Moshe Amirav
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Moshe Amirav is widely considered by Political Science and Middle East academics and international media as one of the world experts on the conflict in Jerusalem.

Overview

Amirav is a Professor of Political Science and the Head of the School of Government at Beit Berl College
Beit Berl
Beit Berl is a village and the largest academic college in Israel in number of students and the range of programs it offers. Located on the outskirts of Kfar Sava, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council...

. He also teaches Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

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In the years 1981-1993 he worked closely with then Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek
Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989...

, in charge of planning and development.

As early as the 1980s Amirav was the first to initiate negotiations with Faisal Husseini
Faisal Husseini
Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people....

, leader of the Palestinians in Jerusalem. The so-called Amirav-Husseini plan became the model for subsequent negotiations on Jerusalem in the Oslo, Camp David, and Geneva talks.

As advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....

 during the Camp David negotiations, Amirav headed a committee of experts who prepared blueprints for a political settlement on Jerusalem.

He is a frequent lecturer at international conferences and forums on Jerusalem and has authored five books and many articles on the subject of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Syndrome

Amirav's book, "Jerusalem Syndrome: The Palestinian-Israeli Battle for the Holy City" is due to be published by Sussex Academic Press in June 2009.

The book analyzes how Israel has failed in its attempts to unify the city, and presents the argument that Israel should relinquish its claim on Palestinian neighborhoods and villages incorporated in 1967. Amirav suggests a unique and creative idea for a solution in Jerusalem: The old city will be considered as a special zone neither Palestinain nor an Israeli sovereignty and will be run by a special regime.

Publications

The Palestinians: From the Sidelines to Major Player in Jerusalem by Moshe Amirav. The Middle East Peace Process By J. Ginat, Edward Joseph Perkins, Edwin G. Corr

Ginat, Joseph, Perkins, Edward & Corr, Edwin, "The Middle East Peace Process" Sussex Academic Press 2002

The official Wailing Wall Kotel site: A Paratrooper's Story By Moshe Amirav http://english.thekotel.org/content.asp?Id=229

Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol 14, No.1, 2007 "Jerusalem 40 Years Later"http://books.google.com/books?id=NUhGYFwhx-0C&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=moshe+amirav&source=bl&ots=Myr0W1VCP5&sig=0Nj5q68o9mACpvDY7a0qvRUV-jA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result

Whither Jerusalem? By Moshe Hirsch, Deborah Housen-Couriel, Ruth Lapidoth, Mekhon Yerushalayim le-ḥeḳer Yiśraʼel

The Haaretz Newspaper http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770552.html The Golan in the role of Sharm By Danny Yatom and Moshe Amirav

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Yehuda Lukacs, International Center for Peace in the Middle East

http://books.google.com/books?id=6TheOPfVb44C&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=moshe+amirav&source=web&ots=hOl-xTjVqt&sig=InaPBrbQd22d_3y6GL5O1BgCMaA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result "Outline for Advancement of Negotiations Between the Likud and the PLO," by Moshe Amirav, Jerusalem, September 1987 (Excerpts). The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Yehuda Lukacs, International Center for Peace in the Middle East]

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The Palestine-Israel Journal: Moshe Amirav

Dr Moshe Amirav lectures on Global Terrorism

Lessons from the failed peace talks at Camp David By Moshe Amirav The Daily Star Newspaper
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