This all changed in 1967 when, within days of Israel's capture of the Old City, the Arab Muslim residents of the Maghrabi quarter were expelled and their houses destroyed to make way for increased access to the wall and for the creation of a large plaza in front of the wall. Jews currently living in the Arab neighborhoods of the city would be free to remain in their homes only if they are willing to live under Palestinian sovereignty. Wennesland’s comments followed a raid Friday by Israeli police at Al-Aqsa Mosque. In-depth feature articles by respected writers and behind-the-scenes interviews are supplemented by a wealth of concise documentation. Throughout the centuries, control of the individual holy places changed hands many times. One possible model is Sari Nusseibeh's suggestion of "scattered sovereignty," which proposes that the city comprise "zones of sovereignty which are not necessarily continuous geographically." However, Muslims also claim it as holy. The bitter medicine for the Jews is that they will have to halt all further building on Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem, give up the dream of a united eternal Jerusalem as their capital, and accept the fact that the Temple Mount will remain under Arab control. The Status Quo gained further legitimacy by being included in the 1856 Paris Peace Convention Treaty, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin, the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty, and the British Mandate government's 1922 Palestine Order-in-Council. This is the "Status Quo" regime that governed the sharing of Jerusalem's holy places by various faiths and sects under the Ottomans and the British Mandate and which continues in some form to this day. The violence that erupted on 24 September 1996 with the completion of the Western Wall archaeological tunnel only serves to illustrate what happens when violations to the status quo occur. For Palestinians, increasing Jewish interest in and presence on the Esplanade por-tends the too familiar. A small circular domed structure houses a footprint in stone where Jesus is believed to have stood before ascending into heaven. the Ottoman Empire issued a "status quo" decree freezing the question of the ownership of the disputed religious sites on this date. The Byzantines destroyed a Roman temple to build their Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Crusaders turned the Muslim Dome of the Rock into a church. Status quo tersebut timbul dari sebuah firman sultan Utsmaniyah … Israelis and Palestinians have proven capable of compromising on many issues, but Jerusalem seems to be a point of intransigence. Control of the city should not be an "either-or" situation. [8] Since then, an angered Egyptian government has discouraged its Christians from making pilgrimages to Israel and says it will continue to do so until the Copts regain control of Dayr al-Sultan. Such a system might delay action, but at least when action is taken it will be acceptable to both parties. 6. The Status Quo allows for a Greek Orthodox stone altar behind the shrine with Armenian, Coptic, and Syrian stone altars against the wall of the enclosure. Some communities still claim additional rights, such as the Franciscans to the Upper Room and the Copts to Dayr al-Sultan, but for the most part the communities have learned to cooperate and share, as has been the case in the restoration of the Holy Sepulchre's dome. Request Permissions. BACKGROUND TO THE STATUS QUO ARRANGEMENTS. Another solution would be a return to a partitioned city, but neither side currently supports such a plan (see Map 1 for the current boundaries and settlement patterns in the city). Armenian Patriarch Manogian called the agreement "a turning point for all Christendom." Jerusalem im Status quo 30.04.2021 | Kreis Borken Am 9./10. Jews should be allowed access to the Temple Mount as visitors or as individual pilgrims, but the holding of religious services or prayers must remain restricted until such a time as Muslim authorities may wish to designate otherwise. Complicating the situation is that holy sites are often the scene of more than one holy event. Executive committee. Today, there is a well-recognised arrangement that is often referred to as the ‘Status Quo Arrangement of the Holy Places.’ This arrangement was originally established in 1852, when the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid issued an edict (firman) freezing all claims of possession by religious communities over Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, thereby … 03.6 Statement on Jerusalem and Status Quo.pdf. Widerstand bleibt zunächst aus. The Latins also control the Chapels of Mary Magdalene and the Apparition of the Virgin along with a Franciscan convent to the north of the rotunda. Jews see Jerusalem as the city where Abraham went to sacrifice Issac; where David established his capital; where Solomon, Zerubbabel, and Herod built their temples; and where the Temple will one day be rebuilt. Although Muslims still claim the land as waqf, the area now is administered by the State of Israel and serves as a central gathering place for both religious and nationalist