Occupation of East Jerusalem (1967)

Name: Occupation of East Jerusalem (1967)
Start: 1967-06-05

احتلال القدس الشرقية (1967)

5 June 1967 CE · 27 Safar 1387 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Jerusalem

Israeli forces entered Jerusalem on 5 June 1967. The book treats this as an occupation in the June war and describes the later annexation and changes in the city, including demolitions of quarters, mosques and churches, as a breach of the status quo ¹. The characterisation is the book's own.

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Region: Levant & Iraq
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Overview

Israeli forces entered Jerusalem on 5 June 1967; the book treats this as an occupation following the June war, and counts the subsequent annexation and changes to the city's landmarks and institutions — the demolition of quarters, mosques and churches — as aggression upon the status quo ¹.

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Occurred at: Jerusalem

People and things also explored

Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)· Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)· Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria· Buraq Wall disturbances (1929)

Sources

Bayt al-Maqdis in Islam — a group of scholars and thinkers , p. 52, 107-108

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islam.museum contributors. “Occupation of East Jerusalem (1967)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/occupation-of-jerusalem-1967/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Masjid Al-Aqsa

The Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem's south-east corner as al-Muqaddasi saw it: Davidic foundations of ten-cubit carved blocks, Abd al-Malik's superstructure 'finer than the Damascus mosque' until an Abbasid-era earthquake felled the roofed part save the mihrab; too costly for the treasury, the caliph had each provincial amir rebuild one arcade — leaving a visible 'seam' — and Abdallah ibn Tahir added fifteen marble arcades; twenty-six doors, the greatest plated in gilded brass, the domes of the Chain, the Ascension and the Prophet on its platform.