ARTICLES, JERUSALEM
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >