Jerusalem Population (West and East Jerusalem) Jerusalem Municipality Budget Government initiated construction EAST JERUSALEM in East Jerusalem since 1967 13%

38% Palestinian 2018 neighborhoods 62% Palestinian 99% Population Israelis Jewish Population 87% The two state solution is possible Jewish based on two capitals in Jerusalem: neighborhoods the Israeli neighborhoods being 1% Palestinians the Israeli capital, the Palestinian neighborhoods being the Palestinian Jewish Palestinian Investment Investment Jewish Palestinian capital, and a special arrangement for Population Population in Jewish in Palestinian neighborhoods neighborhoods the Old City and the holy sites. 550,100 332,600 neighborhoods neighborhoods 55,335 600 Housing units 3.9 Billion NIS 591 Milion NIS Housing units Israeli CBS, 2016 Ir Amim analysis for Jerusalem Municipality Budget, 2013 Government construction (as opposed to private construction), Peace Now estimate

Jerusalem before 1967 Jerusalem after 1967

Jerusalem under Jordan After the war, a new municipal border was drawn Approx. 6,000 Acres | Approx. 9,000 Palestinians for Jerusalem which annexed to the city 70 sq. kilometres from West Bank that included East Jerusalem under Israel Jerusalem and 28 Palestinian villages. The annexed Approx. 38,000 Acres | Approx. 150,000 Jews lands included 70 thousand Palestinians whom received a resident status (and not citizenship).

The situation in East Jerusalem The solution for Jerusalem since 1967

A third of the lands that were annexed to In the map: the potential border between the two capitals Jerusalem (approx. 21 sq. kl.) were expropriated as suggested by the Geneva Initiativ by the Israeli government for the establishment of Despite the complicated reality in Jerusalem, 12 Israeli neighborhoods. These neighborhoods the two state solution is possible. The solution were meant to isolate East Jerusalem from the suggests two capitals in Jerusalem: the Jewish West Bank and prevent it from becoming a future neighborhoods will remain part of the capital of Palestinian capital. Today, approx. 214,710 Israelis Israel, and the Palestinian neighborhoods will live in these neighborhoods. become the Palestinian capital. In the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem live approx. 327,700 Palestinians. In 2017, Jerusalem remains a divided city, where Jews and Palestinians live separately from each other.