Protecting Jerusalem's Holy Sites by David E. Guinn - 9781107402355

Protecting Jerusalem's Holy SitesA Strategy for Negotiating a Sacred Peace\nAuthor(s): David E. Guinn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107402355, 978-1107402355\nSynopsis\nThe holy sites in Jerusalem exist as objects of international veneration and sites of nationalist contest. They stand at the heart of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, yet surprisingly, the many efforts to promote peace, mostly by those outside the Middle East, have ignored the problem. This 2006 book seeks to address this omission by focusing upon proposals of development of a legal regime to protect the holy sites separable from the final peace negotiations to not only protect the holy sites but promote peace by removing these particularly volatile icons from the field of conflict. Peace and the protection of the holy sites cannot occur without the consent and co-operation of those on the ground. This book supports local in.