Silwan

Silwan or Siloam (Arabic: سلوان‎, romanized: Siloan, Hebrew: כְּפַר הַשִּׁילוֹחַ‎, romanized: Kfar ha-Shiloaḥ, Greek: Σιλωὰμ, romanized: Siloam) is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem. After the 1948 war, the village came under Jordanian rule. Jordanian rule lasted until the 1967 Six-Day War, since which it has been occupied by Israel. Silwan is administered as part of the Jerusalem Municipality.

Silwan

Silwan or Siloam (Arabic: سلوان‎, romanized: Siloan, Hebrew: כְּפַר הַשִּׁילוֹחַ‎, romanized: Kfar ha-Shiloaḥ, Greek: Σιλωὰμ, romanized: Siloam) is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem. After the 1948 war, the village came under Jordanian rule. Jordanian rule lasted until the 1967 Six-Day War, since which it has been occupied by Israel. Silwan is administered as part of the Jerusalem Municipality.