functions. Here the Armenians and Greek Orthodox share joint control, whereas the Copts and Syrians possess rights only to hold services at the Armenian altars. The Tomb of the Virgin at Gethsemane also falls under the regulations of the Status Quo. Located atop the Mount of Olives, the Sanctuary of Ascension involves not only the various Christian communities, but also Muslims, who have long controlled the site. Religious leaders and pilgrims can move freely throughout the church. During the Crusades, the Latins reigned supreme, whereas during Ottoman times the Greeks and Armenians, as subjects of the Sultan, gained significant rights with a 1757, Against this background, and in an attempt to resolve the problems of competing claims that had local and international ramifications, Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid issued a, The Tomb of the Virgin at Gethsemane also falls under the regulations of the Status Quo. In 1552, the Franciscans were ousted by the Muslims and the shrine was converted into the Mosque of the Prophet Da'ud on the basis of the tradition that the lower level housed the tomb of David. It is with an understanding of these problems that this solution is offered. [9] During a 1995 visit to Mt. The solution that most effectively would preserve the sanctity of Jerusalem and its holy sites would be to depoliticize the city through internationalization (at least the Old City or, even better, the wider Jerusalem region-the corpus separatum envisioned by the United Nations in its 1947 partition recommendation). Muslims look to the city as the place from where Muhammad made his mystical nocturnal journey into heaven, as the "farthest place" toward which Muslims first were directed to pray, and as the place of final judgment. Franciscans claim control of the building, but under the Status Quo the building remains a Muslim waqf, which is open to both Jewish and Christian visitors. The lower gallery of the rotunda is divided between the Armenians in the south and the Latins in the north, with the higher gallery being controlled by the Greeks. Comprehensive analysis of current developments in the peace process as well as a range of articles from the latest historical scholarship to coverage of cultural and societal trends, are included in JPS. Possession of this area has a long history of dispute between the Egyptian Copts and the Abyssinians (Ethiopians). After Israel seized the Old City and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, it agreed to continue the status quo, recognizing the risks of igniting a religious war if anything were changed. Make a tax-deductible donation today! Sharing the sacred space on Mt. The one area of the church that defies the peace of the Status Quo is the roof- top monastery known as Dayr al-Sultan, which encircles the dome of the Chapel of St. Helena. To solidify their claim, the Copts even resorted to burning "contaminated" documents which the Ethiopians used to justify their claim. Abraham Rabinovich, "New Era on Mount Zion," Jerusalem Post, 6 June 1986; Haim Shapiro, "Silence Rules the Cenacle" Jerusalem Post, 30 May 1986. Within the city, Israelis could come and go through Palestinian Arab lands with free access and vice versa. The agreement on the adornment of the dome was reached in 1994 with a historic signing by the Armenian and Greek Patriarchs and the Latin Custos of the Holy Land. Middle East Quartet Envoys call on Israel to uphold and respect the status quo at the holy sites. With imagination and good will-and in the [10]. The Latins at one time had exclusive possession of the church, but their claim was lost in the firman of 1757. This has eroded the status quo arrangement that has mostly kept the peace since Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967. Palestinians could raise their flag, regulate their schools, issue building permits, and post police on street corners in their neighborhoods, and Israelis could do the same thing in the territory they control. The Status Quo term comes from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The wall itself and its surrounding area became a Muslim waqf. Limited autonomy through boroughs could offer some compensation for Jerusalem's Palestinians, but it would deny their equally strong desire to control their own sections of the city. As the last remaining part of the sacred temple, the Western Wall then became Judaism's most holy site. There is also a settlement monitor assessing Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Each religious community guards its rights jealously. In the churches, controlling powers alone have the rights to officiate in services, to repair, and to decorate. Zion, and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem also came to be included in an unofficial Status Quo in which ruling powers found it advantageous not to allow change in control for any of the holy sites. “Deeply concerned by the heightened tensions & … Common areas shared jointly by the Greeks, Latins, and Armenians include the parvis (the entrance courtyard), the entry (the keys of which long have been held by two neutral Muslim families), the south