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A C ity and Its Future Edited by MARSHALL J. BREGER and ORA A H IM EIR A Publication of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2002 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244—5160 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2002 02 03 04 05 06 07 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48—1984.°°™ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jerusalem : a city and its future / edited by Marshall J. Breger and Ora Ahimeir.— 1st ed. p. cm.—(Publication of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and Index. ISBN 0-8156-2912-5 (cl. :alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8156-2913-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Jerusalem. 2. Jerusalem—International status. 3. Jerusalem—Ethnic relations. 4. Jerusalem— Politics and government—20th century. 5. Arab-Israeli conflict—1993——Peace. I. Berger, Marshall J. II. Ahimeir, Ora. III. Series. DS109.9 .J453 2002 956.94'42—dc21 2002001561 Manufactured in the United States of America This book is dedicated to the memory of Marshall Breger’s mother, Beatrice Breger, who passed away during its preparation. Marshall Breger is professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, the Catholic University of America. From 1999—2001 he was an adjunct fellow for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is presently a reg ular contributor to Moment magazine. He serves as vice president of the Jew ish Policy Center, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C. During the Bush administration, he served as Solicitor of Labor, the chief lawyer of the Labor Department. From 1985 to 1991, Breger was chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States. From 1983 to 1985, he was a special assistant to President Reagan and his liaison with the Jewish com munity. He is the author ofJerusalem’s Holy Places and the Peace Process (with Thomas A. Indinopulos, 1998). Ora Ahimeir has been the director of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies for the past twenty years. She has edited many publications on cur- rent-day Jerusalem, the state of women in Israel, and Israeli cultural issues. She initiated and organized (together with Dr. Maya Choshen) the Jerusalem Institute s think tank for peace arrangements in Jerusalem. Her most recent book, together with Haim Beer, is One HundredYears of Cultural Creativity in Eretz Israel (2000). Contents Illustrations xi Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Contributors xvii Abbreviations xxiii Introduction 1 PART ONE Issues of Law and Politics 1. Jerusalem in Our Time Past, Present, and Future Maya Choshen 17 2. Jerusalem Some Legal Aspects Ruth Lapidoth 61 3. The Future Settlement of the Dispute over Jerusalem Strategical and Institutional Aspects Moshe Hirsch 91 4. Jerusalem and the U.S. Congress Geoffrey R. Watson 124 5. Rule and Role in Jerusalem Israel, Jordan, and the PLO in a Peace-Building Process Menachem Klein 137 viii Contents 6. The Role of the Hashemite Kingdom ofjordan in a Future Permanent-Status Settlement in Jerusalem Legal, Political, and Practical Aspects Reuven Merhav and Rotem M. Giladi 175 PART TWO Issues of Law and Religion 7. The Religious Significance of Jerusalem in the Middle East Peace Process Some Legal Implications Silvio Ferrari 223 8. Haredim and Palestinians in Jerusalem Menachem Friedman 235 9. A New Status for Jerusalem? An Eastern Orthodox Viewpoint Charalambos K. Papastathis 256 PART T H R EE The Temple Mount 10. Jewish-Muslim Modus Vivendi at the Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif Since 1967 Yitzhak Reiter 269 11. Delicate Balances at the Temple Mount, 1967—1999 Amnon Ramon 296 PART FO U R Issues of Governance 12. The Municipal Organization of the Jerusalem Metropolitan Area Conceptual Alternatives Shlomo Hasson 335 13. Jerusalem Economy and the Peace Process Abraham (Rami) Friedman 360 Contents ix 14. Environmental Issues in the Jerusalem Metropolitan Area Qasem Abdul-Jaber and Deborah F. Mir 379 15. Living Together and Apart in Jerusalem Lessons Learned Bill Hutman and Ainir Cheshin 401 Glossary 431 References 433 Index 461
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