BackgroundJerusalem, as an important historical city, has always attracted different peoples and civilizations.Despite facing over twenty-five different attacks and sieges, Jerusalem conquered all attempts to change its identity.Jerusalem is the cradle of three monotheistic faiths and the holiest of cities.It is the first Qiblah of Islam (the direction to which Muslims turn to pray), the site from which Prophet Mohammad ascended to heaven, and the site of Christ's death and resurrection.Founders and invaders of the Capital of Palestine gave it different names across history; a review of its names in world documents and manuscripts has historical significance for researchers and highlights greed and conflict over Jerusalem, which many civilizations have fought over.The Jebusites castle, currently known as Jerusalem, was built six thousand years ago -Canaanites, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Islamic nations followed. Communities Destroyed in Jerusalem in 1948The Israeli occupation played a destructive role in Jerusalem with its measures of depopulation and land domination, and demolished the entire infrastructure of the city it occupied in 1948.It uprooted the indigenous population of the city, pushing many of them to live in the eastern part, to settle in other Palestinian Governorates or to immigrate to Arab and other countries.The number of Palestinians depopulated at that time is estimated at 98,000 persons with property extending over 272,735 dunums.
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (2021) studied this question.