City Of David
The City of David is the Palestinian Arab village of Silwan intertwined with an Israeli settlement, and archaeological sites speculated to constitute the original settlement core of Bronze and Iron Age Jerusalem. The site is located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park "City of David" is also an historic name given to the location of Jerusalem's earliest settlement, believed to have been situated on the Southeast Hill of contemporary Jerusalem. The site was formerly the royal city of King David, from whom it takes its name, and is a place holy unto Jews, Christians and Muslims. The Silwan area of East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and 1980 Jerusalem Law, an action not recognized internationally. The international community regards Israeli settlements as illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
