Israeli Jerusalem


World Heritage Site: Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Publication Year: 2018

Publication Type: Book chapter

Publication Identifier: WHE7EB86D76CD

Summary

Following the 1948 war, Jerusalem was divided between Israel and Jordan, with East Jerusalem, including the Old City, under Jordanian control. This division left Jewish Jerusalem yearning for the Old City and Western Wall, while Palestinians in Jordanian Jerusalem felt their city was incomplete without the lost neighborhoods in West Jerusalem. The 1967 war dramatically altered the city's landscape under Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, leading to significant changes that reshaped the city's geopolitical and cultural dynamics.

Citation

Reiter, Y. (2018). Israeli Jerusalem. Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem, 156–166. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315676517-14

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