East Jerusalem, including the Old City, became part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and West Jerusalem became part of Israel. East Jerusalem was taken by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel has declared Jerusalem to be its eternal and indivisible capital, and the status of the city has become a major point of contention between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors. On the east the Judaean desert reaches toward the Dead Sea, which can be seen from Jerusalem's hills on a clear day. Jerusalem has warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters.
Snow falls only every two or three years.
The New City. Since 1975 unified Jerusalem has been the largest city in Israel. In the 1860s the first neighborhoods were built outside the walls of the Old City. Many of these, including Yemin Moshe and Mishkenot Shaanannim, have been rebuilt. Prominent Arab neighborhoods include Bait Hanina and Bait Safafa.