The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Jerusalem

Geneva InitiativeShaul Arieli

October 2010

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Jerusalem 1858

British mandate to permanently (800 square kilometers - Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Lod, Ramle and Jaffa)"... Ensure that all the world free and safe access to them (holy places) is sacred deposit to all ..."

1937 - Phil Committee

"... Jerusalem will be established as a separate entity under a special international regime and shall be managed by the UN ... (the eastern edge Abods, South - Bethlehem, West - Ein Karem and northern - Shu'afat)

(Partition Resolution in 1947)

West38 sq.km

East6 sq.km

Israel

West Bank Jerusalem

Jordan

East Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Palestinian Villages and neighborhoods

313,000

Jewish Neighborhoods

194,000

300,000 Israelis who live across the green line will

become part of West- Jerusalem

313,000 of East Jerusalem Arabs will become citizens of

Palestine

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The Holy Basin in Geneva

Initiative

The Old City

The Border

2.520 sq.km

• Will serve as a liaison and coordination mechanism between both parties’ police forces acting in the old city and will help them perform their duties.

• Observations, supervision and monitoring at: - The entry and exit points into and from the Old City.- Western Wall Tunnel- Old city streets - Additional sites and locations as agreed by both parties

• Performing policing duties at: - The route leading from Jaffa Gate/Bab Yafa to Zion Gate/Bab al-Zahyun - The road leading to Mount of Olives/Jabel al-Zaytun- Additional sites and locations as agreed by both parties

Old City Policing Unit

Multinational Force at Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Jerusalem

Geneva InitiativeShaul Arieli

October 2010

www.shaularieli.com