Selectively Sacred: Holy Sites in Jerusalem and its Environs
Introduction In this document, we examine how the Israeli government authorities and legal system address the issue of holy places. The government, legal and judicial authorities in Israel attempt to...
The 2015 Elections and the Political Struggle over the Temple Mount, Silwan and Jerusalem’s Old City
The next Knesset will be comprised of a right-wing and ultra-Orthodox majority. However, the weakening of far-right elements and their removal from the Likud list of MKs is of great...
David’s Tomb on Mt. Zion
Introduction In January 2013, the tiles that decorated the walls of David’s Tomb were methodically destroyed in an act of vandalism. The tiles were the remnants of a unique decoration...