Geostrategic Importance of the Temple Mount in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

• Authors: Tarasiuk Renata

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PL

Geostrategiczne znaczenie Wzgórza Świątynnego w konflikcie izraelsko-palestyńskim

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The following article analyzes the geostrategic importance of the Temple Mount in one of the longest-lasting conflicts in the modern world, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The aim of this narrative is to attempt to answer the question about the causes of the conflict-generating nature of the Temple Mount. Attention was drawn to the paramount importance of the Temple Mount in the policies of both sides, with both sides emphasizing their ‘eternal’ right to this site due to historical, cultural, political, and religious ties. Taking into account the specific ‘sacred’ character of the Temple Mount and the fundamental sites for Judaism and Islam present there, the special nature of symbolic institutionalization used in the political narratives of both sides was emphasized, especially the ‘messianic’ aspects of the Israeli narrative of the current political elites. Both sides use various means to achieve their goals, including violent solutions and acts of discrimination, which generate negative social and political consequences, fueling a spiral of vio-lence. The conflict-generating nature of the Temple Mount is one of the aspects that contribute to the impossibility of resolving the conflict. In accordance with the formulated research problem, research meth-ods commonly used in social sciences were used to solve it: critical and comparative analysis of source materials (legal acts and documents, press materials taking into account the positions of both sides, web-sites of organizations, profiles on social media, films) and literature on the subject. Where necessary, a his-torical narrative was also used to show the nature of the conflict in a diachronic perspective.

PL

W poniższym artykule dokonano analizy geostrategicznego znaczenia Wzgórza Świątyn-nego w jednym z najdłużej trwającym konfliktów współczesnego świata – konflikcie izraelsko-pale-styńskim. Celem niniejszej narracji jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie o przyczyny konfliktogennego charakteru Wzgórza Świątynnego. Zwrócono uwagę na nadrzędne znaczenie Wzgórza Świątynnego wpolityce obu stron, przy czym obie strony podkreślają swoje „odwieczne” prawo do tego miejsca ze względu na historyczne związki kulturowe, polityczne i religijne. Uwzględniając specyficznie „sa-kralny” charakter Wzgórza Świątynnego i obecnych tam miejsc fundamentalnych dla judaizmu i islamu podkreślono szczególny charakter instytucjonalizacji symbolicznej, wykorzystywanej w narracjach po-litycznych obu stron, zwłaszcza „mesjańskie” aspekty izraelskiej narracji obecnych elit politycznych. Pokazano, że do realizacji swoich celów obie strony sięgają po różne środki, nie wykluczając rozwiązań siłowych i aktów dyskryminacji, które generują negatywne skutki społeczne i polityczne, nakręcając spiralę przemocy. Konfliktogenny charakter Wzgórza Świątynnego to jeden z aspektów rzutujących na niemożność rozwiązania konfliktu. Stosownie do sformułowanego problemu badawczego, wykorzy-stano, niezbędne dla jego rozwiązania, powszechnie stosowane w naukach społecznych metody badaw-cze: krytyczną i porównawczą analizę materiałów źródłowych (akty prawne i dokumenty, materiały prasowe uwzględniające stanowiska obu stron, strony internetowe organizacji, profile na portalach społecznościowych, materiały filmowe) oraz literaturę przedmiotu. Tam, gdzie to niezbędne, zastoso-wano również narrację historyczną dla ukazania charakteru konfliktu w perspektywie diachronicznej.

Keywords

EN

Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Jerusalem; geopolitics; sacred geography; Temple Mount

PL

konflikt izraelsko-palestyński; Jerozolima; Wzgórze Świątynne; geopolityka; geografia sakralna

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Społecznych i Bezpieczeństwa Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach
• Journal: De Securitate et Defensione. O Bezpieczeństwie i Obronności
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 2(9)
• Pages: 7-31

Dates

published

2024-04-13

Contributors

author

Tarasiuk Renata

• Uniwersytet w Siedlcach

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/dsd.2023.02.01