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from our heartland. This implies
some construct that will make
the linkage clear.
"Finally, because we ... want
to see Jerusalem be an open and
free city, in which everyone can
share a presence, a role, and a fu-
ture, the council also operates
through the 'doors' of a dialogue
with the Vatican, Israel, Arab
capitals, European countries, and
such international bodies as the
United Nations and its agencies."
Daniel Seidemann, American-
born attorney practicing in
Jerusalem and the founder of
"Shalem," an organization dedi-
cated to exploring the issues fac-
ing Jerusalem:
"I would like to see a morato-
rium on 'visions' for the next few
years because Jerusalem is a city
that invites visions, many de-
tached from everyday realities.
Politicians who speak of
Jerusalem as the 'eternal capital
of the Jewish state' deliver a pow-
erful message, but it's not a prac-
tical one. In the end, it generates
far more heat than light.
"Jerusalem is divided ... by
fear; by its various populations;
and between those who enjoy full
rights and privileges under Is-
raeli law and those who (de fac-

to, though not de jure) are disen-
franchised. Any resolution ... will
require all these sectors to live in
a mosaic without viewing the oth-
ers as a threat to their identity
and well-being.
"[The first of the] practical
steps needed ... is to accustom
both Israelis and Palestinians to
engage in rational discourse on
Jerusalem. The powers that be
must also build new structures
and policies to meet the legiti-
mate planning needs of
Jerusalem's 150,000 Palestini-
ans, rather than heighten ten-
sions by sealing them off from the
West Bank.
"Palestinians are politically
powerless ... and their problems
won't be resolved unless they're
allowed to engage in power-shar-
ing. If the legislation about to be
tabled by the government poses
a threat to their national identi-
ty, then the city will be headed
for a conflagration.
"Both the Israelis and Pales-
tinians are arriving at more re-
alistic appraisals of who they are.
[This is a natural product of the
overall process] and it will in-
evitably serve the interests of
Jerusalem, as well."0

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ome months ago, a public
opinion survey found that
over half of Israelis were
afraid to travel to
Jerusalem — not just east
Jerusalem or Arab east
Jerusalem, but anywhere in
Jerusalem.
And a few weeks ago, Ha'Ir,
Tel Aviv's most popular — and
most fashionably leftist — week-
ly newspaper, ran a cover story
with the shocking headline,
"Jerusalem - Who Cares?" Its
thrust was that an arrangement
could be found to give the PLO
sovereignty over the Arab sector
of Jerusalem's east side.
Since the intifada began,
Jerusalem has been effectively
redivided. Jews rarely venture
into the neighborhoods where
some 150,000 Arabs live. Except
for Jews who reside in the Jew-
ish Quarter, about the only non-
Arabs seen in the Old City are
tourists.
A recent poll commissioned by
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59 percent of Israelis support the
peace talks with the PLO. The

trend in political opinion over re-
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of Gaza, and sentiment is grow-
ing for concessions on the West
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In the cities and towns of pre-
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homes are secure and the bat-
tle seems far away, there is a gal-
loping indifference to the daily
shifts of the peace process.
The dominant attitudes in
such places are: 1) sovereignty
over every last inch isn't worth
fighting for anymore, and 2)
wake me when it's over.
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Jerusalem? As Dorit Carmi, 53,
a nurse from the central city of
Holon, said: "We don't need
Gaza, that's the Palestinians'
place. The same goes for Judea
and Samaria. A Palestinian
state? Look, the Palestinians
need a place of their own, let
them live there in peace. But
Jerusalem is not up for discus-
sion. It's holy to us; it's in our
hearts. Jerusalem has to stay the

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