Jerusalem’s Holy Places / 06 / 2006–2008 · 2021
Closed-door Israeli–Palestinian seminars in Rome and the “Guidelines for a Future Arrangement”
- Where
- Rome: Casina del Cardinal Bessarione and Villa Piccolomini
- When
- December 2006 to December 2008; a further round in 2021
- Sponsors
- European Commission Representation in Italy, Italian Foreign Ministry, City and Province of Rome, Lazio Region, ISGI-CNR, CISCI
- His part
- Organiser, as chairman of Prospettive Mediterranee
In short
Between December 2006 and December 2008 Prospettive Mediterranee brought Israeli and Palestinian experts to Rome for five closed-door sessions on the Holy Places of Jerusalem, at the Casina del Cardinal Bessarione and Villa Piccolomini. The sponsors were the European Commission Representation in Italy, the Italian Foreign Ministry, the City and Province of Rome, Lazio Region, ISGI-CNR and CISCI.
The series produced “The Holy Places of Jerusalem: Guidelines for a Future Arrangement”, supervised jointly by Nazmi Al-Jubeh and Gilead Sher.
What the seminars produced
- “The Holy Places of Jerusalem: Guidelines for a Future Arrangement”: shared principles for managing the Holy Places under a special regime for the Old City. Supervised jointly by Nazmi Al-Jubeh and Gilead Sher.
- “Jerusalem: Cultural and Religious Shared Guidelines”: shared principles for the case of a territorial division of the city.
- The proposal for a Jerusalem Holy Places Center, a permanent place for documentation and for meetings between the communities.
Later rounds
- 7 June 2021Rome: conclusion of “Safeguarding religious sites: Israeli-Palestinian contributions for safe and peaceful worship”, a project that won an Italian Foreign Ministry call.
- 12 October 2021Ventotene: a closed-door session during the conference “Religious communities, dialogue and sustainability”.