West Jerusalem

West Jerusalem refers to the section of Jerusalem captured by Israel following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.


Read more about West Jerusalem:  Division in 1948, Mayors of West Jerusalem

Famous quotes containing the words west and/or jerusalem:

    O native country, repossessed by thee!
    For, rather than I’ll to the West return,
    I’ll beg of thee first here to have mine urn.
    Weak I am grown, and must in short time fall;
    Give thou my sacred relics burial.
    Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

    Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
    comfort those who sit in darkness mourning ‘neath their sorrows’ load.
    Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them;
    tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over.
    Johann G. Olearius (1611–1684)