Editing Timeline of Jerusalem (section)

==After 1948==
===Partition into West (Israel) and East (Jordan)===
* 1947–1948: [[1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine]].
* 1948: [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].
:* 6 January: [[Semiramis Hotel bombing]].
:* 9 April: [[Deir Yassin massacre]].
:* 13 May: [[Hadassah medical convoy massacre]].
:* 14 May: The term of the British Mandate ends and the British forces leave the city.<ref>[[Yoav Gelber]], ''Independence Versus Nakba''; Kinneret–Zmora-Bitan–Dvir Publishing, 2004, {{ISBN|965-517-190-6}}, p.104</ref>
:* 14 May: [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|The State of Israel is established at 4 pm.]]
:* 22 May: American Consul General [[Thomas C. Wasson]] is killed on Wauchope Street by an unknown assassin.
:* 27 May: The [[Arab Legion]] destroys the [[Hurva Synagogue]].
:* 28 May: The Jewish Quarter of the Old City falls to Arab Legion under British officer [[Glubb Pasha]]; synagogues are destroyed and Jews evacuated. [[Mordechai Weingarten]] discusses surrender terms with [[Abdullah el Tell]].
:* 26 July: [[West Jerusalem]] is proclaimed territory of Israel.
:* 17 September: [[Folke Bernadotte]], the United Nations' mediator in Palestine and the first official mediator in the UN's history, is killed by [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]] assassins.
* 1949: Jerusalem is proclaimed the capital of Israel. The [[Knesset]] moves to Jerusalem from [[Tel Aviv]]. [[Jordan]] prevents access to the [[Western Wall]] and [[Mount Scopus]], in violation of the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]].
* 1950: [[East Jerusalem]] is [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|annexed by Jordan]] along with the [[West Bank]]. 
*1951: King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] is assassinated by Palestinian extremists on the [[Temple Mount]].
* 1953: Establishment of [[Yad Vashem]].
* 1955-1965: the Dome of the Rock undergoes restoration, going from blackened lead to [[Gold plating|gold-plated]]
*1964: [[Pope Paul VI]] visits [[Israel]], becoming the first pope in one thousand years to visit the [[Holy Land]], but performs a ceremony at [[Mount Zion]] without visiting the [[Old City of Jerusalem]]. His meeting with [[Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] led to the rescinding of the [[excommunication]]s of the 1054 [[East-West Schism|Great Schism]].
* 1966: Inauguration of new Knesset Building. [[Israel Museum]] and [[Shrine of the Book]] are established.

===Reunification after 1967===
[[File:The west wall and the temple mount.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Temple Mount]] as it appears today. The [[Western Wall]] is in the foreground with the [[Dome of the Rock]] in the background]]

* 1967 5–11 June: The [[Six-Day War]]. Israel captures the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. 
:* 6 June: The [[Battle of Ammunition Hill]] takes place in the northern part of Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem.
:* 7 June: The Old City is captured by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF).
:* 10 June: The [[Moroccan Quarter]] including 135 houses is razed, creating the [[Western Wall Plaza]].
:* 28 June: Israel declares Jerusalem unified and announces free access to holy sites of all religions.
* 1968: Israel starts rebuilding the [[Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)|Jewish Quarter]], confiscating 129 dunams (0.129&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land which had made up the Jewish Quarter before 1948.<ref>"Christians in the Holy Land" Edited by Michael Prior and William Taylor. {{ISBN|0-905035-32-1}}. p. 104: Albert Aghazarian "The significance of Jerusalem to Christians". This writer states that "Jews did not own any more than 20% of this quarter" prior to 1948</ref> 6000 residents and 437 shops are evicted.<ref>"Palestine and Palestinians", p. 117.</ref>
* 1969: [[Denis Michael Rohan]], an Australian [[Protestant]] extremist, [[Al-Aqsa mosque fire|burns a part of]] the [[Qibli Mosque|Jami Al-Aqsa]].
* 1977: [[Anwar Sadat]], President of Egypt, visits Jerusalem and addresses the Knesset during negotiations over the [[Camp David Accords]].
* 1978: [[World Union of Jewish Students]] (WUJS) headquarters moves from London to Jerusalem.
* 1980: Israel enacts the [[Jerusalem Law]] officially annexing Jerusalem. The [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] ratifies [[UN Security Council Resolution 478|Resolution 478]] stating that it does not recognize the change in status.
* 1993: In Oslo Accords, Jerusalem was not included, except parts of few neighborhoods were transferred to the newly formed [[Palestinian Authority]]
* 2000: [[Pope John Paul II]] becomes the first Latin Pope to visit Jerusalem, and prays at the Western Wall.
* 2000: Final Agreement between [[Israel]] and [[Palestinian Authority]] is not achieved at the [[2000 Camp David Summit]], with the status of Jerusalem playing a central role in the breakdown of talks.
* 2000: The [[Second Intifada]] (also known as [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]]) begins two months after the end of the Camp David Summit—[[Ariel Sharon]]'s visit to the [[Temple Mount]] is reported to have been a relevant factor in the uprising.
* 2008: Israeli Sephardic Religious Party, [[Shas]], refuses to form part of the government without a guarantee that there will be no negotiations that will lead to a partition of Jerusalem.
* 2017: December: [[United States|US]] president, [[Donald Trump]], recognizes Jerusalem as the [[capital of Israel]]; this sparks protest by many Palestinians and other Muslims in the region.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42265337 |work=BBC News |title=Trump Jerusalem move sparks Israeli-Palestinian clashes |date= 7 December 2017}}</ref>
* 2018: The United States, followed by [[Guatemala]] and [[Paraguay]] become the first three countries to open embassies to Israel in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/paraguay-becomes-third-country-to-open-embassy-in-jerusalem/|title=Paraguay becomes third country to open embassy in Jerusalem|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en-US}}</ref>