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| | The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem - Middle East Quarterly - Fall 2001 |
 | | Newly-minted hadiths made Jerusalem ever-more critical to the Islamic faith; one of them put words into the Prophet Muhammad's mouth saying that, after his own death, Jerusalem's falling to the infidels is the second greatest catastrophe facing Islam. | | | In contrast, the columnist Moshe Kohn notes, Jerusalem and Zion appear as frequently in the Qur'an "as they do in the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita, the Taoist Tao-Te Ching, the Buddhist Dhamapada and the Zoroastrian Zend Avesta"—which is to say, not once. | | | Until this point, Islamic Jerusalem had consisted only of the shrines on the Temple Mount; now, for the first time, specifically Islamic buildings (Sufi convents, schools) were built in the surrounding city. |
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http://www.meforum.org/article/490
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| | ei: Leaked EU report on East Jerusalem (24 November 2005) |
| | The residency of hundreds of Palestinians that lived for a prolonged period outside of Israel and the OTs was revoked, a policy that continues. | | | Restriction of religious freedom: Christians and Muslims living east of the Barrier already have restricted access to their holy sites. | | | Enhance EU assistance to Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem, including cultural activities and community empowerment. |
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http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/historicaldocuments/413.shtml
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| | Jerusalem History |
| | The complete disregard that the Waqf demonstrated toward the pre-Islamic ancient Jewish heritage of Jerusalem was reminiscent of the behavior of the Taliban in Afghanistan during 2001 toward the pre-Islamic Buddhist presence in the Bamian Valley. | | | Given its fundamental rights in Jerusalem, as well as its recent experiences with the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel must continue to preserve Jerusalem as its unified capital under Israel's exclusive sovereignty. | | | This will not only best protect the interests of the Jewish people in Jerusalem, but also the interests and access of all faiths, as well. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/jcprg10.htm
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| | CBNNews-East Jerusalem May be the Price for Peace |
| | It refers to neighborhoods like Pisgat Ze'ev, where thousands of Israelis have lived for years. | | | Call The 700 Club Prayer Counseling Center at 1 (800) 759-0700, 24 hours a day. | | | It claims Israel is using its view that all of Jerusalem - both east and west - has been Israeli territory since the 1967 Six Day War to determine where the barrier goes. |
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http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/051128b.asp
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| | AllRefer.com - Jerusalem, Middle East (Middle Eastern Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Jerusalem is an administrative, religious, educational, cultural, and market center. | | | Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. | | | Excavations have been made in Jerusalem since 1835, and after 1967, the Israelis increased this activity, uncovering remains of the Herodian period and ruins of a Muslim structure of the 7th or 8th cent. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/J/Jerusale.html
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| | B'Tselem - Route of the barrier around East Jerusalem |
| | The northern section extends for some ten kilometers, from the Ofer army base on the west to the Qalandiya checkpoint on the east. | | | These ties with Jerusalem are especially close for residents of communities situated east of the city: a-Ram, Dahiyat al-Barid, Hizma, 'Anata, al-'Eizariya, Abu Dis, Sawahreh a-Sharqiya, and a-Sheikh Sa'ad (hereafter: "the suburbs"). | | | The two sections were completed in July 2003. |
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http://www.btselem.org/english/Separation_Barrier/Jerusalem.asp
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| | Settlers strategically split East Jerusalem csmonitor.com |
| | Benny Elon, an ultra-nationalist member of the Knesset who is spearheading the settlement effort, puts it this way: "If you don't create facts on the ground, everything blows in the wind. | | | JERUSALEM – On the eve of Israel's Jerusalem Day holiday, marked last Thursday, Jewish settlers moved into a vacant, dilapidated building in an Arab area of East Jerusalem and began studying sacred texts. | | | Elon says he looks forward to a time when there will be no Palestinians living around the tomb of Simeon the Just and in Simeon's Heritage, the names he prefers to Sheikh Jarrah. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0513/p01s04-wome.html
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Jerusalem bans gay pride parade |
| | Three months ago, Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders held a news conference calling for gay festivals in Jerusalem to be banned. | | | Jerusalem says holding a gay pride parade would be 'provocative' | | | One Muslim cleric suggested gay events in Jerusalem would attract divine wrath similar to that which destroyed the biblical city of Sodom. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4618465.stm
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: "Arab East Jerusalem" |
| | "East Jerusalem refers only to the part of the city which was taken forcibly for 19 years (1948-67) by Jordan. | | | Those Jewish homes were given to Jordanians, who only much later started calling themselves "Palestinians" for political reasons. | | | In 1948, after the UN voted to give Israel statehood, Jordan and 6 other Arab countries invaded the reborn Jewish homeland. |
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http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/aej.html
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| | SEARCH Fact Sheets - Jerusalem |
| | So in the year 2000, millions of Christians from around the world are able to visit Jerusalem, but Palestinian Christians living a few kilometers away find it difficult, if not impossible, to visit their holy city. | | | The 200,000 or so Jewish settlers who have moved into East Jerusalem since Israel occupied the area in 1967 are in violation of international law. | | | Between 1995 and 1999, over 3,000 Palestinians lost their right to live in Jerusalem, in what B'Tselem calls a "quiet deportation." The Barak government has suspended this practice at this time. |
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http://www.searchforjustice.org/faqs/jerusalem.html
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| | USATODAY.com - East Jerusalem residents fume over lack of mail delivery |
| | Another problem is that many of East Jerusalem's residents have the same name, such as Abu Mohammed, meaning father of Mohammed, Rabihiya says. | | | Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says Jerusalem is the "undivided" capital of Israel. | | | But many Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in East Jerusalem say there is a big divide between the two sides when it comes to the quality of government services. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-11-21-jerusalem-mail_x.htm
