The Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem
in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES):

The Jerusalem Berlin Forum(JBF)

Lecture and Discussion with Rami Nasrallah and Shlomo Hasson

About the Jerusalem Berlin Forum:

Four years ago, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung brought together a group of Palestinian, Israeli and German experts who functioned as representatives of two cities. The “Berlin Team” consisted of city planners, urban professionals and local decision-makers. The 'Jerusalem Team' brought together Israeli and Palestinian city planners, social scientists, and urban professionals – all representing the city which is at the heart of a generations-old conflict.

Since the founding of the Jerusalem-Berlin Forum in 2001, Jerusalem and Berlin experts have worked under its aegis with the goal of developing practicable models for the future of the city of Jerusalem that can be used as concrete suggestions in official negotiations about Jerusalem’s status. Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive key contentious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The basic assumption on the part of all participants is that Jerusalem must be an undivided city open to all its residents. In the framework of a two-state solution, Jerusalem must become the capital of the two states of Israel and Palestine. However, the Jerusalem question must not remain unaddressed until the final-status negotiations, but must be dealt with now in the interest of all Israeli and Palestinian citizens

About Rami Nasrallah:

Rami Nasrallah is the director of the International Peace and Cooperation Center (IPCC) in Jerusalem. His work currently focuses on comparative research into divided cities, but he is also working on such topics as the role of citizen participation in democracies.

About Shlomo Hasson:

Shlomo Hasson is Professor in the Department of Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He focuses on divided cities, geopolitical aspects of the Middle East conflict, sustainable urban development and the Arab minority in Israel.

Sources:
The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in the Occupied Territories

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Israel