“For the last 20 years, those who have guided developments in Jerusalem are those who have tool her heritage, her past and religion. Jews who deny that Muslims have to do with the al -Aresa mosque. Muslims who deny that the Jews have been in the city in the past. And at the same time, marginalization of the Christian presence and crimes of hatred against Christians. Dynamic tooling of faith, so that it only belongs to an ethnic or religious group, depriving the legality of the presence of others. It is obviously the same dynamic that led to the outbreak of war in, “he says in” Vima “, on the other end of the telephone line, having returned to Jerusalem after participating in 10, Daniel Sidemann. A distinguished Israeli lawyer, specializing in conflicts in the city-religious “crucible” and a specialist in the geopolitics of East Jerusalem.
“It is necessary to restore the acknowledgment that Jerusalem speaks with many voices, two peoples, an Israeli and one Palestinian, who is under possession, and there are three religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam who have lived through us,” Israel, Palestine and the international community, while in 2010 Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the title of Honorary Member of the British Empire (in recognition of his work in Jerusalem) and in 2021 France – for the same reason – awarded him.
Easter and Jerusalem arrived … What climate is there?
“We hope this year is not tense this year, as in recent years. The day of Jerusalem (May 25-26) will follow, which always brings thousands of supranational raiders in the Muslim district. We therefore have a time when the climate will be in Jerusalem in general. And we have to be very careful. “
After so many years of being involved as a lawyer with the conflicts in Jerusalem, would you say that behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the background is religious hatred, the conflict of religions?
“I would put it a little differently. First of all, people who control things are guided by hatred. I don’t think it’s the majority, but they are the ones who have control. Among the Jews are the settlers with the biblical motives in and around the Old City, it is the Temple Mount movement that the Jews seek to take control of the al -Aksa mosque. There was a national political conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and because they were such, it could be resolved. But what has happened for the last 20 years, and has been fruitful by reaching his peak with the Gaza war, is the conversion of a political conflict to a religious that cannot be resolved. It is a combination of sacred war, jihad, Mitzvach, Armageddon and Second Coming. So there is the real threat of turning this war into a conflict of religions.
Therefore, one of the priorities shortly after the war should be the disgusting and the removal of religion from the conflict, the marginalization of religious ammunition and the support of traditional historical religious movements, the churches, the Latin Church, the Latin Church, the Latin Church hate and have been on the sidelines. “
How has Gaza war affected Jerusalem?
“It had an impact. But smaller than what one would expect. The city is separated between Palestinian and Jewish Israelis, although there are no natural borders. You can feel the tension. “
In Gaza we watch Israel violate a ceasefire agreement, murdered mainly civilians.
“Today the war in Gaza kills innocent citizens, women, men and children. Why? . He has no other goal beyond him. He even indifferent. Netanyahu has lost the support of all elites of Israeli society, army, security and information sectors, businesses, academic space. 70% of Israel’s citizens want to get rid of Netanyahu, who remains masterfully attached to power.
Hate and mistrust on both sides will not disappear when Netanyahu leaves. The reluctance of many Israelis to recognize the Palestinian issue will still exist. However, it will be possible for the international community to seize the Israeli government responsible for the Israeli government. And it will be possible to rebuild – part of it must be disgusting. “
How will the Palestinian side be achieved on the Palestinian side that measures more than 50,000 dead? It is more likely that the population in Gaza has been further radicalized.
“Both peoples are deeply injured. Both peoples believe that they have experienced the experience of their death. The wound is very deep. Hate is very deep. The mistrust is very deep. Which means that there should be a period of recovery, reconstruction, and this will require a new kind of political leadership, certainly not like that of Netanyahu. “
