Weapon-Free Jerusalem - The Final Step

Gates of the Old City
Walls of the Old City

At the conclusion of a Week of Prayer for Jerusalem the next step would be to remove private weapons. These need not be monitored or surrendered, just taken out of the Old City – no questions asked. Cars and tractors must be removed too, to prevent arms smuggling. All transport would be by camel or donkey.

Security Check

Then the monitoring equipment would be wheeled out. Twin airport-type security systems staffed independently by Israeli and Palestinian officials would be placed outside each of the eight gates of the Old City, and the twelve-month experiment would be under way.

Once this is seen to work it might open up further possibilities. New Israeli settlements in Greater Jerusalem could be internationally accepted as part of Jerusalem on the same terms as the Old City: no weapons, and everyone free to come and go.
Consider other possible Quaker initiatives.
Consider the Temple Mount, a centre of conflict.
Note Quaker attitudes to boycotting, in its various forms.

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