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How to Preserve the Fragile Calm at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade
A deceptive calm on Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade is unlikely to hold under pressure from the ongoing “third intifada”, widespread dissatisfaction among Palestinian youth and growing Jewish Temple activism. Bolstering the 1967 Status Quo arrangement remains crucial, but immediate attention must be on maintaining more recent understandings on access to the Esplanade as the religious…
Source: How to Preserve the Fragile Calm at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade – International Crisis Group