Soon after the supermarket explosion, there was a report of another bomb in the Sheik Jarrah section of eastern Jerusalem.

For only 19 years had there been an Arab majority in eastern Jerusalem.

The Palestinians want eastern Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.

Shortly after, eastern Jerusalem - Salem - began to come under the domination of the Philistines who were occupying the area.

The Palestinians in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem have lived under Israeli occupation since 1967.

In 1950 Jordan annexed eastern Jerusalem.

Following the 1967 Six Day War, Israel extended its jurisdiction and administration over eastern Jerusalem, establishing new municipal borders.

Israel subsequently built Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem.

As for the Israeli occupation of Orient House in eastern Jerusalem, he suggested that it did not necessarily have to end before talks could begin.

Early Friday, its army and police force took over nine Palestinian offices in and around eastern Jerusalem.