Enrico Molinaro Jerusalem Holy Places Book sku-10974023

The Holy Places of Jerusalem in Middle East Peace Agreements: The Conflict Between Global and State Identities is a hardcover book by Enrico Molinaro, listed in Middle Eastern History Books as SKU sku-10974023. It examines religious controversy and political disputes over Jerusalem and its holy places from international and diplomatic perspectives.

The study compares state or national territorial claims with global or transnational claims concerning possession and worship. It interprets provisions in international documents used in the Middle East Peace Process and traces the history of the terms "status quo" and "holy places."

Molinaro asks (1) how far international law regulates and protects the interests of recognized communities at holy places and (2) which collective identities and representative communities may make claims to them. Examples include inter-Christian disputes at the Holy Sepulchre and Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian-Muslim disputes at Har Ha Bait/Haram Al Sharif, also called the Temple Mount or Noble Sanctuary.

Under a territorial view, the relevant groups are Israelis and Palestinians, and Jerusalem's symbolic value relates to the development of Israeli and Arab, later Palestinian, national identities. Under a global view, Jews, Christians and Muslims worldwide, including millions living outside Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian areas, have an interest in the city as a place of worship and spiritual devotion.