Chapter Three Jerusalem From the onset of the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, until the official – albeit illegal – annexation of the city in 1980, the Israeli regime has been confiscating Palestinian land in Jerusalem through a combination of force (A), enactment of discriminatory legislations (B) and installation of a complex system of zoning and planning system, all aimed at preventing Palestinian construction and eventually leading to the demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures (C). A. Use of Force Israel resorted to violence and used force to confiscate Palestinian properties in West Jerusalem during the 1948 War (1) and implemented the same tactic for the eastern part of the city, during the Six Day War of 1967 (2). 1. 1948: Palestinian Properties in West Jerusalem At the time of the UN Partition Plan in November 1947, 40 percent of the property in Jerusalem was owned by Palestinian individuals, 26 percent by Jewish individuals, while the rest belonged to religious institutions and the British mandate government. 86 In the course of the 1948 War, some 50,00087 Palestinians from the western neighborhoods of Jerusalem and surrounding villages were expelled. When the war ended, the newly established State of Israel, in control of the western areas of Jerusalem, refused to allow Palestinian refugees who fled during the war to return to their homes and lands.88 Described 86 Schedule of area ownership, reprinted by the Institute for Jerusalem Studies and Badil, 1998, 33, Available at: https://www.badil.org/phocadownload/Badil_docs/ publications/Jerusalem1948-CHAP6.PDF 87 Daliah Habash and Terry Rempel, “Assessing Palestinian Property in West Jerusalem”, BADIL, 2002, 184, Available at: https://www.badil.org/phocadownload/Badil_ docs/publications/Jerusalem1948-CHAP6.PDF. 88 Ibid. 22