Abstract

Jerusalem condominium

There will never be a lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without a solution to the status of Jerusalem acceptable both to most Israelis and to most Palestinians. That is a fact, one that, particularly after the breakdown in Israeli-Palestinian relations caused by Israel's decision to begin constructing a huge new settlement in East Jerusalem, is increasingly difficult to ignore. Condominiums, while rare, are not without precedent. For half a century prior to its independence in 1956, Sudan was a condominium of Great Britain and Egypt, officially named "Anglo-Egyptian Sudan?" Condominium solutions have also been proposed in recent years as a way to reconcile competing sovereignty claims with respect to the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland.