ABSTRACT
The Old City of Jerusalem is the central focus of the national aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians. Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will have to deal with and master the complexities of Old City governance if they are to achieve a viable, comprehensive solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As an integral part of their peace treaty and its related documents, the parties would create an Old City Board consisting of senior representatives of the Israeli and Palestinian governments and representatives of select other countries agreed to by the parties. The principal functions of this board would be the appointment, on behalf of the Israeli and Palestinian governments, of the Old City Special Regime's Chief Administrator and the oversight of the regime's mandate. The discussion developed herein is the culminating document in a series of papers detailing the characteristics of the Special Regime and examining various possibilities and arrangements within that framework.
