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Seminar: The Volcanic Core – Jerusalem, the Political Process and the Two-State Solution

15 April 2010, 13.21-22.00

Noref (Fafo annex). Borggt. 2B, Oslo

Seminar and dialogue with Daniel Seidemann, founder of the NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem

The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre/Norsk Ressurssenter for Fredsbygging (Noref) is pleased to invite you to a seminar and dialogue with Daniel Seidemann, founder of the NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem

The Volcanic Core – Jerusalem, the Political Process and the Two-State Solution

Time : Friday 16 April, 10.00–12.00
Venue : Noref, Borggt. 2B, Oslo (Fafo annex)

Please notify your participation by 14 April under Signup (below) or to info@peacebuilding.no

A time-hallowed axiom in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking is that the future political status of Jerusalem is such a radioactive issue that it must be "left for last". From the presence of East Jerusalem Palestinians at the Madrid and the Oslo Accords, up to Israel's refusal to abide by an East Jerusalem settlement freeze, Jerusalem has become the "ever-deferred final status issue".

The events of recent months lead to the inescapable conclusion that Jerusalem can be ignored only at great peril – peril to the credibility of the process, to the very foundations of President Obama's foreign policy, to the fundamental character of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to the very possibility of the two-state solution. In a religious perspective, East Jerusalem is emerging as an inflammatory issue. Jerusalem can´t be left for last in the negotiations for a Two-State Solution.

Daniel Seidemann is the founder of Terrestrial Jerusalem , an Israeli NGO that deals with crisis management and conflict resolution in the city. He is also a practicing attorney in Jerusalem. Since 1991, Mr. Seidemann has specialized in legal and public issues in East Jerusalem, particularly representing Israeli and Palestinian residents of Jerusalem before the statutory Planning Boards regarding development issues.

He has participated in many of the Track II talks on Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians, and in 2000 and 2001 he served as a member of a committee of experts commissioned by the office of the then prime minister, Ehud Barak, to generate sustainable arrangements geared towards implementing the emerging political understandings with the Palestinians. A retired Reserve Major in the Israeli Defense Forces, he holds a degree in Law from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.