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Holy places in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, confrontation and co-existence, edited by Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter and Leonard Hammer

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [274]-296) and index

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Holy places in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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edited by Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter and Leonard Hammer

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics, 14

confrontation and co-existence

"This book addresses the major generators of conflict and toleration at shared holy places in Palestine and Israel. Examining the religious, political and legal issues, the authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities. Bringing together the views of a diverse group of experts on the region, Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict provides a new and multifaceted approach to holy places, giving an in-depth analysis of relevant issues. Themes covered include legal regulation of holy places, nationalization and reproduction of holy space, sharing and contesting holy places, identity politics, and popular legends of holy sites. Chapters cover in detail how recognition and authorization of a new site come about, the influence of religious belief versus political ideology on the designation of holy places, the centrality of such areas to the surrounding political developments, and how historical background and culture affect the perception of a holy site and relations between conflicting groups. This new approach to the study of holy places and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has great significance for a variety of disciplines, and will be of great interest in the fields of law, politics, religious studies, anthropology and sociology"--provided by publisher

1. Introduction / Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter and Leonard Hammer. -- 2. The legal regulation of holy sites / Marshall J. Breger and Leonard Hammer. -- 3. Protection of holy places in international law : objective and subjective approaches / Leonard Hammer. -- 4. Wars and sacred space : the influence of the 1948 War on sacred space in the state of Israel / Doron Bar. -- 5. The three kinds of holy places in Jewish law : the case of Nachmanides' Cave in Jerusalem as a third kind / Michael Wygoda. -- 6. The waaf in Israel since 1965 : the case of Acre reconsidered / Yitzhak Reiter. -- 7. Holy places in urban spaces, foci of confrontation or catalyst for development? / Rassem Khamaisi. -- 8. Pessimist's guide to religious coexistence / Ron E. Hassner. -- 9. Contest or cohabitation in shared holy places? : the Cave of the Patriarchs and Samuel's Tomb / Yitzhak Reiter. --10. Treatment of antiquities on the Temple Mount/Al-Haram al-Sharif / Jon Seligman. -- 11. The Shihab Al-Din Mosque affair in Nazareth : a case study of Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations in the state of Israel / Daphine Tsimhoni. -- 12. Holy shrines (maqamat) in modern Palestine/Israel and the politics of memory / Mahmoud Yazbak. -- 13. Self-empowerment through the sacred culture and representation in the urban landscape : the Mosque of Hassan Bey and the Arab community of Jaffa / Nimrod Luz. -- 14. The head of Husayn Ibn Ali : its various places of burial and the miracles that it performed / Khalid Sindawi