The document analyzes demographic changes in Jerusalem during the British Mandate period from 1922-1948 and discusses the border issues related to Jerusalem. It provides population statistics from censuses that show a large increase in the Jewish population compared to Arab populations in Jerusalem during this period. It discusses Zionist strategies to increase the Jewish population, including through immigration. The document also examines the reactions to the 1947 UN partition plan and 1949 Armistice Agreements that divided Jerusalem.

1. The Demographic Changes In Islamic Jerusalem And The Border Issues Ahmad Irfan bin Ikmal Hisham 2005 Under supervision of Dr Maher Abu Munshar Dr Alhaj Manteh Drammah

12. Census statistic during British Mandate in all of Palestine land

13. Census statistic during British Mandate in all of Palestine land

15. Population of Jerusalem by Religion: 1922-1946 Source: Jerusalem Institute of Israeli Studies

16. Population of Jerusalem by Religion: 1922-1946 Source: Jerusalem Institute of Israeli Studies

26. Source: Israel’s Statistic, taken from Yediot Ahronot

30. Arab and Others Jerusalem Jews, Israel Jerusalem Jews Statistical Yearbook Jerusalem: 2000 Annual Growth Rate

32. Overall: 2.0% Jewish population: 1.8% (of which 32.8% are due to immigration balance) Arab population: 3.1% (almost entirely due to natural increase) During the 1990s, the Jewish population growth rate was about 3% per year, as a result of massive immigration to Israel, primarily from the republics of the former Soviet Union. There is also a high population growth rate among certain Jewish groups, especially ultra-Orthodox Jews Population growth rate 2001-2002 annual averages

36. Current Demographic Fact

38. The British were victorious over the Turks in the Middle East and with victory in Palestine, General Sir Edmund Allenby, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force entered Jerusalem on foot, on December 11th, 1917. By the time General Allenby took Jerusalem from the Ottomans in 1917, the new city was a patchwork of neighborhoods and communities, each with a distinct ethnic character.

41. To include as many new Jewish neighbourhood as possible into the city boundaries while excluding nearby Arab villages. Results of the gerrymandering Jews had an impact upon the electoral politics of the city. In council, it is hard for Palestinian to sustain against strenuous Jewish opposition.

42. UNSCOP and Partition Plan 1947 UNSCOP United Nations Special Comitte On Palestine Majority (Canada, Czechoslovakia, Guatemala, Netherlands, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay): Independent Arab and Jewish state Minority (India, Iran, Yugoslavia): Independent Arab and Jewish state Abstain (Australia)

44. The Jewish state was to receive 55% of Mandatory Palestine. This included the fruitful shore plain and the Negev Desert . The desert was not suitable for agriculture, nor for urban development at that time. The land allocated to the Jewish state was largely that where there was a significant Jewish population

55. 1967