PASSIA: Jerusalem Chronology

Israeli-Jordanian Rule; Divided City: 1948-1967

Following the 1948 war the British withdraw from the city, Israeli state established; Jerusalem divided (East Jerusalem incl. Old City under Jordanian rule). Israel occupies West Jerusalem.

June 28: Bernadotte's first peace plan: Jerusalem to be Arab.
July 7: Mt. Scopus Area divided into 3 sectors: Jewish (incl. Hadassah Hospital and Hebrew University, which were completely isolated from Israel); Arab (Issawiya); and a third sector incl. Arab Augusta Victoria Hospital.
Sept. 17: UN Mediator Count Bernadotte assassinated in Jerusalem.
Dec. 13: Israel proclaims Jerusalem as its 'eternal capital'.
Dec. 20: Sheikh Hussam Addin Jarallah appointed Mufti of Jerusalem (replacing Haj Amin Husseini); Amin Abdul-Hadi appointed head of Supreme Muslim Council.
1949
Dec. 13: West Jerusalem declared illegally the capital of Israel.
Dec. 19: UN General Assembly Resolution 303: Internationalisation of Jerusalem.
1950
Jan. 2: King Abdullah appoints Ragheb Nashashibi as custodian of the Holy Places.
July 20: King Abdullah assassinated in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
1960 Jan. 16: Egypt states in letter of credentials of the new Consul of the United Arab Republic (UAR) in the Old City of Jerusalem, that the Consul was being appointed as the Consul General in all the territories located west of the Jordan River, being part of Filistine conquered by the Jordanian Army.' Jordan rejects the credentials of the UAR Consul in Jerusalem on the grounds that they infringe on its sovereignty.
1964: May 28: First Palestinian National Council meets in Jerusalem.