Jerusalem 2

three years are important to present history of Israel and especially the city of Jerusalem. They are 1948, 1967 and 1980. In 1948 the United States said Israel was a Jewish state. 1967 was the year of the 6 day war. I remember watching on TV, the Israel tanks on the road with bombs falling around them and I declared look they are not touching the Israeli tanks. I see the hand of God protecting the Israelis.
After that date Jerusalem was still a divided city and I knew that it would fall under Jewish rule but I couldn't see how and one day it happen. I can still hear my father's laughter sounding thro' the years when one day in 1980 Israel just annexed all Of Jerusalem. It was such a simple act and we had been waiting for some dramatize happening. I remember some of the Arabs objected in Jerusalem old city and I held my breath but again it was simple, The Israels just loaded the guys up who protested and shipped them else where.
The Jewish people come to the wailing wall or in Israel known as the west wall to pray and from that day forward they had excess to the west wall.

"The Holy Sanctuary"; Yiddish: ירושלים Yərusholáyəm)[ii] is the capital[iii] of Israel and, if including the area and population of East Jerusalem, its largest city[1] in both population and area,[2] with a population of 763,800 residents over an area of 125.1 km2 (48.3 sq mi).[3][4][iv] Located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea, modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the boundaries of the Old City.
The oldest part of the city, the City of David, was settled in the 4th millennium BCE, making Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world.[5] Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and has been the spiritual center of the Jewish people since c. 1000 BCE, when David the King of Israel first established it as the capital of the united Kingdom of Israel (Psalms 122), and his son Solomon commissioned the building of the First Temple in the city.[6] Jerusalem is also considered a holy city in Christianity and contains a number of significant Christian sites, and, due to the mentioning of 'The Farthest Mosque' in the Qur'an (Sura al-Isra) and the subsequent building of a mosque called 'the Farthest Mosque' on the Temple Mount, Islam regards Jerusalem as its third-holiest city.[7] Despite having an area of only 0.9 square kilometer (0.35 square mile),[8] the Old City is home to sites of key religious importance, among them the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque. The old walled city, a World Heritage site, has been traditionally divided into four quarters, although the names used today—the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters—were introduced in the early 19th century.[9] The Old City was nominated for inclusion on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger by Jordan in 1982.[10] During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.[11]
Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Israel annexed East Jerusalem and considers it a part of Israel, although this has been repeatedly criticized by the United Nations and related bodies.[12][13] Placing most foreign embassies in Tel Aviv and none in Jerusalem, the international community does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.[14][15] Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future Palestinian state.[16][17] Israel, however, considers the entire city to be a part of Israel following its annexation of East Jerusalem through the Jerusalem Law of 1980.