Whose Holy City?

by Colin Chapman and Colin Chapman

In this informed and enlightening book, Colin Chapman assesses the centrality of Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tracing its history through the ages and showing how the issues of the past are relevant today. Since 1967, the Israelis have controlled the city and the areas around it, creating new settlements and roads to transform its geography and demography, and provoking intense opposition from the Palestinians. The situation today...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745951341
• ISBN13: 9780745951348
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Positive Thrust

Inciteful summation of the Israeli-Palestinian standoff with suggested possibilities for settlement. (p183)

A real solution

This book is written by someone who lived in the Middle East and knows that culture very well. He suggests realistic and doable solutions to the Jerusalm problem and Middle Eastern conflicts. I wish our politicians and policy makers in the USA read this book. If you want to read one book about this subject, this is the book. Don't miss it.