Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation

The IHJR seeks to dispel public myths about historic legacies
in societies divided by ethnic conflict

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Sacred Sites

An Israeli-Palestinian team is working on a “Sacred Sites Project”, which includes research and writing shared narratives of 14 sites deemed sacred by Jews, Muslims, and Christians. These sites include:

1. Tombs of the Patriarchs (The Macphella Cave; Me’arat HaMachpela/ The Ibrahimi Mosque or Grave; Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi)
2. The Holy Sepulcher (Kanisat al-Qiyāma)
3. David’s Tomb
4. Tomb of Samuel (Kever Shmuel HaNavi/Nebi Samwil)
5. Elijah’s Cave/ School of the Prophet (Eliyahu HaNavi)
6. Rachel’s Tomb (Kever Rachel/Qubbat Rakhil)
7. Burial Crypt of Saint Pelagia (Huldah the Prophetess/Rabi’a Adawiya)
8. Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus (Kever Yoseph /Tomb of Yusef)
9. Mount of Olives and Graveyards (Har HaZeitim /Jabal Al Zaitoun and Bab al-Rahmah graveyards)
10. The Tomb of Simon the Just (Shimon HaTzaddik)
11. The Mamilla Cemetery
12. Mosque of Safed (Cave of Shem and Ever/ Masjid al-Ghar or Jacobs (Ya’qubi) Sons’ Grave)
13. Tomb of Prophet Moses (Nabi Musa)
14. The Temple Mount (Har ha-Bayit)/The Noble Sanctuary (Al-Haram al-Sharif)

The project is nearing completion with thirteen narratives, consisting of 70 manuscript pages, now finished. The narrative for the Temple Mount (al-Haram al-Sharif in Arabic, Har Habayit in Hebrew), a highly significant site to both Muslims and Christians, is still being worked on.