About the Coalition

The Coalition for Jerusalem is a league of religious dignitaries, political factions, civil society organizations, and individuals based in Occupied East Jerusalem. It is a non violent, direct action group formed in 2004 to oppose Israeli Government arbitrary measures to alter the Status of East Jerusalem in violation of International Legitimacy and Human Rights Conventions, and to reaffirm that East Jerusalem is the Capital of the future Palestinian State.

Currently the Coalition is working on four different areas:

1- Palestinians Elections
2- Israeli Town Planning Scheme / Master Plan 2000
3- Impact of the Separation Wall on access of teachers and students to their schools in Occupied East Jerusalem
4- House demolitions in Silwan

The Palestinian Legislative Council Elections 2006

The Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and agreements since 1993 postponed dealing with the post 1967 status of Occupied East Jerusalem (“OEJ”), on conditions that the Status quo in Jerusalem be respected.

The Oslo Interim Agreements signed in 1993 included a special article on the modalities of elections and ignored the right of self determination of the Palestinians living in OEJ as it limited the number of voters and stipulated that elections be carried out via absentee ballots. More specifically, the Agreement allows for 5% of eligible voters to participate in the elections and prevents voters from casting their votes in secret ballot and substitutes it with an absentee ballot.

The Coalition is currently actively involved in lobbying with the Palestinian National Authority and the international community to rectify this injustice.

For further information please refer to the Coalition Communiqués and publications. Links are provided on the right hand side pane.

Israeli Town Planning Scheme / Master Plan 2000 (TPS 2000)

A newly released Town Planning Scheme (TPS 2000) for the City of Jerusalem was disclosed on September 13, 2004 by the Israeli Mayor in Jerusalem, which includes boundaries of Occupied East Jerusalem whose status remains a contentious international issue which Israel should not be permitted to deal with unilaterally.

The Coalition prepared an Action Alert which includes facts and figures about how the Israeli Government and Municipality uses town planning schemes as a political tool to expropriate Palestinian land in East Jerusalem in order to increase the number of Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem and considerably reduce the number of Palestinians.

For full details please see Master Plan 2000 Action Alert

For CD distribution of the Action Alert please contact the coalition.