Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History, and the Future of the Holy City

357 Pages·2014·4.796 MB·English

by  Michael Dumper

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oF thE holy city
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J E R U S A L E M U N B O U N D
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J EE R U S A L E M
U NN B O U N D
G EOGRAPHY, HISTORY,
AND THE FUTURE
OF THE HOLY CITY
M ICHAEL DUMPER
Columbia University Press
New York
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Columbia University Press
Publishers Since 1893
New York Chichester, West Sussex
cup.columbia.edu
Copyright © 2014 Columbia University Press
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dumper, Michael, author.
Geography, history, and the future of the holy city / Michael Dumper.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-231-16196-1 (cloth: alk. paper)—isbn 978-0-231-53735-3 (e-book)
1. Jerusalem—History. 2. Jerusalem—International status.
3. Jerusalem—Boundaries. 4. Jerusalem—Ethnic relations. 5. Israeli West
Bank Barrier. 6. Arab-Israeli confl ict—1993—Peace. 7. Arab-Israeli
confl ict—1993—Territorial questions. 8. Diplomatic negotiations
in international disputes. I. Title.
ds109.15.d86 2014
956.94′42—dc23
2013039550

Columbia University Press books are printed on
permanent and durable acid-free paper.
Th is book is printed on paper with recycled content.
Printed in the United States of America
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Cover Design: Jordan Wannemacher
Cover Image: © AP Images
References to Web sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing.
Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs
that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared.
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To my brother and sister, Nicholas and Hildegard
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1. THE HARD BORDERS OF THE CITY 19
2. THE “SOFTER” BORDERS OF THE CITY 54
3 . THE SCATTERED BORDERS OF HOLINESS 97
4 . THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
AND THE LIMITS OF SOVEREIGNTY 146
5 . JERUSALEM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:
WHAT PROSPECT OF PEACE? 186
Appendix: Web Site and Facebook Surveys 237
Notes 265
Bibliography 307
Index 325
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MAP 0.1. Jerusalem and Region
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
T
HERE ARE SCORES of people who have helped in writing this book.
Some did so directly by agreeing to be interviewed or by providing
feedback, advice, and introductions to others. Others did so indirectly
through informal conversations, though mealtimes at their homes with
their friends and families, and by letting me share a part of their lives. I
off er them all my deepest and most humble thanks for their time and eff ort,
which they gave freely and graciously. Th is whole endeavor would have been
much poorer without their support and interest. In particular, I would like
to thank my colleagues who worked closely with me on the Confl ict in
Cities and the Contested State project—Wendy Pullan, Liam O’Dowd,
James Anderson, Max Sternberg, Britt Baillie, Rami Nasrallah, and Haim
Yaacobi. Of this excellent team I would like especially to mention three
people: Craig Larkin, my research associate for the fi ve-year duration of the
project—our collaborative study of the city was a highlight of the project
for me; Lefkos Kyriacou, the cartographer of the project, who put many
hours into developing the maps used in this book and also supplied some
of the photographs; and Razan Makhlouf, my fi eldwork research assistant
and photographer whose photographs are also included in this book. Much
appreciation must also go to Adam Whittock for helping in the preparation
of the manuscript for publication.
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