Since 1967, over 14,000 Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have had their residency status revoked, something that cannot be done to citizens. Only 5 percent of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem – 18,982 people – have obtained Israeli citizenship since the city was reunified in 1967. The figure comes from a response by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked to a parliamentary inquiry from MK Mossi Raz of Meretz. Only 34 percent of naturalization applications submitted by Palestinians living in East Jerusalem are approved, and in many cases final approval takes years.
The response disclosed for the first time the complete data regarding the naturalization of this group, citizenship by Palestinians living in Jerusalem, showing that in most years the numbers were negligible.
In the first years after reunification following Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, from 1970-74, hundreds of people obtained citizenship each year. The numbers dropped sharply in 1975-2004, with at most a few dozen East Jerusalem Palestinians completing the process each year. A slight rise in applications began in 2005 and
— source haaretz.com | Nir Hasson | May 29, 2022