The Issue of Jerusalem

Download or read book The Issue of Jerusalem written by Abdulwali Sherzad Miakhel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay 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.