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Jerusalem's Holy Places: Their Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process (Washington Institute for Near East Policy Papers, No. 47)
In the search for Arab-Israeli peace, "Conventional wisdom" has long held that the thorniest issue for diplomats to resolve is the fate of Jerusalem and, for that reason, it belongs last on the agenda of negotiations. In recent years, some have offered the opposite Because resolving Jerusalem is the sin qua non of any final peace agreement, it belongs on the top of the agenda, before all other issues. Whether first or last on the schedule of negotiations, as the May 1999 deadline looms for the expiration of the Oslo Accords and the completion of "final status" talks, Jerusalem is sure to be at the center of debate. Jerusalem's Holy Places and the Peace Process analyzes more than four hundred years of Jerusalem's history to glean practical, operational lessons from Ottoman, British, Jordanian, and Israeli control of the city and its holy what does and does not work. This study offers a useful guide to negotiators, diplomats, and city planners on how to apply history's constructive lessons while avoiding its mistakes. It will be a useful tool in the hands of those committed to shoeing a future for Jerusalem based on peace, openness, civility, and tolerance--quantities befitting the Holy City.
76 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1997
About the author
Marshall J. Breger
15 booksMarshall J. Breger is a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America. From 1993-95, he was a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
During the George H.W. Bush Administration he served as Solicitor of Labor, the chief lawyer of the Labor Department with a staff of over 800. During 1992 by presidential designation he served concurrently as Acting Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Standards.
From 1985-91 Breger was chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency. During 1987-89 he also served as alternate delegate of the U.S. to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
From 1982-84 he served as special assistant to President Reagan and his liaison to the Jewish Community.
In Fall 2002, Breger was Lady Davis Visiting Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Fall 2003 he was Distinguished Sy-Cip Fulbright Lecturer in the Philippines.
Breger is a contributing columnist to Moment magazine. He writes and speaks regularly on legal issues and has published over 25 law review articles in publications including the Stanford Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Duke Law Journal and North Carolina Law Review. He has published as well in periodicals such as the Middle East Quarterly, the National Interest, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has testified more than 30 times before the United State Congress. His subjects include constitutional law, arbitration, foreign relations law of the United States, and a seminar on the Middle East peace process.
Breger is the author (with Tom Idinopolis) of a monograph, Jerusalem's Holy Places and the Peace Process, (Washington Institute of Near East Policy, 1998). He is the editor (with Ora Ahimeir) of Jerusalem: A City and Its Future (Syracuse University Press, 2002) as well as editor of Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives (Praeger 2003) and The Vatican-Israel Accord: Legal, Pontifical, and Theological Issues (Notre Dame University Press, 2004)(in press). Together with David M. Gordis, he co-edited Vouchers for School Choice: Challenge or Opportunity? An American Jewish Reappraisal, (Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, 1998).
He is Vice-President of of the Jewish Policy Center, a Jewish conservative think-tank.
Professor Breger holds a B.A. and M.A., 1967, from University of Pennsylvania, a B.Phil., 1970, from Oriel College, Oxford University; and a J.D., magna cum laude 1973, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the law review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
Together with his wife, Jennifer, Professor Breger has two daughters. Sarah Gabriela, managing editor of Moment Magazine, and Esther Maria, an assistant editor with The New Republic. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
During the George H.W. Bush Administration he served as Solicitor of Labor, the chief lawyer of the Labor Department with a staff of over 800. During 1992 by presidential designation he served concurrently as Acting Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Standards.
From 1985-91 Breger was chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency. During 1987-89 he also served as alternate delegate of the U.S. to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
From 1982-84 he served as special assistant to President Reagan and his liaison to the Jewish Community.
In Fall 2002, Breger was Lady Davis Visiting Professor of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Fall 2003 he was Distinguished Sy-Cip Fulbright Lecturer in the Philippines.
Breger is a contributing columnist to Moment magazine. He writes and speaks regularly on legal issues and has published over 25 law review articles in publications including the Stanford Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Duke Law Journal and North Carolina Law Review. He has published as well in periodicals such as the Middle East Quarterly, the National Interest, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has testified more than 30 times before the United State Congress. His subjects include constitutional law, arbitration, foreign relations law of the United States, and a seminar on the Middle East peace process.
Breger is the author (with Tom Idinopolis) of a monograph, Jerusalem's Holy Places and the Peace Process, (Washington Institute of Near East Policy, 1998). He is the editor (with Ora Ahimeir) of Jerusalem: A City and Its Future (Syracuse University Press, 2002) as well as editor of Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives (Praeger 2003) and The Vatican-Israel Accord: Legal, Pontifical, and Theological Issues (Notre Dame University Press, 2004)(in press). Together with David M. Gordis, he co-edited Vouchers for School Choice: Challenge or Opportunity? An American Jewish Reappraisal, (Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, 1998).
He is Vice-President of of the Jewish Policy Center, a Jewish conservative think-tank.
Professor Breger holds a B.A. and M.A., 1967, from University of Pennsylvania, a B.Phil., 1970, from Oriel College, Oxford University; and a J.D., magna cum laude 1973, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the law review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
Together with his wife, Jennifer, Professor Breger has two daughters. Sarah Gabriela, managing editor of Moment Magazine, and Esther Maria, an assistant editor with The New Republic. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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