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The conflict
The city of Jerusalem has a special meaning for Jews, Muslims and
Christians. In East
Jerusalem and its environs, the year 2011 will be recorded as the year of
the greatest
expansion of Israeli settlements since 1967. In general, the question of
Jerusalem
represents one of the most sensitive and complex red lines of the conflict
between
Israelis and Palestinians. For Palestinians, East Jerusalem al-Quds is
to be the
capital of the future Palestinian State. For Israelis, the entirety of
Jerusalem
Yerushalyim is the sole and indivisible capital of the Jewish State.
Given the
intractable nature of the dispute and its social, economic and religious
implications,
multiple attempts at negotiations have stalled over the question of
Jerusalem, and there
is little sign of change on the horizon.
Israels control
East Jerusalem was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1967
Six Day War. The Moroccan Quarter containing several hundred homes
was demolished and its inhabitants expelled; thereafter a public plaza was
built in its place adjoining the Western Wall. However, the Waqf (Islamic
trust) was granted administration of the Temple Mount and thereafter
Jewish prayer on the site was prohibited by both Israeli and Waqf
authorities.
Most Jews celebrated the event as a liberation of the city; a new Israeli
holiday was created, Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim), and the most
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