All Israeli prime ministers and their political parties since 1967 have considered Jerusalem the sole property of Jewish Israel, and that includes East Jerusalem. Since the 1948 armistice, East Jerusalem was an exclusively Arab or Palestinian enclave. Many of East Jerusalem’s residents were Palestinian refugees from West Jerusalem and other part of original Palestine, who were the victims of the 1948 ethnic cleansing of families from their homes and villages in what subsequently became Israel.
The short video shown above is a geographic presentation of Israel’s colonization of East Jerusalem since the occupation that began after the 1967 war. It reveals how the ethnic cleansing resumed after 1967 and how the Palestinians in East Jerusalem were removed and/or subjected to Apartheid, which had already become a reality in Israel.
Video description:
As the discussion of settlements and a ‘settlement freeze’ continues, it is clear than many people are unaware of the complex reality that Israel has imposed over time. In this video produced by the Palestine Center, we hope to provide a quick but detailed tool for understanding the extent of Israeli control on Occupied Jerusalem for journalists, educators and all others who seek to understand this critical issue.
Video distributed by the Perdana Global Peace Organization of Malaysia.