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| | B'Tselem - East Jerusalem |
| | Discriminating in land expropriation, planning, and building, and demolition of houses; | | | For this reason, the international community, including the United States, does not recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem. | | | Since East Jerusalem was annexed in 1967, the government of Israel’s primary goal in Jerusalem has been to create a demographic and geographic situation that will thwart any future attempt to challenge Israeli sovereignty over the city. |
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http://www.btselem.org/english/jerusalem/index.asp
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| | Jerusalem: Attractions : East Jerusalem Attractions : Mount Scopus Frommers.com |
| | For the next 19 years, these two bastions were resupplied by monthly Red Cross convoys, and a new Hadassah Hospital and Hebrew University had to be built in West Jerusalem. | | | At the bend in Mount Scopus Road, to your left, you’ll see the Jerusalem War Cemetery, the resting place for British World War I dead. | | | The Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, which opened on April 1, 1925, is now one of the largest institutions of higher learning in the Middle East. |
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http://www.frommers.com/destinations/jerusalem/0088032123.html
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| | BBC NEWS |
| | Between 1949 and 1967, Israel controlled the western part of Jerusalem, while Jordan took the eastern part, including the old walled city containing important Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious sites. | | | In 1980 Israel passed a law making its annexation of East Jerusalem explicit. | | | The city's status remains disputed, with Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem considered illegal under international law. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html/1967_and_now.stm
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| | Israel wants East Jerusalem out of vote - |
| | "The statement of the Israeli foreign minister to exclude the people of east Jerusalem from these elections is planting the seeds of obstructing these elections," said Erakat. | | | Israel considers East Jerusalem, which it captured 1967, as an integral part of the Jewish state. | | | "Participation in the elections by the Arab inhabitants of Jerusalem would be problematic because Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel and that could have an influence on the final status of the town which is to be negotiated," Shalom said on public radio. |
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http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5609
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| | Moving into East Jerusalem csmonitor.com |
| | The reason the newcomers came is the same reason the longtime residents would like to see them leave: The more Jews who settle in East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods such as these, the less likely it is that Palestinians will be able to build the capital of their hoped-for state here. | | | Still, given Jewish religious ties to Jerusalem and broad political support for keeping Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital, moving Israelis out of East Jerusalem would be a far trickier task than moving them out of Gaza. | | | STAKES: Maale Adumim is one of an increasing number of Jewish enclaves in and around East Jerusalem, where Palestinians hope to build the capital of their future state. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1202/p06s02-wome.html
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| | Jerusalem Table of Contents |
| | A Muslim Scholar Speaks on Islam and Jerusalem | | | Sharon Address at the Jerusalem Day Ceremony Ammunition Hill |
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| | ZNet Israel/Palestine Israelis Hinder East Jerusalem Elections |
| | But as the day wore on, East Jerusalem residents realized almost none of them were going to be allowed to vote in their city. | | | Voters who registered well in advance were told to go to any polling place near their home or work, but when one of the PASSIA organization heads arrived at the Jaffa Gate post office to vote he was turned away. | | | Ninety percent of Palestinian voters were turned away because they were told their names were not there. |
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http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=6994
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| | ei: EI EXCLUSIVE: Did UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw help sell out Jerusalem? |
| | The UK recognizes de facto Israeli sovereignty over West Jerusalem, conquered by Israel in 1948, but the UK officially considers East Jerusalem, conquered by Israel in 1967, to be occupied territory subject to protections of the Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | UK support for A4e's bid violates British policy and international law because the UK government, in compliance with UN Security Council resolutions, officially rejects Israel's claim that East Jerusalem is part of Israel. | | | There is no question, however, that from the very start it was obvious that the Israeli government tender on which A4e bid included work in Occupied East Jerusalem and the surrounding settlements. |
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| | Olmert, who has been promoting the plan in recent years, arrived at the meeting, which dealt with some of the no less than 16,000 objections submitted to the plan. | | | The session took place about two months ago and Ynet has now been able to learn of its details. | | | Olmert’s office declined to respond to the report. |
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| | Jerusalem - Jerusalem - The Old City |
| | An independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people since 1976. | | | Personal reflections of life in Israel from Jerusalem based writer Judy Lash Balint. | | | Jerusalem Archives · Biblical – Bookmark this page! |
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http://day-of-the-dead.easylookfor.com/elf/day-of-the-dead-jerusalem.htm
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| | The East Jerusalem YMCA |
| | What method of YMCA advocacy work do you think is most effective in overcoming youth diversity internationally | | | Campaign for the Release of the Three Civil Society Activists in Jerusalem |
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http://www.ej-ymca.org/site
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| | Bat Shalom |
| | The Jerusalem Link is the coordinating body of two independent women's centers: Bat Shalom - The Jerusalem Women's Action Center, located in West Jerusalem, and Marcaz al-Quds la l-Nissah - The Jerusalem Center for Women, located in East Jerusalem. | | | JERUSALEM AND RAMALLAH HEADS OF MISSION-REPORT ON EAST JERUSALEM |
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