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Contested Sites in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative (UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED)) by Tom Najem; Michael James Molloy; Michael Dougall Bell; John Bell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Contested Sites in Jerusalem is the third and final volume in a series of books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and 2014. The aim of the Initiative was to find sustainable governance solutions for the Old City of Jerusalem, arguably the most sensitive and intractable of the final status issues dividing Palestinians and Israelis. This book examines the complex and often contentious issues that arise from the overlapping claims to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, the role of UNESCO, and the major implications of the JOCI Special Regime for such issues as archaeology, property, and the economy. Part I is dedicated to holy sites - ground zero of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a point reinforced by the autumn 2014 disturbances which threatened to spiral out of control and engulf Palestinians and Israelis in yet another wave of violence. Parts II-IV of the volume contain studies on archaeology, property, and economics that were written after the completion of the Special Regime model, specifically to address in depth how a Special Regime would deal w

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Tom Najem; Michael James Molloy; Michael Dougall Bell; John Bell
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781317213451
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Science, History

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