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	Jerusalem - The Old City
		From the Jaffa Gate side of the city, the most striking landmark is the Citadel, which is marked by David's Tower, a misnomer given that the cylindrical structure dates from the 16th century.
		Inside the Citadel is a courtyard and museum with exhibits on the history of the Citadel and Old City.
		The Old City is said to be divided into quarters because of the concentration of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Armenians in corners of the nearly square area enclosed by the Turkish walls.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/Jerusalem2.html (4472 words)

	Expanding Jewish Presence in The Old City of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Old City is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; archeologists have estimated its age at approximately 6,000 years.
		Inside the walls of the Old City, four quarters are distinguished: the Christian Quarter to the northwest grouped around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre; the Armenian Quarter to the southwest; the Muslim Quarter to the center and northeast; and the Jewish Quarter to the southeast.
		As an example, she mentioned that in one of the meetings of the Municipality of Jerusalem, Mayor Kollek announced that a new Jewish neighborhood was to be built on Palestinian land in East Jerusalem, planted with trees and declared a "green area".
	www.arij.org /paleye/oldcity (4572 words)

	Old City Gates (BiblePlaces.com)
		A low part of the city wall was torn down and the Crusader moat of the Citadel filled in 1898 for the visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.
		Lions' Gate is another name for this eastern entrance into the Old City because of the four animals that decorate the gate's facade and reportedly placed there because of a dream of the builder Suleiman.
		Jerusalem within the Walls (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) A concise summary of Old City landmarks, focusing on the eight gates.
	www.bibleplaces.com /oldcitygates.htm (716 words)

	The Old City Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Romans, who rebuilt Jerusalem after they razed the city during their war against the Jews, constructed two main thoroughfares, north-south and east-west, thus forming four sections today; Jewish, Moslem, Christian and Armenian quarters of the old city.
		The old city is the lighter blue area in the right center of the image, surrounded by a 400-year-old wall built by the Ottoman Turks.
		Jerusalem is the source of three major religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and is considered holy by all three.
	www.templemount.org /today.html (202 words)

	JMCC / Palestinian Culture
		Jerusalem is surrounded by a wall on all four sides, the purpose of which was to protect the city from inva sion.
		This is one of the busiest en- trances to the Old City.
		The Old Testament prophet Amos was from the village of Taqou'.
	www.jmcc.org /palculture/go.htm (9631 words)

	Jerusalem/Old City - Wikitravel
		The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
		In a city already divided, the Old City is further divided culturally and historically into four Quarters: (clockwise from the south-east) the Jewish Quarter, the Armenian Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Muslim Quarter.
		The Old City is a maze of twisty alleyways and it's difficult to keep your bearings even with a map.
	wikitravel.org /en/Jerusalem/Old_City (2963 words)

	The Old City of Jerusalem- a New Interfaith Solution
		The city that could have become the spiritual center for all of humankind, remains divided and neglected, and the peoples of the Middle East are sinking in a morass of hatred and wars.
		The Old City of Jerusalem should, once again, be declared as the City of God, a place dedicated to creating peace in our land and the whole world - and as such to be elevated out of the political negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
		This New Jerusalem entity would be charged with caring for the peace and welfare of the Old City of Jerusalem, and will operate in close partnership with the Old City residents and all the people of Jerusalem.
	www.lightparty.com /Peace/Jerusalem-InterfaithSoluti.html (644 words)

	Jerusalem's Old City at risk in earthquake - Science - MSNBC.com
		Now, a geological survey says the heart of biblical narrative, Jerusalem's walled Old City, would be among the worst hit parts of the city in the event of another earthquake because it rests on layers of debris, not solid rock.
		A natural disaster in the Old City could also bring devastating political aftershocks because it is the fiery heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
		It rumbled through Jerusalem's holy places and may have been to blame for cracks in the southwestern corner of the mosque compound's outer wall, which some researchers have warned is in danger of collapse.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/3980139 (823 words)

	History Channel - UNESCO
		One of the most overpowering aspects of the Old City is the layering of religions and cultures, which have existed, and continue to exist, within its walls.
		Jerusalem's historical buildings and monuments are threatened with destruction not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing economic and social conditions.
		While many of the monuments have undergone preservation projects, the Old City still suffers from threats of destruction due to urban development and of deterioration due to lack of funding, maintenance, and management.
	www.historychannel.com /classroom/unesco/jerusalem.html (519 words)

	History Channel - UNESCO
		A long, rich history is connected to this city where events central to the traditions of each of the three monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—are believed to have taken place.
		One of the most overpowering aspects of the Old City is the layering of religions and cultures, which have existed for thirty centuries within its walls.
		Although much of Jerusalem has developed into a modern city, its rich past is ever present in the architecture of the Old City—its walls, streets, and structures.
	www.historychannel.com /classroom/unesco/jerusalem/main.html (595 words)

	Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Programme (OCJRP), Old City, Jerusalem, 2002-2004
		Its main aim is to implement a comprehensive programme for the rehabilitation of the old city, comprising a number of complementary components: a revitalization plan; emergency restoration; total restoration; training in conservation; a community outreach programme; and an information centre.
		The programme is notable for the training it provides in conservation for architects, engineers, contractors and craftspeople, and for the establishment of an information centre and a database for the old city, including documentation, surveys, research and studies.
		This effort is conducted under severe constraints, restoring the old city as a living, vibrant and beautiful environment.
	www.akdn.org /agency/akaa/ninthcycle/page_05txt.htm (932 words)

	ZNet Commentary: The Old City of Jerusalem As An International Museum
		The city of Jerusalem, and the Old City in particular, affords a demonstration of competing and unresolvable claims for sovereignty.
		For the Old City is an embodiment of major and diverse religious, cultural, historic and political histories and aspirations, a target for unresolvable competing claims of sovereignty, and a prime focus for diverse ambitions of exclusivity.
		Control over the Old City of Jerusalem, bounded by the Ancient Wall, must be transformed in a way that guarantees access to the cultural and religious sites for all people.
	www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2002-06/13melman.cfm (534 words)

	Online NewsHour: Divided City -- August 23, 2000
		At the heart of their dispute is the city of Jerusalem, which each group claims as its rightful capital.
		The rest of the Old City is divided into four quarters; and under this plan, the Muslim and Christian quarters would be Palestinian; the Jewish and Armenian, Israeli.
		On his walks through the streets of the Old City, he says, he finds that underneath the rhetoric of both sides, acceptance of change is growing.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/jerusalem_8-23.htm (2053 words)

	Jerusalem Old City Walls and Gates
		During the late middle ages, the Jews of the city held the keys to the gate, and that is what it is sometimes called the "Jewish Quarter Gate".
		During the War of Independence, the gate was the scene of some hard battles, during which soldiers of the IDF tried to break the siege around the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.
		That tradition also tells that this gate is where the byzantine emperor Heracles entered Jerusalem after freeing it from the Persians during the 7th century (a short while before the city was taken by Muslims).
	www.trekker.co.il /english/jerusalem-walls.htm (587 words)

	MIFTAH--New Jewish Neighborhood Planned for Jerusalem's Old City
		The area immediately adjacent to the planned new neighborhood, a site known as Bab Hutta, in the northeastern corner of the Old City, has been the home for a handful of Jewish families for the past 10 years.
		After Haim Karman, a student at a yeshiva in the Old City, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian, the Ateret Cohanim group attempted to establish a Jewish presence at the site, but the local planning authorities blocked the move.
		All Jewish projects in the Old City of Jerusalem, but outside the Jewish Quarter, are funded by organizations such as Ateret Cohanim, which are dedicated to "redeeming" homes and land in the Old City of Jerusalem.
	www.miftah.org /Display.cfm?DocId=3793&CategoryId=14 (502 words)

	The Old City. (from Jerusalem) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Visitors are drawn to Israel's numerous religious, archeological, and historic sites—such as the Western Wall and Dome of the Rock and biblical cities such as Nazareth, and Bethlehem in the West Bank—as well as to its...
		It is the only remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, held to be uniquely holy by the ancient Jews and destroyed by the Romans in AD 70.
		At the end of the Six-Day War, Israel was in possession of the Golan Heights and the Old City of Jerusalem.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=203248 (977 words)

	Old City Revitalization Programme Old City, Jerusalem
		Jerusalem has an extraordinarily long and varied history, but the urban fabric of the old city is threatened by overcrowding, lack of maintenance and poor services.
		The Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Programme aims to rehabilitate the city, to preserve its heritage and to create a better quality of life for its inhabitants.
		It is a comprehensive project aimed at every aspect of human life, with several components, including restoration, training, education and raising public awareness.
	hosting.twofourtv.com /linx_news/old_city_revitalization/index.asp (76 words)

	BBC News \| Middle East \| Tension in Jerusalem's Old City
		But the mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, accused Israel of looking for an excuse to intervene in the affairs of the holy shrine.
		In September 1996, the Israeli government opened a controversial entrance to the Old City, sparking gun battles which left 80 people dead.
		And in 1998, a Jewish extremist was convicted of attempting to attack the mosque by throwing a pig's head into its compound.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_416000/416604.stm (435 words)

	The Future Old-City Invasion of Jerusalem
		The invasion may become impeded when Muslim inhabitants of the Old City are used loosely by the Israelis as "hostages." This could explain the building of siege ramps as opposed to indiscriminate bombing over the walls.
		And the Old City will be "compressed" from all sides by the will of God Himself, with the West powerless to resist His will.
		The arrival to Anata represents the entry into the modern city limits (east side) so that it becomes appropriate for the text to say, "Daughter of desolation [Jerusalem], shriek with your voice!" God portrays himself as the enemy of Jerusalem by the tone of these words.
	www.tribwatch.com /oldcity.htm (4095 words)

