East Talpiot

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.East Talpiot (Hebrew: תלפיות מזרח Talpiot Mizrach) or Armon HaNetziv (ארמון הנְציב) is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem,[1][2][3][4] established by Israel in 1973 on land captured in the Six-Day War and occupied since then.

[16] Nearly all the streets of East Talpiot take their names from those of the Olei Hagardom, members of Irgun and Lehi hanged by the British.

[18] An ancient aqueduct that brought water to the Temple Mount from springs located outside of Jerusalem was also discovered in East Talpiot.

This waterworks, a highly sophisticated engineering feat, continued to function for more than two thousand years.

[20] On 8 January 2017, 4 Israeli soldiers were killed in the 2017 Jerusalem truck attack that took place on the Armon Hanatziv Esplanade.