Edited sentence: East Jerusalem is considered to be illegally occupied by Israel, in contravention of several binding UN Security Council Resolutions (237, 242 & 405).In these resolutions, the United Nations Security Council has also called for no measures to be taken to change the status of Jerusalem until a final settlement is reached between the sides: declaring Jerusalem as Israel's capital is an attempt to change this status, and is thus a violation of these Security Council resolutions.Israel's capital is recognised as Tel Aviv pending a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.Please Note: The contents of this article are heavily flawed and contrary to it's consistent claims, Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel - Tel Aviv is the internationally recognised capital