The Issue of Jerusalem
Author: Abdulwali Sherzad Miakhel
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2010-02
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 3640520319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A, University of Missouri-Saint Louis (political science), course: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, language: English, abstract: The status of Jerusalem is the main and most sensitive part of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. It is sensitive because of its religious importance for all three sides, especially for Muslim and Jewish communities. The international community and even close allies of Israel, the United States, refuse to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. A majority of countries, including the United States and most European countries, refuse to locate their embassies in Jerusalem.