Elie Wiesel and Amos Yadlin congratulate East Jerusalem settlers

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POSITIONS ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF JERUSALEM

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The legal status of Jerusalem is highly disputed between scholars and politicians. There are no legal documents that clearly settle the status of Jerusalem. In Israeli-Palestinian negotiations the discussion about the status of Jerusalem has always been postponed, like i.e. in the Oslo Accords, 1993. Therefore it does not exist any legally binding bilateral or international treaty that would clarify the legal status of Jerusalem.

In 1980 the Knesset declared Jerusalem to be Israel’s “eternal and indivisible capital”, including the territory of the 1967 occupied East Jerusalem. No other country, however, has recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Palestinians, on the other hand, declare East Jerusalem (the territory east of the 1948 armistice line, also known as the green line) as the capital of a future Palestinian State.

Within the International Community it is argued, that the whole city of Jerusalem (East and West) is still under international control according to General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947). This resolution envisaged the separation of the historic Palestine in a Jewish and an Arabic part and saw Jerusalem as a separate entity under international trusteeship. Subsequent UN resolutions, it is argued, refer to resolution 181 and bilateral negotiations excluded the topic of Jerusalem. Also, the EU repeatedly declared their adherence to the Corpus Separatum plan. According to this point of view, all administrative and legislative action taken by Israel in Jerusalem – East and West, would be invalid.


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