Annexation
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Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. In curre
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, passed by the Knesset on 30 July 1980
Tourists in Crimea with the Russian flag flying after annexation by Russia (14 June 2015)
Civilians and coalition military forces wave Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian flags as they celebrate the reversal of the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq (28 February 1991)
Communist Party of Vietnam billboard marking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the country in 1975
East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem, the portion of Jerusalem east of the Green Line established formally by the armistice agreements at the end of the 1948 Palestine war, the territory which the United Nations and other
View of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City which are part of East Jerusalem
William McLean's 1918 plan was the first urban planning scheme for Jerusalem. It laid the foundations for what became West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem.
Old Roman era gate beneath the Damascus Gate (Bab al-'Amud) in Jerusalem
Zones of control in Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967