Kharoubi said he thinks that Al Arabiya's reporters should always refer to Jerusalem as "'occupied Jerusalem,' with the emphasis on 'occupied."'
In 1095 Pope Urban II called for a crusade against Muslims occupying Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Simon Bar Kokhba started the revolt that occupied Jerusalem and inflicted many casualties on the Romans.
Having gained a substantial following in Judaea, he undertook to occupy Jerusalem by force of arms and drive the Romans from the Holy Land.
The SMC continued in existence under the British but was dissolved in 1948 after Jordan occupied Jerusalem.
One of the rivals for the succession, Ptolemy, occupied Jerusalem in 320 - perhaps by taking advantage of the Sabbath (Joseph.
A few weeks later, he informed a conference titled The World Without Zionism that "the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time".
From 638, when Muslims first occupied Jerusalem, both Christians and Jews were permitted to visit their holy sites.
The Egyptians rapidly occupied Jerusalem and the coastal regions of Palestine and Lebanon.
"He did say he hoped its regime, i.e., a Jewish-Zionist state occupying Jerusalem, would collapse."