	UNESCO Press Release on Cultural Heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In keeping with a resolution of UNESCO's General Conference of 2003, the experts meeting at UNESCO today are expected to advise the Director-General on the elaboration of a comprehensive Plan of Action to safeguard the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem and to provide him with guidelines and proposals for its implementation.
		UNESCO sent a high-level mission to Jerusalem in March 2004 to assess the state of conservation of the Old City.
		It is my sincere hope that UNESCO will be able to reaffirm that the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem is indeed a shared value and that its safeguarding is a cause around which the parties concerned are willing to cooperate, with the full support of the international community."
	www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=2&id=804 (481 words)

	Jerusalem City Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jerusalem travel guide including recommendations for sightseeing, restaurants, and hotels, together with other tourist tips to help the Jerusalem tourist on a tight budget.
		Jerusalem -- This is one in a Chronicle series on Israel's planned evacuation this month of approximately 9,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
		JERUSALEM: Israel revealed plans on Thursday to build 72 housing units in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, despite a call by a US-backed peace road map for a halt to settlement expansion.
	www.cityporta.com /jerusaleminfo/jerusalem-city-map.html (1198 words)

	Building The Old City (Jerusalem during Sukkot holiday)
		Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit Jerusalem daily during this Sukkot holiday week, and dozens of events are planned throughout the country.
		Thousands of visitors to the Old City have responded to invitations broadcast over loudspeakers, and are visiting new and old Jewish sites in the Moslem Quarter.
		Matti Dan, chairman of the Ateret Cohanim association that purchases properties and brings Jews to live in the Old City, told Arutz-7 that some 60 Jewish families currently live in the Old City outside of the Jewish Quarter.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/999932/posts (528 words)

	Settlers press for more police in Old City of Jerusalem
		Israel decided to remodify its original plan for extra police protection for Jewish settlers in the Old City of Jerusalem by increasing the police force currently on duty in the city.
		Moskowitz was the mastermind and financial power behind the takeover of a number of Arab properties and houses in the Old City of Jerusalem, in Ras Al Amoud neighborhood and in Jabal Abu Ghaneim where the Jewish settlement of Har Homa is planned on the road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
		Netanyahu believes that early elections are somewhere down the road before the end of his current tenure and wants to make sure that should Israelis be requested to go to the ballot boxes, his name would be their choice.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/980725/1998072516.html (691 words)

	Event: Working with Children in the old city of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They will escort the children in tours in the old city as well as visits to local institutions.
		The work will take place at the Old City Youth Organization, very close to the Aqsa Mosque in the Moslims Quarter.
		The volunteers willbe accommodated at the Organization's premisis in the old city.
	www.worldvolunteerweb.org /dynamic/cfapps/national_profiles/details/national_events2.cfm?EventsID=2755&CountryID=PSE (127 words)

	Registration Fees/Walking Tour of the Old City of Jerusalem/Accommodation/Optional Tours/Accompanying Persons ...
		Participants and Accompanying Persons are invited to a half-day walking tour of the Old City of Jerusalem.
		Visit Tzippori to view the ancient mosaic floors; Nazareth; the Crusader underground city and Crypt in Acre; Drive through Haifa to Caesarea for a tour of the Roman and Crusader ruins.
		Depart Tiberias for Tzippori to view the ancient mosaic floors; visit Nazareth; tour the Crusader underground city and Crypt in Acre; Drive through Haifa to Caesarea for a tour of the Roman and Crusader ruins.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla66/66info.htm (1200 words)

	The Old City of Jerusalem
		The old city of Jerusalem was an absolutely wonderful place to visit with its walled streets and many vendors.
		Jerusalem, with its varied architecture, interesting alleyways and ancient ruins is certainly a photographer's paradise.
		Before we knew it we were on the bus and headed toward Tel Aviv, where we drove through the city without stopping, and then onto Haifa where the ship awaited our return.
	www.anniebees.com /Egypt/Israel_2.htm (327 words)

	JERUSALEM / OLD CITY
		TITLE=JERUSALEM / OLD CITY (L) INTRO: Israeli security forces were out in force in and around the old walled city of Jerusalem on Friday, and access to the Muslim prayer service at the al-Aqsa Mosque was highly restricted.
		Inside the walls of the Old City, the situation was calm.
		Except for many members of the Israeli security forces, the narrow streets of the Old City were practically deserted.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/10/war-001013-meisr6.htm (273 words)

	Ateret Cohanim. Yeshiva in Old City of Jerusalem
		Tours of the Old City with the Tunnels are more difficult to schedule especially during peak seasons.
		Jerusalem plans to ban from the Old City daytime private vehicles belonging to non-residents in order to provide cleaner air.
		Since the existence of the Geneva initiative was publicly announced there has been much criticism of the process that led to the agreement.
	www.ateret.org.il /new/home.php (740 words)

	Jerusalem - Old City pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Section of a street in the old city of Jerusalem celebrated today as the Via Dolorosa (route of Jesus on the way to the cross).
		A cave within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which may have been more like the burial cave of Jesus than can be seen in the ornate Holy Sepulchre.
		A street in the Armenian quarter of Old Jerusalem.
	www.pitt.edu /AFShome/a/g/agtaylor/public/html/Israel/JerusalemCity.html (63 words)

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