Wikipedia gives as relevant cities for 'Palestinian territories' Administrative centers: Ramallah (West Bank), Gaza (Gaza Strip); East Jerusalem is the proclaimed capital of Palestine For timezone areas, which try to avoid political issues, it may be a reasonable choice to use Ramallah, which is the current administrative center of the West Bank, as Isreal refuses access to East Jerusalem for the majority of west bank inhabitants. The aim is to define an easily identifiable timezone area, not to make political statements. Of course the avoiding of 'East Jerusalem' is also an indirect statement, but at least Asia/Ramallah is pragmatic and, as timezone area, easy to understand. On 28.08.11 15:08, David Patte wrote:
Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital The PA claims East Jerusalem as its capital
This is a political issue, and unresolved, though at the current time no nation maintains any embassies in Jerusalem, though several have consular offices there.