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Web Sites PASSIA Jerusalem The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) has fact sheets, a historical chronology and maps on various topics. verified: 4Feb2007 Jerusalem Quarterly Formerly called The Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), the Jerusalem branch of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS). verified: 4Feb2007 B'Tselem The Israeli human rights organization has a section on East Jerusalem. A Wall in Jerusalem. Especially notable publications: Obstacles to Human Rights in the Holy City; 2006, 32 pages (PDF). Forbidden Families: Family Unification and Child Registration in East Jerusalem Events on the Temple Mount - 29 September 2000 verified: 4Feb2007 Applied Research Institute Jerusalem Founded in 1990, the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over their natural resources. They have an extensive catalogue of online publications, many about jerusalem, including: Geopolitical Status in Jerusalem Governate (PDF - 12/06) Jerusalem: the strangulation of the Arab Palestinian city Jerusalem, In Light of the Israeli Colonization Activities (06/05) Their Eye On Palestine monitors Israeli colonizing activities in the Palestinian West Bank & Gaza and has several articles specifically about Jerusalem, including: The Demographic War over Jerusalem: Israel Systematic House Demolitions in Jerusalem (11/06) 21,November,2006 Toward Israelization of the Old City of Jerusalem: Plan for New Jewish Neighborhood Horns Bedlam over Old City’s Fate (o8/05) verified: 4Feb2007 Jerusalemites Web site of the Jerusalem Forum, an Amman-based NGO that educates and exposes the human dimension of the Palestinian people and their attachment to their land; past and present. verified: 4Feb2007 Books The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount by Gershom Gorenberg Gorenberg centers his fascinating discussion around the Temple Mount, the world's most desired piece of religious real estate. It is where King David erected an altar, where Solomon and Herod built their temples, and where the Dome of Rock now stands. (Cain even murdered Abel, according to ancient legend, over who would own this place.) The Christian far right now stakes a future claim to the Temple Mount, where they predict (or at least hope) the "Third Temple" will be built shortly. Jerusalem in History by K.J. Asali (Editor) This book presents a much-needed balanced and authentic picture of Jerusalem ญ an objective account which aims to help readers understand and form an independent opinion about the history of the city. To this end, an international team of eight leading scholars was set up. Each presents a picture of Jerusalem in the specific period on which they have long been working, forming a continuum. This important contribution to historical research lays a sound foundation for future work on the worldดs most sacred city. Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong British religious scholar Armstrong (A History of God) has written a provocative, splendid historical portrait of Jerusalem that will reward those seeking to fathom a strife-torn city. Her overarching theme, that Jerusalem has been central to the experience and "sacred geography" of Jews, Muslims and Christians and thus has led to deadly struggles for dominance, is a familiar one, yet she brings to her sweeping, profusely illustrated narrative a grasp of sociopolitical conditions seldom found in other books. Armstrong spares none of the three monotheisms in her critique of intolerant policies as she ponders the supreme irony that the Holy City, revered by the faithful as symbol and site of harmony and integration, has been a contentious place where the faiths have fought constantly, not only with one another but within themselves, in bitter factions. City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem by Meron Benvenisti The political, architectural, social, cultural, and religious history of the holy city of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Videos Jerusalem - An Occupation Set in Stone? Produced by the Palestinian Housing Rights Movement, Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone? is a tribute to the thousands of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem without access to life's most basic amenities. Filmmaker Marty Rosenbluth details the devastating effects of Israel's urban planning policies that, according to many, aim to uproot the Palestinian presence in the Holy City. Documentary, 55 minutes, 1995. Jerusalem 1948: Youm Ilak ou Youm Aleik Jerusalem 1948: Yoom Ilak, Yoom Aleik covers the events in Jerusalem and the major villages to the south and west in the period between the 1947 UN Partition Resolution and the first truce between the Arab and Israel armed forces in June 1948. The film challenges the major myths surrounding the war of 1948 that resulted in Israeli statehood and Palestinian exile. Documentary, 45 minutes, 1998.