<P> The first Israeli president Weizmann, in 1948, claimed only Israeli sovereignty over West Jerusalem, not including the Old City . Until the 1967 war, Israel accepted Jordanian rule over East Jerusalem, including the Old City . But after the occupation, Israel extended its claims . In 1988, while rejecting Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem, Jordan renounced its territorial claims to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem . The PLO claims Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem, but has shown willingness to negotiate over sharing with Israel sovereignty over the Old City, including Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall . The PLO's current position is that East Jerusalem, as defined by the pre-1967 municipal boundaries, shall be the capital of Palestine and West Jerusalem the capital of Israel, with each state enjoying full sovereignty over its respective part of the city and with its own municipality . A joint Israeli - Palestinian development council would be responsible for coordinated development . </P> <P> Both the Oslo Accords and the 2003 Road map for peace postponed the negotiations on the status of Jerusalem . Also during the last serious negotiations in 2008 with the Olmert government, Israel refused to talk about the Jerusalem question . Israeli leaders have frequently rejected, in various formulations, any possibility of negotiations questioning the status of East Jerusalem which, it is claimed, to remain part of "the eternal, united and indivisible capital of Israel", a vision also expressed in the Jerusalem Law . The 1997 Beilin - Eitan Agreement between the Likud block and Labor postulated that all of Jerusalem would remain under Israeli sovereignty and the "Palestinian entity" would never have its "governing center" within Jerusalem . </P> <P> Israel's policy has been described as purportedly to obstruct negotiations by creating facts on the ground . Numerous UN resolutions have declared null and void actions by the occupying power that change the status of Jerusalem . Examples of such actions are the imposition of Israeli laws upon East Jerusalem, the integration into the Jerusalem municipality, the barrier in Jerusalem and an active settlement policy designed to cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank . </P> <P> The only Israeli - Palestinian agreement ever, arranging equal share of sovereignty over Jerusalem was the unofficial Beilin - Abu Mazen agreement of 1995, which never became reality . The Palestinians would have sovereignty over East Jerusalem, but not without legalization of the major Israeli settlements in and around Jerusalem and a guaranteed two - thirds Israeli majority . The Israeli proposals at the 2000 Camp David Summit, also envisaged inclusion of surrounding Israeli settlements, but not of Palestinian villages . There was not anymore Palestinian sovereignty within the current municipality, but some autonomy instead . The Old City would not become part of the capital of Palestine . As the Palestine Papers revealed, Ehud Olmert's offer in 2008 was quite similar to that of Ehud Barak in 2000, although Israel offered more compensation elsewhere . Again, with almost the same map as in 2000, the largely reduced Palestinian area was embedded in the surrounding settlements annexed by Israel . The Palestinians would have sovereignty over the Arab neighbourhoods, while the question of sovereignty over the Haram al - Sharif was shifted to the future . The Palestinian Authority gave away almost all of the Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem (in exchange for land elsewhere), but not Ma'ale Adumim . The Israelis were still not satisfied . They wanted, inter alia, also Ma'ale Adumim, Har Homa and the major Ariel - block; and control over the Palestinian water resources, the air space and the Jordan Valley, including access routes . </P>

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