Jerusalem : the contested city / Menachem Klein ; translated by Haim Watzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Menachem.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--Politics and government--20th century.

Jerusalem.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Peace.

Jerusalem--International status.

Jerusalem--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 363 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press in association with the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, [2001]

Contents:

1. The Arena: a Frontier City 9

Frontier cities and multicultural cities 9

Soft, flexible and permeable borders 18

Jerusalem versus Temple Mount 57

A city united in theory and divided in practice 65

2. The Curtain Rises: Jerusalem in the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Negotiations 85

To Sinai via Jerusalem 85

The Camp David conference: peace despite Jerusalem 90

Jerusalem and the autonomy negotiations: a dialogue in two languages 94

The Camp David model: the indirect approach and its limitations 101

3. The PLO

from the Wings to Center Stage 104

The PLO: politics stops at the gates of Jerusalem 104

Detouring around Jerusalem and the PLO 107

A consensual lie: the PLO does not function in Jerusalem 118

From Jerusalem to Tunis, Madrid, Washington, Oslo and Back 129

The Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles 152

4. The Choruses: the Arab League and the OIC 158

The Arab summit conferences 159

An old refrain in a new song 159

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 162

The Washington Declaration and the peace agreement between Jordan and Israel 162

The OIC: December 1994-January 1995 170

The Agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Jordan 172

The Islamic holy places - a political problem 174

5. The PLO and the Palestinian Identity of East Jerusalem 183

Boycotts of institutions and political processes 186

Building counter institutions 188

Jerusalem versus Gaza 194

6. An East Jerusalem Political Profile 205

Public Opinion 205

Political support: organizations and parties 206

Support for presidential candidates 208

Candidates for vice-president 211

Political positions as ongoing issues 211

Evaluation of the Palestinian Authority 212

Armed actions by the Islamic organizations 212

"Soft" protest in Jerusalem 213

Political behaviour: the elections to the Palestinian Authority's Legislative Council and Presidency 214

Willingness to participate in elections 216

Election procedures, slates of candidates, preparations and propaganda 218

The elections 234

The winners 237

The contours of Palestinian political organization 242

7. Israeli Policy in East Jerusalem 247

Keeping Palestinians in line 247

The Jerusalem municipality versus the Israeli government 255

Jerusalem: escape hatches from the Oslo accords 260

The contest for Arab space 261

Israel challenges the demographic balance 266

Construction against Oslo 271

Har Homa: an obstacle to the Oslo accords 278

8. Conclusion: Bridges over a Divided City 294

The beginning of the permanent status negotiations 294

The Beilin/Abu-Mazen understandings 301

Areas of functional division between Jews ands Arabs 310

The spatial identity of the residents of East Jerusalem 310

Israel's possession of the official symbols of identity, affiliation and sovereignty 311

Institutions and services 312

Islamic holy sites and institutions 315

Sharia courts 315

Al-Haram al-Sharif 316

Areas of low-level competition 317

Law and order 317

The autonomy of the local Palestinian establishment 318

Political ties and political participation 320

Areas of high-level competition 322

Planning and construction 322

Population and demographic balance 324

Peace in small doses 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-350) and index.

ISBN:

081474754X

OCLC:

45958010