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

Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 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. Edited By Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, And Leonard Hammer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.