East Talpiot

East Talpiot ( "Talpiot Mizrach") or Armon HaNetziv (ארמון הנְציב) is a Jewish neighborhood in southern East Jerusalem, established by Israel in 1973 on land captured in the Six-Day War and occupied since. The international community considers East Talpiot to be an Israeli settlement that is illegal under international law. East Talpiot is one of Jerusalem's Ring Neighborhoods.
History.
Before the new housing projects built after 1967, the area was known as "Armon HaNetziv" (lit. The Governor's Palace) after the headquarters of the British High Commissioner located on the hilltop. In 1928, [[Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi]], wife of Israel's second president [[Yitzhak Ben-Zvi]], established an agricultural training farm for young women, the first of its kind in the country, in the area of East Talpiot. Both the farm and the Arab Girls College, another historical landmark, are earmarked for conservation. The Lili and Elejandro Shaltiel Community Center was inaugurated in 1980.
In the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] Israel captured and [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|occupied East Jerusalem]], East Talpiot was constructed as part of the 1968 Jerusalem Master Plan, which called for the creation of Jewish settlements around Jerusalem to cement Israeli control over the region. East Talpiot is situated in southern East Jerusalem, between the Palestinian villages of [[Sur Baher]] and [[As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya|Sawaher]].
According to [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem|ARIJ]], Israel confiscated land from nearby [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] neighborhoods/villages in order to construct East Talpiot:
Beit Canada, an absorption center for [[olim|new immigrants]], is located in East Talpiot. Nearly all the streets of East Talpiot take their names from those of the [[Olei Hagardom]], members of [[Irgun]] and [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]] hanged by the British.
Demography.
[[File:Tolerance_monument_-_panoramio.jpg|thumb|Monument to tolerance]]
In 2006, some 15,000 people were living in East Talpiot. Mainly populated by young couples when it was first established, the neighborhood is now aging. For the most part, East Talpiot is a secular neighborhood, with only 15 synagogues.
Archeological findings.
An ancient tomb that some archeologists believe to be the tomb of [[Jesus]] and his family based on the names inscribed on the [[James Ossuary]] was discovered in East Talpiot when a housing project was being built in 1980. An ancient aqueduct that brought water to the [[Temple Mount]] from springs located outside of Jerusalem was also discovered in East Talpiot. This waterworks, a highly sophisticated engineering feat, continued to function for more than two thousand years.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
On 8 January 2017, 4 Israeli soldiers were killed in the [[2017 Jerusalem truck attack]] that took place on the Armon Hanatziv Esplanade.
Status under international law.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem to be illegal under international law, violating the [[Fourth Geneva Convention]]'s prohibition on the transfer of civilians into occupied territory. Israel however disputes that East Jerusalem is occupied territory and instead considers it to be annexed to its territory as part of the Jerusalem municipality. That annexation is unrecognized internationally and East Jerusalem is considered occupied territory by the international community. Israel does not consider East Talpiot or other Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem to be settlements and instead considers them neighborhoods of Jerusalem.
References.
[[Category:Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1973]]
[[Category:Israeli settlements]]