One Jerusalem is an organisation with the stated mission of "maintaining a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

". It was founded as a response to the Oslo Peace Process

Oslo Accords

The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles , was an attempt to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict...

, specifically, out of a concern that the settlement might lead to Palestinian sovereignty

Sovereignty

Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...

 over Jerusalem's Temple Mount

Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as , and in Arabic as the Haram Ash-Sharif , is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years...

 or Noble Sanctuary.

Chaired by former Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky was born in Stalino, Soviet Union on 20 January 1948 to a Jewish family. He graduated with a degree in applied mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. As a child, he was a chess prodigy. He performed in simultaneous and blindfold displays, usually against...

, the organisation is entirely publicly funded. One Jerusalem's website describes its activities as follows: "One Jerusalem organizes, educates and rallies supporters in Israel and all democratic countries, so that we can educate elected government officials ...".

An inaugural rally organised by One Jerusalem in January 2001 to protest the proposal of Palestinian sovereignty over the Temple Mount attracted a crowd variously described as thousands (CNN Report 2001-01-08), 100,000 (Israeli TV reports via CNN) and 400,000 (One Jerusalem).

One Jerusalem has over 100,000 members from across the globe.

Founding Members

David Bar-Illan

David Bar-Illan

David Bar-Illan was an internationally acclaimed pianist, author and columnist. Bar-Illan also served as Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Post, Israel's leading English-language newspaper, before becoming Director of Communications & Policy Planning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

, Rabbi Chaskel Besser

Chaskel Besser

Chaskel Besser was a well known Orthodox rabbi for much of the 20th and early 21st century, living in Manhattan, New York. He was born in Katowice, Poland and lived there until the dual Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. He was affiliated with Congregation B'nei Israel in New York...

, The Baroness Cox

Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox

Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox FRCN; born 6 July 1937) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She also is the founder and CEO of an organisation called the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust...

, Dore Gold

Dore Gold

Dore Gold is an Israeli statesman who has served in various diplomatic positions under several Israeli governments. He is the current President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs...

, Emil L. Fackenheim, Douglas Feith

Douglas Feith

Douglas J. Feith served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until August 2005. His official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense relations...

, David Horowitz

David Horowitz (Zionist)

David Horowitz was the founder of the United Israel World Union and one of eight children of Cantor Aaron and Bertha Horowitz whose family immigrated to the United States in 1914. He first went to the land of present-day Israel in 1924 as an ardent Zionist...

, Jean Kahn, Yechiel Leiter

Yechiel Leiter

Yechiel Leiter served as the Deputy Director General of Israel's Ministry of Education and was Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel's Ministry of Finance, while also serving as spokesman for the Yesha Council. He earlier served as a political assistant to Ariel Sharon in the Israeli...

, Jackie Mason

Jackie Mason

Jackie Mason is an American stand-up comedian and movie actor.-Early life:Born Yacov Moshe Maza in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, he grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City....

, Nancy Montgomery, Libby Pataki

Libby Pataki

Libby Pataki is the former First Lady of New York and the wife of former New York Governor George Pataki. She served as First Lady during the three terms of her husband's administration...

, Eli Pollack, Tom Rose, Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky was born in Stalino, Soviet Union on 20 January 1948 to a Jewish family. He graduated with a degree in applied mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. As a child, he was a chess prodigy. He performed in simultaneous and blindfold displays, usually against...

, Michael Siegal

Michael Siegal

Michael Siegal is a developmental psychologist and cognitive scientist who was Marie Curie Chair in Psychology at the University of Trieste, Italy, and is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK....

, Ron Silver

Ron Silver

Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist.-Early life:...

, David P. Steinmann http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:HLLwN77YekYJ:www.onejerusalem.org/AboutUs.asp+%22douglas%20feith%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1146

External links

• One Jerusalem Official Homepage
• One Jerusalem in Hebrew