transept, the Stone of Unction, the rotunda, and the edicule which houses the tomb. For Palestinians, increasing Jewish interest in and presence on the Esplanade por-tends the too familiar. *An additional $25 is required for subscribers outside North America. Zion, I observed Jews praying at the tomb of David while upstairs a group of Pentecostal pilgrims from Ohio were reveling in the spirit of the Upper Room complete with its mihrab in the wall pointing the way for prayers toward Mecca. The Armenians and the Greeks each have their own altars, whereas the altar at the tomb is shared jointly. The original basilica was set fire by Persian invaders in 614, preserved by Arab invaders in 638, and then completely destroyed by the Fatimid ruler Hakim in 1009. For an overview of many of these proposals, see Gershon Baskin's Jerusalem of Peace (Jerusalem: Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, 1994) and chapter 7 in Meron Benvenisti's City of Stone. The Greek Orthodox, Armenians, and Roman Catholics (referred to locally as the Latins and represented by the Franciscans) are the three principal powers, with the Greek Orthodox controlling the greatest share; the Copts and Syrians (Jacobites) have more limited rights. Under the rule of Ottoman Turks, the various communities of Jerusalem lived together in relative harmony. Having one power in control could work if all peoples accepted the fact; however, given the ties of the Christian and Muslim Palestinians to the city and the Israeli policies since 1967 of land expropriations and population displacement, it is doubtful that either the Christians or the Muslims would ever willingly accept Israeli control of the whole city. the "Status Quo" regime that governed the sharing of Jerusalem's holy places by various faiths and sects under the Ottomans and the British Mandate and which continues in some form to this day. Die Grabeskirche in Jerusalem steht ziemlich sicher an jenem Ort, an dem Jesus begraben wurde. 8. Each issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies also carries book reviews, documents and source material, a chronology and a bibliography of periodical literature. Evidence of the growing cooperation is the joint Armenian, Greek, and Latin restoration of the dome of the rotunda and the recently completed decoration of its ceiling with a sun motif acceptable to the varying artistic traditions of the three communities sharing control of the dome. Remain United But Should Be Shared," al Fajr, Settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem. Using the holy places of Jerusalem as a model, the author shows how sharing sacred space, albeit on a very small scale, can be done peacefully. Published By: University of California Press. Der "Status quo" ist auch das Ergebnis eines fast 1400 Jahre andauernden Ringens der … Given the imbalance of power between the two parties, however, perhaps the United Nations or the United States could play the role of arbitrator, like the Ottomans did in the past. At certain times, as many as ten different religious communities have shared the church, but since the issuance of the Status Quo, the Church has been shared by five religious communities. This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Such a solution might seem a bit farfetched, but there is a precedent for sharing sacred space through scattered sovereignty in Jerusalem that has worked with relative success, albeit on a far smaller scale, for more than a century. This allows the religious communities to be more concerned with the daily cycles of worship than with losing territory or rights. Any changes to those areas held in common require the consent of all parties involved. The participating communities had no choice but to comply. 22 November 2017. Through almost its entire history, the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood has been struggling to … Political conquests by Byzantine and Crusader Christians, Arab and Ottoman Muslims, and Israeli Jews have resulted in shifts of sovereignty. The Status of the Status Quo at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade Crisis Group Middle East Report N°159, 30 June 2015 Page ii they have secular allies who believe Israel’s sovereignty and freedom of worship ought not be abridged. The need to share Jerusalem arises from the equally valid claims of sanctity by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all of whose holy writings contain references to the city and to the sacred events that happened there. Kevork Hintlian, History of the Armenians in the Holy Land (Jerusalem: Armenian Patriarchate Printing Press, 1989). The church and tomb are reached by descending a long stairway with several Orthodox altars along the way. In the 1400s, for example, possession of Calvary changed hands between the Armenians and Georgians five times in a period of thirty years. In 1838, a cholera epidemic nearly destroyed the Abyssinian community of Dayr al-Sultan. It was only with the rise of Arab and Jewish nationalisms during the late Ottoman and then British eras that competition between Jews and Arabs for control of Jerusalem evolved into conflict. Simply, the status-quo