The Fight for Jerusalem

by Gold, Dore

• ISBN13: 9781596980297
• ISBN10: 159698029X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-29
• Publisher: Regnery Pub

Summary

The attack on the veracity of its biblical past is only a prelude for compromising its political future. In Western diplomatic circles it is now being argued that by pushing hard for a Middle East settlement, with the redivision of Jerusalem at its core, the flames of radical Islamic rage will be lowered, stemming the tide of al-Qaeda's ideological spread. Yet the exact opposite is true. In the last decades, radical Islam has been fed by its sense of victory in the face of repeated withdrawals: a redivision of Jerusalem would not only endanger its holy sites, but also unleash new jihadist momentum, on a scale that most political leaders have not begun to consider. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dore Gold is an Israeli diplomat who has served in various positions under several Israeli governments. He is the current President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Battle for Historical Truth
The Religious Dimension of Jerusalem
Jerusalem: The Legacy of Ancient Israel	p. 35
Christianity and Jerusalem	p. 63
Jerusalem as the Third Holiest Place in Classical Islam	p. 87
The Diplomatic Struggle over Jerusalem
Jerusalem and the Birth of Modern Israel	p. 119
Jerusalem, the Palestinian Arabs, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	p. 145
Jerusalem and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process	p. 165
Radical Islam and Jerusalem
The Evil Wind: Radical Islam, the Destruction of Holy Sites, and Jerusalem	p. 199
Jerusalem as an Apocalyptic Trigger for Radical Islam	p. 231
The West and the Freedom of Jerusalem	p. 255
Appendix	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 325
Notes	p. 329
Index	p. 363
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