City of collision : Jerusalem and the principles of conflict urbanism

DIE STADT JERUSALEM: EIN LABORATORIUM URBANER KONFLIKTE War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man’s-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces. The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence. Der Krieg hat Einzug in die Städte gehalten. Spätestens seit dem 11. September 2001 ist deutlich geworden, dass nicht mehr nur Jerusalem und der Nahen Osten betroffen sind, sondern auch westliche Metropolen. Das Buch stellt eine umfassende urbanistische Untersuchung der aktuellen Situation in Jerusalem aus trilateraler Perspektive vor: israelische, palästinensische und internationale Fachleute kommen zu Wort. Diskutiert werden Produktion und Nutzung von städtischem Raum unter den Bedingungen des Konflikts, wie z.B. der sog. Sicherheitszaun, urbane Enklaven, Exklaven, der Umgang mit Monumenten und Niemandsland oder die Instrumentalisierung von Infrastrukturen, die zu einem krassen Nebeneinander von hoch entwickelten oder verarmten städtischen Räumen führen. Der Konflikt bringt jedoch nicht nur Destruktion und Gewalt mit sich, sondern zeigt vielmehr auch ambivalente Wirkungen und mit ihnen neue kulturelle und urbane Realitäten. Jerusalem ist zu einem Prototyp im Zeitalter neuer städtischer Gewalt geworden. Topicality and explosiveness of the subject "intra-urban conflict” Participation by representatives of multiple disciplines: architects, urbanists, geographers, anthropologists, artists, and other scientists With 40 large-format thematic maps and graphics

War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man's-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces.

The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence.

Der Krieg hat Einzug in die Städte gehalten. Spätestens seit dem 11. September 2001 ist deutlich geworden, dass nicht mehr nur Jerusalem und der Nahen Osten betroffen sind, sondern auch westliche Metropolen. Das Buch stellt eine umfassende urbanistische Untersuchung der aktuellen Situation in Jerusalem aus trilateraler Perspektive vor: israelische, palästinensische und internationale Fachleute kommen zu Wort. Diskutiert werden Produktion und Nutzung von städtischem Raum unter den Bedingungen des Konflikts, wie z.B. der sog. Sicherheitszaun, urbane Enklaven, Exklaven, der Umgang mit Monumenten und Niemandsland oder die Instrumentalisierung von Infrastrukturen, die zu einem krassen Nebeneinander von hoch entwickelten oder verarmten städtischen Räumen führen.

Der Konflikt bringt jedoch nicht nur Destruktion und Gewalt mit sich, sondern zeigt vielmehr auch ambivalente Wirkungen und mit ihnen neue kulturelle und urbane Realitäten. Jerusalem ist zu einem Prototyp im Zeitalter neuer städtischer Gewalt geworden.

War Has Entered The Cities. Since September 11, 2001, It Has Become Apparent That This Is The Case Not Only In Jerusalem And The Middle East, But Also In Western Metropolises. This Book Presents An Investigation Of The Situation In Jerusalem From A Trilateral Perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, And International Experts Air Their Views. Cities Of Collision / P. Misselwitz And T. Rieniets -- Conversation / M. Benvenisti [and Others] -- Principles Of Frontier Geography / E. Weizman -- Spaciocide / S. Hanafi -- Wall And Tower / S. Rotbard -- Colonization As Suburbanization / D. Newman -- Villages Under Siege / R. Khamaisi -- Reflections Of Spatial Presentation In Sur Bahir / Y. Shapira -- Specters Of Terror / S. Graham -- Jerusalem: From Siege To A City's Collapse / R. Khamaisi & R Nasrallah -- Barriers, Walls, And Urban Ethnocracy In Jerusalem / O. Yiftachel And H. Yacobi --the Politics Of Roads In Jerusalem / S. Groag -- The H2o Factor / J. Hilal And S. Ashhab -- Baring Life / D. Gregory -- Colonization By Imagination / I. Nassar -- Common Grounds That Exclude / A. Paz-fuchs & E. Cohen-bar -- The Heart Of The Matter / R. Jones -- Imprisoned By Dreams / N Meishar & Y. Shapira -- Caliban In Qalandiya / T. Berger -- On The Importance Of Thugs / R. Hammami -- Of Fear, Contact, Entanglement / I. Rogoff -- The Softer Side Of Collision / Y. Garb -- Integration, Segregation, And Control / M. Romann -- City Of Riffraff / S. Tamari -- Re-imagining Jerusalem / O. Esen -- The Thorn And The Flower / Z. Mohammed -- Present And Absent / T. Abowd -- The Israel Place In East Jerusalem / A. Nitzan-shiftan -- The Planning Deadlock / N. Marom -- Between War And Peace / S. Bulle -- To The Suburbs And Back / R. Nasrallah -- Interview / J. Persekian With G. Eilat -- Alternative Narratives / G. Eilat. Edited By Philipp Misselwitz And Tim Rieniets ; Editorial Team: Zvi Efrat, Rassem Khamaisi, Rami Nasrallah. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter......Page 2 Cities of Collision......Page 26 Jerusalem, between Urban Area and Apparition......Page 38 Principles of Frontier Geography......Page 85 Spaciocide......Page 94 Wall and Tower......Page 103 Colonization as Suburbanization......Page 114 Villages under Siege......Page 122 Reflections of Spatial Presentation in Sur Bahir......Page 131 Specters of Terror......Page 157 Jerusalem: From Siege to a City’s Collapse?......Page 164 Barriers, Walls, and Urban Ethnocracy in Jerusalem......Page 175 The Politics of Roads in Jerusalem......Page 180 The H2O Factor......Page 189 Baring Life......Page 216 Colonization by Imagination......Page 226 Common Grounds that Exclude......Page 231 The Heart of the Matter......Page 239 Imprisoned by Dreams......Page 241 Caliban in Qalandiya......Page 254 On the Importance of Thugs......Page 260 Of Fear, Contact, Entanglement......Page 288 The Softer Side of Collision......Page 293 Integration, Segregation, and Control......Page 302 City of Riffraff......Page 309 Re-Imagining Jerusalem......Page 319 The Thorn and the Flower......Page 329 Present and Absent......Page 335 The Israeli “Place” in East Jerusalem......Page 344 The Planning Deadlock......Page 354 Between War and Peace......Page 376 To the Suburbs and Back......Page 384 Interview with Jack Persekian......Page 390 Alternative Narratives......Page 396 Back Matter......Page 400 "Almost eight decades of violent urban conflict have transformed Jerusalem into an extreme spatial configuration. From a Western perspective, Jerusalem is all too often considered an uncanny reminder of an age long past: colonial and terrorist violence blurring distinctions between the military and the civilian. But as a laboratory of conflict urbanism, Jerusalem is in fact closer than we think. Cities worldwide are exposed to dramatic changes following new security policies and preventative measures against real or imagined threats." "Palestinian, Israeli, and international authors open up different perspectives on the complex and ambivalent urban reality of Jerusalem. Thirty essays are complemented by new photographs and over forty detailed thematic maps capturing a city of permanent destruction and reinvention, of political planning and strategies of resilience, of collective fear and individual exchange, of physical and mental walls and their transgression in the every day."--BOOK JACKET War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man s-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces. The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence.