Class 23: Jerusalem

First a quick announcement: anyone interested in a small undergrad honors seminar on Civil Society in the Middle East, to be taught next semester, 2009? Please see me or contact me via email to get my permission to register.

Readings:

The Debate at Camp David over Jerusalem's Holy Places (July 2000) - (Middle East Media Research Institute)

An official Israeli view: Basic Law and links to legal background and other papers.
A Palestinian view: Building Plans in East Jerusalem Post Anapolis
Maps of Jerusalem and old city

Problems

• Jerusalem status? Partition Resolution 181 of UN Genral Assembly, with map (Annex B)
• which Jerusalem today? Greater Jerusalem?
• settlements since 1967 - from the old Maghreb Quarter by the Western Wall to Gilo and Har Homa
• the problem of Ma'ale Adumim
• two capitals: Al Quds and Jerusalam?
• Temple Mount and Haram al-Sharif (Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosques)
• divided sovereignty? cf. Clinton Plan (Jan 7, 2001)- and Geneva Accord (Oct 17, 2003) with maps concerning Jerusalem

Current Situation :

International Crisis Group, Jerusalem Powder Keg (August 2005 report, available pdf file). Maps of divided city?

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Nov. 5, 2008

Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin.
Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to chenry@mail.utexas.edu