Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Mick Dumper

Mick Dumper is professor of Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. He is the author of, most recently, The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict.

Current Analysis

Jerusalem and the Illusion of Israeli Sovereignty

Despite its ultimate collapse, the Camp David II summit constituted an important breakthrough. Several taboos for Israelis were broken for the first time: the repatriation of Palestinian refugees, the Israeli withdrawal from all settlements in the Gaza Strip and some from the West Bank, the exchange of territory and, finally,

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Jerusalem: Then and Now

Jerusalem has often been a restless city, but the pace of change in this century has been truly frenetic. An observer, say, on a comet orbiting the earth every ten years, would gasp at the rapid transformations. For centuries the village of Jerusalem, then the town, and later the city,

Mick Dumper • 14 min read

MER Article

Romann and Weingrod, Living Together Separately

M. Romann and A. Weingrod, Living Together Separately: Arabs and Jews in Contemporary Jerusalem (Princeton, 1991). After armies come the academics. Usually the first wave comprises archaeologists and historians who wish to legitimize a particular excursion or expansion. These are followed by econom

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