Jerusalem: A City and Its Future

516 Pages·2002·10.764 MB·English

by  Marshall J. Breger, Ora Ahimeir

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

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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
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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
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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