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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Jerusalem needs 'special regime': experts AFP - Sunday, March 8 OTTAWA (AFP) - - A solution to Jerusalem could be a "special regime" that administers the Old City without dividing it, leaving the thorny issue of sovereignty for a future date, two former diplomats wrote. ADVERTISEMENT In the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs, professors Michael Bell of Canada and Daniel Kurtzer of the United States, both former ambassadors in the Middle East, propose a way to deal with Jerusalem in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. They suggest creating an impartial, Old City Special Regime (OCSR) chosen by the Israelis and Palestinians together, that would appoint a chief administrator. "The most promising alternative to a street-by-street, site-by-site division of the Old City is to construct a special regime that defers the issue of sovereignty and instead focuses on how to administer and manage the Old City with strong third-party participation," the two experts write in the magazine. Israel annexed east Jerusalem -- which includes the Old City and its numerous holy sites for Jews, Muslims and Christians -- after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The Palestinians want Jerusalem to become the capital of their future state. Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Saturday that "there will never be peace" in the Middle East unless Israel and the Palestinians share Jerusalem." Bell -- Canada's former ambassador to Egypt, Israel and Jordan -- and Kurtzer -- a former US ambassador to Egypt and Israel -- said that "quite simply, the Old City cannot be divided between the Israelis and the Palestinians. "It is too small, too densely populated, too architecturally linked, and the Israelis and the Palestinians are too riven by systemic distrust for them to govern the Old City on their own." They also said too much focus has been placed on the issue of sovereignty, and that because the claims are "based on such diametrically opposed historical narratives, the standard compromise solution -- shared governance -- simply will not work." They urge an OCSR comprised of senior Israelis and Palestinians "and a limited number of international participants selected by both sides." The board would appoint a chief administrator for a fixed, renewable term, with independent authority to implement the OCSR's mandate and who would "establish and oversee an internationally staffed police force." The regime, the two professors said, would not constitute "internationalization" of Jerusalem -- an idea both sides oppose -- but "would operate with the framework of a two-state solution and allow both states to claim Jerusalem as their capital." "We believe it is the most promising approach to meeting the basic needs of all Jerusalem's stakeholders," the pair wrote. "It may also represent the best and most realistic hope for achieving peace in the Holy Land." US President Barack Obama has vowed vigorously to pursue Israeli-Palestinian peace talks which were relaunched in November 2007 but were frozen during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in December and January. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Business groups slam German nationalisation billAFP - 30 minutes ago Three Israeli air strikes on Gaza: armyAFP - 36 minutes ago Israeli aircraft strike Gaza as rockets fallAP - 52 minutes ago Obama considers reaching out to TalibanAFP - 1 hour 42 minutes ago Today in History - March 8AP - 2 hours 43 minutes ago Enlarge Photo An aerial view of the Mt. of Olives Jewish cemetery and Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound (C), Islam's third holiest shrine. A solution to Jerusalem could be a "special regime" that administers the Old City without dividing it, leaving the thorny issue of sovereignty for a future date, two former diplomats wrote. Most Popular – World Viewed Russian media teases Clinton over 'reset' button Zimbabwe PM hurt, wife killed in car crash: party Obama to reverse Bush limits on stem-cell research Ladyboy lizards use transvestite trickery: researchers 651,000 jobs lost as US hits 25-year jobless high View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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