of Jerusalem is about as fluid as any city in all of recorded history and even before. To understand how the Status Quo works and to recognize how similar principles might be applied to Jerusalem today, it is necessary to look at how space is shared at the sacred sites of Jerusalem. The Israeli courts first ruled in favor of the Copts, but then backed down and decided to take the matter under consideration, which means that the Ethiopians are still in control. The Copts possess a small chapel attached to the edicule from which pilgrims can reach in and touch the back side of the tomb. The Status Quo applied specifically to five sacred sites: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, its rooftop monastery of Dayr al-Sultan, the Sanctuary of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, the Tomb of the Virgin in Gethsemane, and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Adjacent to the shrine is a mosque. On holy days specific schedules coordinate very complex orders of procession and prayer. Calvary is divided into adjacent Greek and Latin chapels. [4] The name derives from the fact that the Sultan, thinking it would be too problematic to try to sort out the centuries-long string of firmans with their contradictory decrees, and not wanting to offend either Russia or the Catholic West by additional changes, decided to stick with current realities and establish the existing state, or status quo, as law. Ideally, the Israelis and Palestinians should sit down and demarcate control, because they are the ones who best know the facts on the ground. under the direction of King Herod to support the massive structures of the Temple Mount above. Some Jews still insist on their right to pray on the Mount, and others plan one day to rebuild the Temple on its site, but at present the Temple Mount remains under de facto Muslim administration, though Israel claims sovereign rights over it. In many ways the idea of a Status Quo for Jerusalem only confirms what already exists-a segregated city. The firman granted the various religious communities shared rights in the holy places, demarcating which areas came under whose control and establishing time schedules for officiating in areas shared by more than one religious group. The Western (or Wailing) Wall is part of the retaining wall built in 20 B.C. [3]. The Copts used this opportunity to reassert their claim by petitioning a sympathetic Ibrahim Pasha, ruling from Egypt, to grant them control. The Status Quo did not identify rights to these areas, so none of the claimant sects has been able to repair and furnish them. Visions of Reconciliation (Proceedings of the United Nations Department of Public Information's Encounter for Greek Journalists on the Question of Palestine, 27-28 April 1993, Athens, Greece). In Jerusalem räumen israelische Polizisten eine Moschee. The church is subject to a complex mosaic of control, but most visitors have no idea that it is so divided. In the city, Palestinian laws would prevail in their sectors and Israeli laws in theirs. Visions of Reconciliation (Proceedings. Since the structure never was designated a part of the Status Quo, Israel's Ministry of Religious Affairs has assumed the ruling role as a "neutral agent." These arrangements establishing possession of contested holy places came to be known as the Status Quo. [2] This means that the Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem would be part of Israel, and the now fragmented Arab neighborhoods would be part of Palestine. In the 1400s, for example, possession of Calvary changed hands between the Armenians and Georgians five times in a period of thirty years. Der alte Status Quo wurde durch die Wirklichkeit ersetzt, die massgeblich durch die Zunahme von muslimischer Kontrolle und Status des Tempelbergs geprägt ist, im Gegensatz zum anfänglichen Übereinkommen nach dem Sechs-Tage-Krieg. Status Quo in the Holy Places (Jerusalem: 6. "Christian Leaders' Accord on Sepulcher Decoration Hailed as 'Turning Point,"' Christians and Israel 4, no. Israeli control should not be extended to any new settlements (such as the controversial new settlement of Har Homa) or additions to existing settlements built since the Oslo peace accords. SHARED CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, AND JEWISH SITES. Nahost: Papst fordert Erhalt des Status quo in Jerusalem Detailansicht öffnen Papst Franziskus hat sich für den Erhalt des gegenwärtigen Status von Jerusalem ausgesprochen. The often-uneasy relationship laid down by the Status Quo is A detailed description of the Status Quo can be found in L. G. A. Cust, The Status Quo in the Holy Places (Jerusalem: Ariel Publishing House, 1980). This overview of shared sacred space in Jerusalem illustrates that disputed territory which often is intertwined and even multilayered can be shared. [5]. From the standpoint of the most efficient governance and the spatial integrity of the city, the best solution would be to have a united city under one rule, which at present means Israel. Political & religious leaders must act now," Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said on Twitter. The Abyssinians (Ethiopians) do