Is Jerusalem under international law?

It is accepted by the international community that Jerusalem does have a separate legal status from Israel and the rest of the Occupied Territories. The precise nature of that status remains to be settled in the context of a final peace settlement, or failing that, by the United Nations.

Who holds Jerusalem now?

Israel
Jerusalem

Jerusalem ירושלים (Hebrew) القُدس (Arabic)
Administered by	Israel
Claimed by	Israel and Palestine
Israeli district	Jerusalem
Palestinian governorate	Quds

Does Israel own all of Jerusalem?

Both Israelis and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power….Jerusalem.

Jerusalem ירושלים (Hebrew) القُدس (Arabic)
Region	Arab States
Endangered	1982–present

Is international criminal law relevant in the Israel-Palestine conflict?

International criminal law is also relevant as some serious violations may constitute war crimes. Israel’s policy of settling its civilians in occupied Palestinian territory and displacing the local population contravenes fundamental rules of international humanitarian law.

Is Israel’s rule over Jerusalem legal?

They claim that Israel’s capture of Jerusalem during a war, when it was taken from Jordan by force, is a violation of the international law forbidding annexation of foreign territory. For that reason they insist that Israel’s rule over Jerusalem is illegal. This monograph, however, shows that Israel has valid legal status in Jerusalem.

Does Israel’s settlement policy violate international law?

Israel’s settlement policy also violates a special category of obligations entitled peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens) from which no derogation is permitted. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed that the rules of the Geneva Conventions constitute “intransgressible principles of international customary law”.

What does the ICJ’s ruling on the opt mean for Israel?

The ICJ confirmed that Israel is obliged to extend the application of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other treaties to which it is a state party to people in the OPT.