The New York Times covers Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's US barnstorming tour today. During a description of the mass house demolitions taking place in Palestinian neighborhoods Ethan Bronner quotes Yakir Segev, the person Barkat has put in charge of East Jerusalem:
Jerusalem is a laboratory. If we succeed in solving the conflict with
the Arabs of Jerusalem, it will also be possible to solve it everywhere
in Israel.
Bronner explains that this refers to "both improving services for the Palestinians and ending any ambiguity about Jewish dominance." The first point is questionable, the second not so much.
