What if Israel had captured East Jerusalem already in 1948-49?

I don't know if it was militarily possible, but suppose that Israel had captured East Jerusalem from the Jordanians during the 1948-49 war. Would an undivided Jerusalem, within the 1949 borders, have more international legitimacy as Israel's capital?

Likewise, what would this do for future conflicts in the area? OTL, even without the Israelis having the eastern part of the city until 1967, there was plenty of hostility and clashes. If there is a Suez Crisis in this ATL, might Jordan intervene on the side of Egypt in order to get back what they lost? King Hussein would probably not be eager for a rematch, but he might feel pressured to act.
 
This is an interesting idea, John.

There is definitely bad blood between the Israelis and Arabs, so an ATL Suez is possible if the Israelis side with the British and French.

I don't see that many butterflies happening politically, but religiously the effects are huge. The Israelis not only create an independent Jewish state, but unify the entire city of Jerusalem? It would have that electric-like feeling when Israel unified the city in the Six-Days War.

Other than that, I don't see that many butterflies- if there is a peace process between Israel and the Arabs who self-identify as Palestinian, Jerusalem might not be that contentious as an issue. MIGHT not, there's always a very distinct possibility that it will be an issue should there be a Six-Days War, Yom Kippur War analogues.
 
I wonder though if this would eliminate the idea of Palestinian statehood with Jordan and Egypt not abandoning their claims to the West Bank and Gaza Strip respectively.
 
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