The questions of civil status of East Jerusalem residents and the fate of property they owned on both the east and west sides of the city were interwoven from the very beginning of the discussion around the implications of annexing the Old City and the villages in its vicinity to the State of Israel. Some of the records pertaining to this discussion during the first year of the occupation are presented here. 

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Document No. 1

Report on the meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Jerusalem

June 22, 1967

Document No. 2

Settling the legal status of East Jerusalem residents

August 30, 1967

Document No. 3

Citizenship of East Jerusalem residents

March 14, 1968

Document No. 4

Residents of East Jerusalem and the Absentee Property Law

March 14, 1968

Document No. 4

East Jerusalem problems awaiting resolution

July 14, 1968