The myth of 'Arab East Jerusalem'

The BBC line on East Jerusalem is normally a form of the following:

'The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. It was captured by Israel from Jordan in 1967. Israel subsequently annexed the land and declared all of the city its undivided capital. The move is not recognised by the international community.'

This makes it seem as though pre-1967 East Jerusalem was, and always had been, under Jordanian control and that Jerusalem had always been split into a Jewish West and Muslim East. This is of course a lie. East Jerusalem had been under Israel control from 1948 and was only captured by Jordan in 1967. Whilst under Jordanian control, East Jerusalem was barred to Israelis, synagogues were destroyed and the Western 'Wailing' Wall, the holiest remaining site in Judaism was used as a toilet. Contrastingly, since 1967 Muslims are allowed to pray in their mosque on top of the Temple Mount, and indeed Israel has ceded control of this site to Islam.

Jerusalem was never divided into a Jewish and Muslim half except between 1948 and 1967, here is a history for you to watch and learn from


So why does the BBC push this lie? Would explaining the truth about israel mean the BBC having to accept that there were Jewish (as well as Muslim) refugees in 1948?