West Jerusalem or Western Jerusalem (Hebrew: מַעֲרַב יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, Ma'aráv Yerushaláyim; Arabic: القدس الغربية, al-Quds al-Ġarbiyyah) refers to the section of Jerusalem that was controlled by Israel at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Dec 5, 2023 · This interactive map shows how the city was configured after the 1948 War, wherein Israel conquered about 84 percent of the city area and incorporated it into the city that it declared was its capital.

Oct 11, 2023 · More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders are yet to be entirely settled. Wars, treaties and occupation mean the shape of the Jewish state has changed over time, and in parts...

West Jerusalem is in Israel; East Jerusalem is not. After the war of 1948-49, Israel extended West Jerusalem’s borders father west; the lighter blue line was West Jerusalem border until 1967.

May 13, 2018 · Here's a map that lays out major sections of the city. The boundaries have names like the "Green Line" and the "separation barrier," but not "border." Note: * Blue shading in West Jerusalem...

Al Jazeera takes you through a brief tour of East Jerusalem - with a mostly Palestinian population - and West Jerusalem, which is entirely Jewish, to highlight the disparity in infrastructure...

West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

On 28 June 1967, the Knesset amended its 1950 Basic Law on Jerusalem, which proclaimed the city the capital of Israel, expanding its remit to a 70 km2 expanded area defined by the Ze’evi committee and conjoining this with the 38 km2 area of West Jerusalem, to create a 108 km2 municipal Jerusalem. The

Map of West Jerusalem in Israel is posted. It also has a function to measure the distance on the map. Since it is a map using Google Maps, it is useful for traveling and sightseeing in West Jerusalem.

The MICHELIN West Jerusalem map: West Jerusalem town maps, road map and tourist map, with MICHELIN hotels, tourist sites and restaurants for West Jerusalem