not have rights within the church but are confined to the roof. 11. Those areas controlled by a single community create an interesting pattern of scattered sovereignty. The Byzantines destroyed a Roman temple to build their Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Crusaders turned the Muslim Dome of the Rock into a church. Beyond this chapel and down an- other flight of stairs is the Latin-controlled Chapel of the Invention of the Cross. The common ties have meant that for centuries the religious communities of Jerusalem have struggled either to maintain or to gain rights of worship at and control of certain sacred sites. The Arab conqueror Omar refrained from praying in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for fear that his followers would turn it into a mosque, although centuries later Muslims did build mosques at Christian holy sites commemorating the Ascension and the Last Supper. Und umgekehrt schmälert sie den Status der Juden und des Staates Israel auf dem Tempelberg. Namely that of all the cities of the Holy Lands, Jerusalem was the most conquered, most divided, and the city with the least amount of a status-quo as the changing of hands led to different rules with each change of rulers. However, establishing an international city would require significant outside pressure, and even then it is doubtful that Israel would relinquish control of what it calls its "eternal capital.". The Hidden History ofJerusalem (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions The building dates back to the Crusader period. Der fragile "Status quo", wer von den in der Kirche vertretenen christlichen Konfessionen was wann in der Grabeskirche darf, sorgt regelmäßig für Ärger - besonders zu Ostern. 10. It is an official collection of historical traditions and influences, of rules and laws, which establish the relations, activities, and movements that are carried out in those parts of the church where ownership is shared by different Christian denominations – Read more CLICK HERE The Latins at one time had exclusive possession of the church, but their claim was lost in the, proposals, see Gershon Baskin's Jerusalem, History ofJerusalem (Berkeley: University. See also Nusseibeh's comments in Jerusalem. All concerned parties know their place and that nothing will change. The upper room of the structure, known as the Cenacle (Greek for supper), traditionally has been celebrated by Christians as the site of the Last Supper, of the gathering at Pentecost, and of the first church. Here the Armenians and Greek Orthodox share joint control, whereas the Copts and Syrians possess rights only to hold services at the Armenian altars. Like the client relationship be- tween the Armenians and Syrians, the Copts originally were designated by the Sultan to represent the Ethiopians, which means that Ethiopian and Coptic claims often overlap. Although the wall was not included formally in the Ottoman Status Quo, the British got involved in the issue because of nationalist conflicts at the wall during the Mandate, culminating in the violent riots of 1929 which in turn led to the appointment of a tripartite (Dutch, Swedish, and Swiss) commission of inquiry approved by the League of Nations. Zion is a little more complex in that Muslims, Jews, and Christians all claim it as holy, particularly the structure housing David's tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Over time additional holy sites such as the Western Wall, the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, the Cenacle on Mt. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre-or the Church of the Resurrection, as it is called by Christian Arabs-includes within its enclosure the sites of both Calvary and the tomb of Jesus. Throughout the centuries, control of the individual holy places changed hands many times. Charitable Bequest Qualified Charitable Distributions JPS provides an international forum for study of the region and peaceful resolution to the conflict. The dome had to be repaired by all three or by none at all. Shuki Friedman, the director of the Center for Religion, Nation and State at the Israel Democracy Institute, said that “everyone uses the term … It is here that the Prophet Muhammad tethered his winged steed Buraq before ascending from the Haram al-Sharif on his nocturnal journey into heaven. But in anticipation of the day when there most likely will be some form of Palestinian entity in existence side-by-side with Israel, and knowing that both peoples claim the city as holy and as their capital, then somehow the two nations have to agree on how to share the city (see Map 2). Jews … The church's long history begins with Queen Helena identifying the site as that of both the crucifix- ion and resurrection; her son Constantine commemorated these events by building a Byzantine Basilica in A.D. 335. Generous contributions from people like you allow us to provide invaluable resources as a public good. Since 1971, the Journal of Palestine Studies (JPS) has been the leading quarterly devoted exclusively to the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs.
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