‘Jerusalem’ conveys intensely spiritual meanings seeming to preclude political accommodation. A total solution that is absolutely clear to all parties seems impossible. Yet the several names, conceptions, and geographical denotations associated with the city offer options that lend themselves to creative and flexible negotiations that emphasize coping based on exploitation of the ambiguity inherent in the city's nature. More precisely, the intention is to blunt the emotions, whose source is religious, that the name ‘Jerusalem’ awakens, in a way that will allow coping in the realms of political and adminstration with greater success.
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