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:

    Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
    —Mae West (1892–1980)

    And was Jerusalem builded here,
    Among these dark Satanic Mills?
    William Blake (1757–1827)