East Jerusalem
Eastern part of Jerusalem, in dispute between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs since 1967
Episodes
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#5685: East Jerusalem's Residency Trap: What 300,000 People Actually WantA third of East Jerusalem's residents hold residency, not citizenship. What the polling says about identity surprises almost everyone.Main topic -
#5180: Egypt's Gaza and Israel's Jerusalem: Two Legal SuspensionsEgypt ruled Gaza for 19 years without annexing it. Israel applied full law to East Jerusalem in 1967. Two occupied places, two very different legal...Main topic -
#5788: What Is a Consulate That Isn't a Consulate?Israel says the consulate closed. Britain says the mission lives. Same building, same seven staff, one screwdriver. -
#5683: How a Handshake Became the Temple Mount Status QuoNo treaty, no law, no signature — just Moshe Dayan's oral agreement with the Waqf, still governing the Mount 59 years later. -
#5530: Jerusalem's Pencil Line: 1948–1967Two commanders drew a ceasefire line in wax pencil in 1948. It became a city's border for nineteen years. -
#5500: Eight Consulates That Answer to No OneEight countries keep consulates in Jerusalem that bypass their own Tel Aviv embassies. The reason goes back four centuries. -
#5499: Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three ChurchesA 68-dunam walled district in central Jerusalem has been a pilgrimage campus, a prison, and a city hall. Here's how it became Russian. -
#5496: Taking Down Jerusalem's 7km Border, Street by StreetBarbed wire, minefields, and a wax-pencil line: how Jerusalem's seven-kilometre border was physically torn down after 1967. -
#5243: The Antenna on the Consulate RoofWhen a host country cuts the water and the fiber, one thing still reaches London: the HF antenna bolted to the consulate roof. -
#5181: Shuafat: Jerusalem's Walled-Off Refugee CampInside the Jerusalem camp that's within the city limits but beyond the barrier — taxed by the city, policed by no one.