ABSTRACT
The "Jerusalem Envelope" begins in the northwest in Khirbet Abu-Lahem and ends in the southwest near the village of Battir. The "Jerusalem Envelope" command post situated below Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus, called "Metzudat Adumim", was deliberately built there as a wedge between Anata and a-Zaim, to prevent the creation of urban Palestinian contiguity between Ramallah and Bethlehem. The main economic activities related to tourism in Jerusalem are located along "tectonic fault lines" between East and West Jerusalem. During the millennium year some two million foreign tourists visited Jerusalem, resulting in substantial congestion in the area of the Holy Basin. A broad consensus among planners and urban researchers studying Jerusalem states that it would be logical to create two municipalities as a basis for future management of the city. Hasson argues that this move would be in Israel's interest, as otherwise one generation from now Jerusalem would perhaps remain under Israeli sovereignty, but with a Palestinian majority.
