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'''One Jerusalem''' is an extreme-right pressure group established in 2000 after the Camp David talks broached the idea of Jerusalem’s shared sovereignty between Israel and a Palestinian state, a notion anathema to hard-core Likudniks. The project is partially underwritten by US casino mogul [[Sheldon Adelson]].<ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.corkpsc.org/db.php?aid=85578 The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], New Yorker, 30 June 2008</ref>.   
 
'''One Jerusalem''' is an extreme-right pressure group established in 2000 after the Camp David talks broached the idea of Jerusalem’s shared sovereignty between Israel and a Palestinian state, a notion anathema to hard-core Likudniks. The project is partially underwritten by US casino mogul [[Sheldon Adelson]].<ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.corkpsc.org/db.php?aid=85578 The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], New Yorker, 30 June 2008</ref>.   
  
==History==
 
An inaugural rally organised by One Jerusalem in January 2001 to protest the proposal of shared sovereignity over Jerusalem attracted a crowd variously described as thousands to 100,000.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/01/08/mideast.04/ Clinton envoy makes one last try at Middle East peace agreement], CNN, 8 January 2001</ref>
 
 
Again in 2007, a week before the Annapolis conference the pressure group's chairman Natan Sharansky announced a major campaign against any division of Jerusalem, and against the peace initiative. According to the Connie Bruck of the New Yorker:
 
 
:One Jerusalem referred to Annapolis as “the Munich Conference of the 21st century.” After Olmert asserted Israel’s right as a sovereign state to make decisions regarding its national security, One Jerusalem posted an article on its Web site, headlined, “OLMERT TO WORLD JEWRY: SHUT UP.” Later, as Olmert’s negotiations with Abbas continued, another piece announced, “OLMERT DECLARES WAR ON ISRAEL.”<ref>Connie Bruck, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence], ''New Yorker'', 30 June 2008.</ref>
 
  
 
==Principals==
 
==Principals==
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==Affiliation==
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==Resources==
*[[Case for Freedom]]
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*[[Policy Forum]]
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Neocon Europe [http://www.neoconeurope.eu/One_Jerusalem One Jerusalem]
*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]
 
*[[Democracy & Security International Conference]]
 
  
==Contact==
 
*'''Website:''' http://www.onejerusalem.org
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Jim Lobe, [http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=28 More on That Meeting in Prague…], ''Lobelog.com'', 14 June 2007
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:57, 27 May 2009

One Jerusalem is an extreme-right pressure group established in 2000 after the Camp David talks broached the idea of Jerusalem’s shared sovereignty between Israel and a Palestinian state, a notion anathema to hard-core Likudniks. The project is partially underwritten by US casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.[1].


Principals

Resources

Neocon Europe One Jerusalem


References

  1. Connie Bruck, The Brass Ring: A multibillionaire’s relentless quest for global influence, New Yorker, 30 June 2008
  2. Chris Mitchell, Sharansky on 'One Jerusalem' and Annapolis, 20-November-2007
  3. Jim Lobe, More on the Likudist Fronts, IPS, 21-April-2008, Accessed 09-April-2009