Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. A Troubled History: 2. Historical perspectives: recognition of the holy sites and the emergence of the status quo - 70 CE to the 1967 War; 3. Israeli policy on the issue of the holy sites, 1967–2002; 4. Solutions offered for the issue of the holy sites; Part II. Points of Contention - Opportunities for Change: 5. The multi-dimensional problem; 6. Principles to praxis; 7. Collaborative structures/confidence-building measures; 8. Defining the holy sites; 9. Politics and administration - the mechanics; Part III. Addressing Change: Negotiating Peace: 10. Structuring the negotiation - a plan of action; 11. Conclusion; Appendices; Annexes.

Promotional Information

This 2006 book seeks to promote a legal regime to protect the holy sites.

About the Author

David E. Guinn is the Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Institute at the DePaul University College of Law. He is a moral, political and legal philosopher and lawyer with a broad and diverse range of scholarship. He has written extensively on issues of national and international religious freedom, pluralism, and law, writing, cowriting and/or editing a number of books including: Faith on Trial: Religious Freedom and the Theory of Deep Diversity (Lexington Books, 2002), Religion and Civil Discourse (Park Ridge Center, 1997) and Religion and Law in the Global Village (McGill 1999).

Reviews

"...intention of the book is sound...rich potential..."
--Michael Dumper, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, International of Middle East Studies