European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse An Ultra or Thixton jew right Torguet myth recut Orews who support of opening a restaurant on la Sabbath by Nicolas a Tatro associated press he setting Sun bathing the Hills of Jerusalem gives a Soli Golden glow 1o the Sandstone buildings creating a false Aura of serenity that belies he deep division of Tho City s people. This week began with israeli police icing tear Gas and shots to push Back hundreds of angry moslem who Etc s protesting on the Temple mount against a Pil Gamage Vigil by nationalistic jews most of Jerusalem s 340,000 jews and 135.00 arabs a my different passports avoid each other socially and clash politically a Wall separating the jewish Andrj Arab sectors was Lorn Down when Israel captured Arab Oast Jerusalem 20 Yea 5 ago Bui the people remain As divided As protestants and roman catholics in Bellas christians and moslem in Beirut or communists and non communists in Berlin As divided As the people of Jerusalem he a stronger Wall a Wall of haired Between the two Peoples contends the Silver haired Anwar a halt. Governor general of the City when h was under jordanian control. Palestinian arabs claim Jerusalem As the Capilato of a palestinian stale the unresolved status of Jerusalem with its unique holy Siles is the Mast emotionally charged single Issue m the Overall Arab israeli conflict the International Community including the United Stales m Genera does nol recognize Israel s claim Hal the annexed Section of Jerusalem is an integral part of Israel s eternal capital. The passion about Jerusalem dates at least loan oath in the Book of psalms 137 56 Iii Sorgel thoe. O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning if i do nol remember thee. Let my Tongue Cleave to the Root 01 my there is another major Lull line Hal runs through the heart of the City. The growing chasm Between orthodox and secular jews Over whether Israel especially Jerusalem should be governed by jewish tews Aid Down in the torah non religious jews Are fleeing the Coly. Pio mating fears among arabs and jews that Jerusalem May become fundamentalist 1 Jerusalem is icily of extremism i Don t know Why but everybody becomes extremist Here. Christians. Moslem and jews says Ruth he Shin head of the Jerusalem foundation which lapses private Money Foi City development projects the separation often results in near tool to blindness of one Side to the lifestyle of the other Hesham in tier 40s. Recalls being ruled recently to the Home of a wealthy palestinian family or dinner an Evont worthy of comment because social mixing is so rare she was shocked when the Arab women started to explain their on Enlal dishes such As Hummus made of chickpeas and fenian made of sesame which have Long Palau the stars and stripes been a Staple of israeli diets. The knowledge or rather the ignorance about whal is going on two Steps away on the other Side of the City was amazing she says. Bui ignorance is a iwo Way Street. I am sure my friends know nothing about Tho arabs and the idea of spending a social evening in an Arab Home would to so strange to she says the Arab women were unaware of the City s annual Jerusalem festival which features International entertainers that this year included Tightrope Walker Philippe Petit jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and he eurythmics Rock group but he Shin notes that she and ins pales Jiranan women were equally familiar with the latest fashion boutiques they knew every dress shop in Lei Aviv Hoshin says. Falett a. Barak director of the Arab chamber of Commerce in Jerusalem and a member of Fie supreme moslem Council Hal oversees islamic holy Siles. Says he is opposed to socializing or even mixing in school classrooms we have different social standards and Barakat said in an interview at the hotel he owns n Easl Jerusalem. For us. In is no acceptable for girls to go Oul with boys and snarl kissing and smoking in he says israelis Dan patronize his hotel either to slay or drink at the Well locked bar. Israelis would be Welcome he says but not if they want to use his hotel to have love affairs most neighbourhoods Are instantly recognizable in Arab areas signs Sie exclusively in arabic or English jordanian dinars circulate in the stores arabic newspapers Are on Coffee tables Many cars and trucks Are decorated with brightly coloured talismans to Ward Oil the evil Eye or invoke Allah s blessings for a Safe journey. The Only neighbourhood in Jerusalem where jews and arabs live together is Abu Tor a Hilltop Village of several thousand that was divided by the Border Between Jordan and Israel unlit 1967. Coexistence in Abu Tor is usually peaceful jews shop in Arab owned stores most arabs speak thu Cal hebrew often giving jewish neighbors a Riendy the hebrew word Lor peace and Greco no a but neither sick seeks a deeper relationship and occasionally the underlying tension boils Over As it did in february when police said Arab teen agers Cut the Lues of More than 30 cars a rhed in front of an apart men i building that was occupied mostly by jews in Tho nearby walled old cily. Hundreds of jews went on a rampage through the moslem and Christian Scolis stoning windows and shout mrs deals to the Arate after the november stabbing of Eliahu Anidi. A 2?-ye.ir old jewish set any student the separateness has been reinforced by Mab pc israeli housing projects thai have surrounded the Marjri sector since 1967 Gilo to the South Ramot to the West East Tal Piol to the Easl and Neve Yaakoub and Fionch Ulitt to the Norm Anwar Khatib the former governor general of Jerusalem when it was under Arab control says Israel deep Divis expropriated 5,000 acres of land and built 150,000 housing units in he past iwo decades there Ere now More jews in East Jerusalem than arabs he says. The multiple rhythms of thu City where recorded history dates Back 4.000 years can Best be Jolt in the walled old cily the narrow Cobblestone streets Are almost always overflowing with a Kaleidoscope of people speaking a Babel of tongues hebrew. Arabic. English Gorman French. There Are religious jews with Lur trimmed hats arabs wearing White Kat Fichs. Greek orthodox priests in Black cloaks armenian churchmen in pointed hats roman Catholic friars in Brown Robes moslem clergymen wearing red turbans wrapped in White american and european tourist in Bermuda shorts and peaked fits this is what lha cry s durable mayor Teddy Kozilek f Kes to Call the mosaic of Jerusalem a place where each Community is distinctly separate but where pluralism thrives. We did t inherit a United City says Kozilek. 7b, who has been mayor for 20 years ii was never United. If you could have gone into the old City 100 years ago you would have found absolutely separate quarters latin armenian greek abyssinian. Moslem and jewish. They each kept their own Ira Dilion. There was no intermarriage. In the United slates you discarded separate but equal. We had no Choice but to make separate and equal work Khatib complains of whal he Calls israeli style apartheid a policy of discrimination that has Cut the City Oil economically from lha 800,000 palestinians in the Paton Hiim mantling to though Attu Zahm in Junt in on Friday oct
