3000 B.C. :The Arab Canaanites established the city in the third millennium B.C., as archeologists state.1879 B.C. :in the Egyptian Tablets, called the Texts of the Curse, the name Ur Salim (the city of peace) was mentioned as the name for the city . The name reoccurred in the year 1300 B.C. in the Tal Al- Amarnah Tablets. At that time, the city was inhabited by the Arab Yabusites.1300 – 63 B.C. :The city suffered invasion, occupation and destruction. It witnessed important events during this period . It was occupied by the Egyptians, the Jews, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians and the Greeks.63 B.C – 636 A.D. :This was the era of the Roman rule, which lasted around 700 years. The most important events during this period were :– The appearance of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) around the first year B.C.– 70 The city was destroyed by the Roman Emperor Titus.
Bayt Al-Maqdis (Al-Quds; The Holy) : The name given to the city by Muslim Arabs.
1882: The start of the waves of mass Jewish immigration from Russia to Jerusalem and Palestine.
June 1967: Confiscation of 116 dunums within the old city and the demolition of the buildings therein for the purpose of building new ones to house the Jews.
21 August 1969: The Jew, Michael Denis Rohan, set fire to the blessed Aqsa Mosque.
Jerusalem : The Inhabitants– In 1918, the number of Palestinians in Old and New Jerusalem was circa (ca.) 30,000 .– In 1918, the number of Jews in Old and New Jerusalem was ca. 10,000.
– In 2000, the number of Jews in the western part of Occupied Jerusalem was ca. 275,000 colonial Jews.
Here and elsewhere, it refers to all Jews in Israel as colonialist - not just the "settlers."