Editing 2000 Camp David Summit (section)

===East Jerusalem===
One of the most significant obstacles to an agreement was the final status of [[Jerusalem]], especially the status of [[Temple Mount]], known to Muslims as [[Al-Aqsa]] or ''Haram al-Sharif.'' Clinton and Barak insisted that the entire area be placed under Israeli sovereignty, while Palestinians could have "custodianship". Arafat insisted on Palestinian sovereignty over the Haram. As this deadlock could not be resolved, the summit ended.<ref name=":4" />

Leaders were ill-prepared for the central role the Jerusalem issue in general and the [[Temple Mount]] dispute in particular would play in the negotiations.<ref name="waronsacredgrounds.org">Hassner, Ron E. War on Sacred Grounds. 2009. Ithaca:  Cornell University Press. pp. 78–88. [https://archive.today/20130416041615/http://www.waronsacredgrounds.org/ www.waronsacredgrounds.org]</ref> Barak instructed his delegates to treat the dispute as "the central issue that will decide the destiny of the negotiations", whereas Arafat admonished his delegation to "not budge on this one thing:  the Haram (the Temple Mount or [[Al-Aqsa mosque]]) is more precious to me than everything else."<ref>Hassner, Ron E. War on Sacred Grounds. 2009. Ithaca:  Cornell University Press. p.80 [https://archive.today/20130416041615/http://www.waronsacredgrounds.org/ www.waronsacredgrounds.org]</ref> At the opening of Camp David, Barak warned the Americans he could not accept giving the Palestinians more than a purely symbolic sovereignty over any part of East Jerusalem.<ref name="tragedy_errors_p3" />

The Palestinians demanded complete sovereignty over East Jerusalem and its holy sites, in particular, the [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]] and the [[Dome of the Rock]], which are located on the [[Temple Mount]] (Haram al-Sharif), a site holy in both Islam and Judaism, and the dismantling of all Israeli neighborhoods built over the Green Line. The Palestinian position, according to [[Mahmoud Abbas]], at that time Arafat's chief negotiator, was that: "All of East Jerusalem should be returned to Palestinian sovereignty. The Jewish Quarter and Western Wall should be placed under Israeli authority, not Israeli sovereignty. An open city and cooperation on municipal services."<ref name=Abbas-090900>[https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/172D1A3302DC903B85256E37005BD90F ''Abu Mazen's speech at the meeting of the PLO's Palestinian Central Council''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908061418/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/172D1A3302DC903B85256E37005BD90F |date=8 September 2014 }}, 9 September 2000</ref>

Israel proposed that the Palestinians be granted "custodianship," though not sovereignty, on the Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif), with Israel retaining control over the [[Western Wall]], a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Temple Mount, the most sacred site in Judaism outside of the Temple Mount itself. Israeli negotiators also proposed that the Palestinians be granted administration of, but not sovereignty over, the Muslim and Christian Quarters of the [[Old City of Jerusalem|Old City]], with the Jewish and Armenian Quarters remaining in Israeli hands.<ref name=Abbas-090900/><ref name=Barak-interview_Morris>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/jun/13/camp-david-and-after-an-exchange-1-an-interview-wi/| title=Camp David and After: An Exchange (1. An Interview with Ehud Barak)| first=Benny| last=Morris| date=13 June 2002| magazine=The New York Review of Books| volume=49| issue=10 }}</ref><ref name=JVL_division>Jewish Virtual Library, July 2000, [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/jerdivide.html ''The proposed division of Jerusalem'']. Accessed 2013-06-21.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20121008225733/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/jerdivide.html Archived] 2013-07-02.</ref> Palestinians would be granted administrative control over all Islamic and Christian holy sites, and would be allowed to raise the Palestinian flag over them. A passage linking northern Jerusalem to Islamic and Christian holy sites would be annexed by the Palestinian state. The Israeli team proposed annexing to Israeli Jerusalem [[Israeli settlement|settlement]]s within the West Bank beyond the Green Line, such as [[Ma'ale Adumim]], [[Givat Ze'ev]], and [[Gush Etzion]]. Israel proposed that the Palestinians merge certain outer Arab villages and small cities that had been annexed to Jerusalem just after 1967 (such as [[Abu Dis]], [[al-Eizariya]], [['Anata]], [[A-Ram]], and eastern [[Sawahre]]) to create the city of Al-Quds, which would serve as the capital of Palestine.<ref name=JVL_division/> The historically important Arab neighborhoods such as [[Sheikh Jarrah]], [[Silwan]] and [[At-Tur (Mount of Olives)|at-Tur]] would remain under Israeli sovereignty, while Palestinians would only have civilian autonomy. The Palestinians would exercise civil and administrative autonomy in the outer Arab neighborhoods. Israeli neighborhoods within East Jerusalem would remain under Israeli sovereignty.<ref name=Pressman_visions/><ref name=Barak-interview_Morris/> The holy places in the Old City would enjoy independent religious administration.<ref name=FMEP_Principles>Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), [http://www.fmep.org/reports/archive/vol.-10/no.-5/principles-of-camp-davids-american-plan ''Principles of Camp David's "American Plan"'']. Settlement Report, Vol. 10 No. 5, September–October 2000. Accessed 2013-07-06.  [https://archive.today/20130705144946/http://www.fmep.org/reports/archive/vol.-10/no.-5/principles-of-camp-davids-american-plan Archived] 2013-07-11.</ref> In total, Israel demanded that Palestine's territory in East Jerusalem be reduced to eight sections including six small enclaves according to Palestine's delegation to the summit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2000/12/HUSSEINI/14528|title=Le compromis manqué de Camp David|date=1 December 2000}}</ref>
 
Palestinians objected to the lack of sovereignty and to the right of Israel to keep Jewish neighborhoods that it built over the Green Line in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claimed block the contiguity of the Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.