JERUSALEM TIMELINE: SEVEN DECADES OF ARAB-ISRAELI STRIFE

Nov. 1947 UN votes to create one Jewish and one Arab state with Jerusalem a separate entity. Plan not implemented. Mar. 1949 Arab-Israeli war ends: Israel in control of west Jerusalem, Jordan of east Jerusalem. Jan. 1950 Israel declares Jerusalem its capital; no country recognizes this. June 1967 Six Day War: Israel occupies east Jerusalem. July 1980 Israel effectively annexes east Jerusalem. Aug. 1980 UN Security Council rejects annexation. Sept. 1993 Oslo Accords, start of modern peace process. Oct. 1995 Congress passes law to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem unless president signs waiver. Every president since Clinton signs. July 2000 Peace talks at Camp David collapse partly over Jerusalem. Sept. 2000 Second Intifada after Ariel Sharon visits al-Aqsa holy site. Dec. 2017 Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.