ARTICLES, FINAL STATUS ISSUES
The Residency Status of East Jerusalem’s Palestinians
Gilead Sher / INSS (October 28, 2015)
Revoking Israeli residency of Palestinians beyond the separation barrier in East Jerusalem is difficult from a legal point of view, as there is no law that authorizes Israel's government to do so. Read More >
Revealed: What a partitioned Jerusalem would look like
Nir Hasson / Haaretz (May 27, 2014)
An Israeli firm has been working for 10 years to perfect plans that would transform the city's 'natural' urban boundaries into a border between two future countries, in a nonthreatening and aesthetic manner. Read more >
With Golan fence, Israel closer to surrounding itself with barriers
William Booth / The Washington Post (June 11, 2013)
Questions over the benefit of Israel's system of walls are addressed as a new barrier in the Golan Heights nears completion. Read More >
The Role of the Border in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Daniel Levy / The Harvard International Review (June 2011)
Examination of the history of the conflict as it relates to borders. Questions of how and to what extent are borders an integral aspect of the conflict, and how central the border issue should be to peace efforts, are also addressed. Read More >
Invisible Settlements in Jerusalem
Hagit Ofran | Palestine-Israel Journal (2011)
Peace Now's Settlements Watch Director looks at how Jerusalem tourist sights and settlements are being used to promote an exclusively Jewish narrative of the city's history. Read More >
The Gaza war one year later: strategic lessons learned
Yossi Alpher / Americans for Peace Now (January, 2010)
Security expert and former Mossad analyst Yossi Alpher discusses Operation Cast Lead, Israel's 2009 military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Costs, benefits for Israel, the international response, and lessons for the future are examined. Read More >
Setting the Record Straight: Palestinians Can't Really Live in West Jerusalem
Lara Friedman / Americans for Peace Now (July 20, 2009)
Explanation of how Palestinians are effectively unable to purchase land in West Jerusalem, and face severe difficulties acquiring land in East Jerusalem as well. Read More >
One Nation, Irreconcilable
James Kitfield / National Journal (April 4, 2009)
In-depth look at East Jerusalem, the actions of the settler enterprise there, and the Palestinian experience in the city. PDF >
Israeli Perspectives on the Palestinian Refugee Issue
Orit Gal / Palestine-Israel Journal (2008/2009)
The sense of being overwhelmed, from an Israeli leadership standpoint, over the issue of Palestinian refugees stems from an inability to clearly define Israeli interests, the multiplicity of actors involved, and the high degree of uncertainty concerning consequential outcomes. Read More >
Addressing the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Shibley Telhami / The Brookings Institution (May 8, 2007)
In testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dr. Telhami articulates five central issues for the resolution of the Palestinian refugee problem. Read More >
The June 1967 War and the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Tom Segev / Journal of Palestine Studies (Spring 2007)
Excerpt from Segev's book on the 1967 war that focuses on the debates within Israel regarding the fate of the Palestinian refugees (particularly in Gaza) who came under Israeli control after the six day conflict. The article also explores official Israeli involvement in soliciting and crafting plans to provoke out-migration of Palestinians from Gaza. PDF >
Some Reflections on Jerusalem
Ruth Lapidoth / Palestine-Israel Journal (2007)
Competing claims to Jerusalem, as well as the four main components of the "Jerusalem problem"- as it pertains to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its potential resolution- are identified and analyzed. Read More >
An Explosive Situation in Silwan
Yehudit Oppenheimer / Palestine-Israel Journal (September 2006)
Ir Amim's executive director describes how the government's complicity in right-wing settler activity in Silwan creates immense obstacles to a peaceful resolution on Jerusalem. Read More >
The Refugee Problem at Taba
Akiva Eldar / Palestine-Israel Journal (Spring 2002)
Interview with Yossi Beilin and Nabil Sha'ath, the main Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at the Taba conference of January 2001, about the Palestinian refugee problem and progress achieved on the issue. Read More >
Jerusalem's Religious Significance
Yitzhak Reiter and Marwan Abu Khalaf / Palestine-Israel Journal (2001)
Israeli and Palestinian professors provide a thorough explanation of the meaning of Jerusalem in the faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Read More >
How to solve the Palestinian refugee problem
Akiva Eldar / Ha'aretz (May 29, 2001)
Summary of the positions of Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, as well as a number of understandings reached, at the Taba Summit in 2001. Read More >
The Jerusalem Problem: The Search for Solutions
Gershon Baskin / Palestine-Israel Journal (2001)
The founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information looks at eighty-five years of efforts to resolve the issues of Jerusalem sovereignty, with a particular focus on the Camp David summit in 2000. Read More >
East Jerusalem: A Case Study in Political Planning
Sarah Kaminker / Palestine-Israel Journal (1995)
A former member of the Jerusalem City Council provides an overview of how Israel has used city planning to gain control of 87% of the land of East Jerusalem. Read More >
Israel and Future Borders: Assessment of a Dynamic Process
Gad Barzilai and Ilan Peleg / Journal of Peace Research (February, 1994)
Deals with the question of determining a future Israeli-Palestinian border within the context of an analytical framework developed by the authors. The article demonstrates the dramatic transformation, among both the Israeli elite and general public, from a territorial to ethnic imperative and from integration of the West Bank and Gaza to separation through withdrawal. Requires JSTOR Login >
Jerusalem: Then and Now
Mick Dumper / Middle East Report (1993)
Historical overview of Jerusalem from the Roman expulsion of the Israelites in 70 AD until the 1990's, including a focus on the attachments to the city felt by Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Read More >