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Violence, incitement and racist hatred don’t just increasingly plague Israel. Palestinian society is just as sick – and unlike Israel, lacks a leader voicing genuine self-criticism.

The despicable violence, incitement, racism and hatred that are plaguing Israelis and Palestinians these days demonstrate just how sick both societies are - yes, both – and how desperately they need to separate from each other into two independent states.

Four ultra-Orthodox Jews at prayer and one Druze policeman, murdered by two Palestinian young men armed with knives, axes and a gun. The heart grieves for the families of the victims and the suffering of the injured.

This past week’s slaughter was the latest development in an escalation of violence in Jerusalem that dates back to the summer, with the kidnapping and murder of three Israel youth in the West Bank, followed by the kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teen in East Jerusalem. Most of the world ignored the fires burning in East Jerusalem until the flames spread across the Green Line. Two terrorist attacks on the city’s light rail, one attempted assassination of a right-wing activist, several attacks outside Jerusalem, and a horrific synagogue massacre later, the world has woken up to what is turning into a conflagration that threatens to engulf the entire city and beyond.

JTA – November 20, 2014
Pro-Palestinian US organization that runs joint program with APN is downsizing
http://www.jta.org/2014/11/20/news-opinion/united-states/atfp-citing-stalled-peace-process-downsizes

Jerusalem Post (JTA story) – November 21, 2014
Pro-Palestinian US organization that runs joint program with APN is downsizing
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/American-Task-Force-on-Palestine-downsizes-amid-stalled-peace-process-382469

TLV1 (online - Israel) – November 18, 2014
Peace Now's Lior Amihai: Jerusalem violence filling vacuum created by absence of peace process
http://tlv1.fm/full-show/2014/11/18/har-nof-reeling-after-deadly-synagogue-attack-so-much-to-say/

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Latest Information
L. Friedman & D. Seidemann in JPost: A divided city
Rabbi Suskin in DC Jewish Week: On the Temple Mount…
Briefing call with Lara Friedman & Danny Seidemann
Reclaiming Israel's Future: Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Learn More
The Jerusalem chapter from APN’s publication, “They Say, We Say”.

Contemporary Jerusalem is an "undivided" city only in slogans. On the ground, it is a visibly divided city. It is a city where one-third of the population is Palestinian, in addition to large Palestinian urban areas lying just beyond the municipal border. It is a city where the patterns of life reflect two distinct populations - Israelis and Palestinians - living separate and rarely overlapping existences. It is a city that has deep political, historical, economic, and cultural significance to Palestinians, and deep religious meaning not only for Jews, but also for Christians and Muslims everywhere. (Excerpt from APN’s “They Say, We Say” entry on this topic.)

Jerusalem Burning: Briefing call with Lara Friedman & Danny Seidemann
Reclaiming Israel's Future: Jerusalem
The Jerusalem chapter from APN’s publication, “They Say, We Say”.

APN Articles

Lara Friedman & Daniel Seidemann in the Jerusalem Post: A divided city (November 11, 2014)
R. Alana Suskin in the Washington Jewish Week: On the Temple Mount…(November 6, 2014)
"Jerusalem: Learn More!" A round-up of APN articles from 2005 through June 2014.
Lara Friedman on the APN Blog:  Sacrificing Israel’s Friendships – and Future— at the Altar of Elad (October 15, 2014)

Recommended Readings

APN Board member Jo-Ann Mort in Haaretz - Shattering a Jewish American myth: Jerusalem is no Disneyland (November 13, 2014)
An Interview with Daniel Seidemann: Coming To Terms With ‘Reality’ Of Jerusalem.  Stewart Ain in The New York Jewish Week (November 12, 2014)
Asher Schechter in Haaretz The Temple Mount is a powder keg, and arsonists have the upper hand.  (November 12, 2014)
Middle East Monitor: Rabbi David Yosef writes to Netanyahu on closing the area of the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors (November 11, 2014)
International Crisis Group:  Mounting Tensions: Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade (November 10, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Ya'alon: Israeli politicians' visits to Temple Mount provoked Jerusalem terror attacks (November 8, 2014)
Times of Israel: Jews must stop Temple Mount visits, Sephardi chief rabbi says (November 7, 2014)
Haaretz+: 'Netanyahu was repeatedly warned of dangers on Temple Mount' (November 7, 2014)
Haaretz+: Israel's ties with Jordan put to test in face of Jerusalem crisis (Zvi Bar'el) (November 6, 2014)
+972: The 'Jerusalem Intifada,' the president and the cliff (November 6, 2014)
Haaretz: FM Lieberman: Politicians visiting Temple Mount - headline-chasing idiocy (November 6, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Liberman slams MKs for Temple Mount visits as PM says Jerusalem status quo won't change  (November 6, 2014)
Jerusalem Post: Haredi daily: Close Temple Mount to Jews (November 6, 2014)
NPR: Why Jerusalem's Real Estate Market Is Part Of The Mideast Conflict (November 6, 2014)
Btselem: Draconian measures against deprived population not a solution (November 5, 2014)
The Nation:Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege (November 4, 2014)
Haaretz+: Israel's right-wing fanatics don't speak for the people (November 4, 2014)
+972: How Likud became the Almighty's contractor at the Temple Mount (November 4, 2014)
Akiva Eldar in Al-Monitor: Netanyahu government threatens Temple Mount (November 3, 2014)
Danny Seidemann at Terrestrial Jerusalem: Attempted Assassination Raises the Stakes at the Temple Mount (November 3, 2014)
Danny Seidemann at Terrestrial Jerusalem: Reasons Behind Escalating Temple Mount Crisis (November 3, 2014)
Haaretz+: O Jerusalem, Israelis have already forgotten thee (November 2, 2014)
+972: The only way to stop stone throwing is to end the occupation (November 3, 2014)
+972: The fraud that is the Temple Mount movement (October 31, 2014)
New York Times: Friction Grows Between Israel and Jordan Over Revered Location (October 31, 2014)
Times of Israel:  With no local leadership, East Jerusalem violence roils (October 29, 2014)
Washington Post: Jerusalem train line destined to connect Jews and Arabs has widened bitter divide (October 26, 2014)