UNRWA Installations and Services: Occupied East Jerusalem

20 February 2025

Download the document below to learn more about UNRWA installations and the services the Agency provides to Palestine Refugees in occupied East Jerusalem. [1]

“East Jerusalem” is the territory located between the 1949 Armistice Line and the East Jerusalem municipal boundary prior to June 1967, and also other occupied territory further east of the Armistice Line falling within what the Israeli authorities consider to be the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. Following the occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem along with these surrounding parts of the West Bank and imposed its legal jurisdiction and administration therein. The UN does not recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem, which is considered to be contrary to international law. [2]

[1] All information is based on 2024 data. For schools, data is from 2024/25 school year. Based on OCHA map (December 2024).

[2] UN Security Council Res. 476, 1980, states that regarding Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem, “all such measures which have altered the geographic, demographic and historical character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council”.