- Paperback: 185 pages
- Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc,US; New Ed edition (28 Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 158826226X
- ISBN-13: 978-1588262264
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,607,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sacred to three traditions, the Old City of jerusalem is the Gordian knot at the centre of the Middle East Conflict. This book explores how religious and political interests compete for control of this sacred space, and how that comptition affects the Middle Eat peace process. Dumper analyzes the religious dynamics inthe Old City in political terms, investigating rivalries and tensions at three interrelated levels: among regional and international interests, among the Christian, Islamic and Jewish establishments, and among sects and factions within the religions. A portrait emerges of an ancient city in the context of contemporary change, central to the attainment of a lasting peace in the region.
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Jerusalem's Old City's role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 23 April 2005
By Jill Malter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict (Hardcover)
What ought to be done to handle conflicts involving the Old City of Jerusalem? Well, we'd expect a book on the subject to try to avoid making arbitrary changes that would do harm. That is, it might make sense to some people to tear down the Dome of the Rock and put a third Jewish Temple in its place, but that would violate this principle. And this book does, in fact, not recommend doing that! So far, so good!
For many centuries in ancient times, the Old City was Jewish. More recently, the nineteenth century saw the Jews become first a plurality and then a clear majority in the Old City. The Old City was captured by Arabs in 1948, and the Jews were expelled, but it was liberated in 1967. Jews were allowed to return to the Old City and Arabs were allowed to be there as well. And Jerusalem was reunified. I think it makes sense to call the Old City, "the traditionally Jewish Old City." It is very misleading to strongly imply, as this book does, that the place is traditionally Arab and is being counterproductively Judaized in the twentieth century. After all, as even the author admits, the Jewish majority in the Old City of a century ago has been replaced by an Old City today that is about ten percent Jewish.
There is a mention of Muslim archaeology in the Old City. But there is no indication of what a hot topic it is, given many complaints by Jews that Muslims are digging up and removing vast amounts of material, including plenty of Jewish artifacts, from the Temple Mount. I think a reasonable recommendation would be to have such work done only by teams that include trustworthy Muslims, Jews, and others.
The book discusses the Christians of the Old City. Church leadership there has sided with the antizionists, and that has not helped relations with Israeli authorities.
There is a discussion of peace proposals that involve the Old City. Here, the author spends quite a bit of time on statistics about tourism. That is a good point!
The author explains that his preferred solution would be to give the Old City of Jerusalem to the Arabs (which to me sounds exactly as smart as tearing down the Dome of the Rock and replacing it with a new Jewish Temple). But he admits that this solution is not realistic and would not create a harmonious environment.
What the author wants now is for Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and the capital of an Arab state. I think this is a very poor idea which would damage the city. And I think it is equivalent in wisdom to demanding that the Israelis build a new Jewish Temple right between the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa. Let's do better than this! Let us try a little harder to avoid arbitrary changes that will merely cause trouble.
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