Recommendations of the Jerusalem Conference organized by
Al Quds University/Law College, April 28 (Al Quds, 29/4/1994) 1. To establish a public committee to supervise and promote the development of the Arab part of Jerusalem
2. To intensify diplomatic pressure together with friendly states in order to jointly pressure Israel to revoke all the illegal measures which prevent Palestinian access to Jerusalem (e.g. the military closure).
3. To transfer the headquarters of all Palestinian national institutions to East Jerusalem.
4. Jerusalem is a national and political issue which cannot be delayed or separated from the general Palestine issue.
5. To form an Islamic-Christian High Council that will work in defense of Arab Jerusalem.
6. To coordinate with the owners of property in Jerusalem, especially with the Waqf for the renovation of buildings and the optimal use of their property.
7. To call for an international conference on the city of Jerusalem organized by experts from inside and outside of Palestine.
8. To establish a research institution supervised by an academic committee to follow up the situation in Arab Jerusalem.
9. The Palestinian Council for Housing must work for the establishment of housing units in East Jerusalem and encourage Palestinians to live in them.
10. To demand permission for private housing construction in East Jerusalem and the cancellation of all “green land areas” from the Israeli town plans.
11. To offer loans and grants to Palestinian Jerusalemites in order to enable them to build their homes.
12. To integrate the issue of Jerusalem in the curricula of Palestinian educational institutions. |
