East Jerusalem

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East Jerusalem is a ceety in the Middle East. It includes Jerusalem's Auld Ceety an some o the holiest steids o Judaism, Christianity, an Islam, such as the Temple Munt, Wastren Waw, Al-Aqsa Mosque, an the Kirk o the Holy Sepulchre. It is the proclaimed caipital o the Palestine[1] although Ramallah serves as the admeenistrative caipital.

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  1. In the Palestine Liberation Organization's Palestinian Declaration o Unthirldom o 1988, East Jerusalem is statit tae be the caipital o baith Palestine an the Jerusalem Govrenorate. In 2000 the Palestinian Authority passed a law designatin East Jerusalem as such, an in 2002 this law wis ratifee'd bi Chairman Arafat. See Arafat Signs Law Making Jerusalem Palestinian Capital, People's Daily, published October 6, 2002; Arafat names Jerusalem as capital, BBC News, published October 6, 2002.

Coordinates: 31°48′N 35°12′E / 31.8°N 35.2°E / 31.8; 35.2