Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-Existence

ISBN-13: 9780415549011 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str.

Marshall Breger;Yitzhak Reiter;Leonard Hammer

Opis

Holy Places in Israel/Palestine have been a key focus of the ongoing conflict there. This book brings together a range of experts to examine, the religious, political, legal, social and cultural aspects of these sites. The authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Legal Regulation of Holy Sites  3. Protection of Holy Places in International Law: Objective and Subjective Approaches  4. Wars and Sacred Space: The Influence of The 1948 War on Sacred Space in the State of Israel  5. The Third Kind of Holy Places: The Case of Nachmanides' Cave in Jerusalem  6. The Waqf in Israel Since 1965: The Case of Acre Reconsidered  7. Holy Places in Urban Spaces: Foci of Confrontation or Catalyst for Development  8. The Pessimist's Guide to Religious Coexistence  9. Contest or Cohabitation in Shared Holy Places: The Cave of the Patriarchs and Samuel's Tomb  10. Treatment of Antiquities on the Temple Mount/ Al-Haram Al-Sharif  11. The Shihab Al-Din Mosque Affair in Nazareth: A Case Study of Muslim-Christian-Jewish Relations in the State of Israel  12. Holy Shrines (Maqamat) in Modern Palestine/Israel and the Politics of Memory  13. Self-Empowerment through the Sacred Culture and Representation in the Urban Landscape: The Mosque of Hassan Bey and the Arab Community of Jaffa  14. The Head of Husayn Ibn Ali: Its Various Places of Burial and the Miracles that it Performed