The challenges for the Jerusalem Project in 2011 will be using previous knowledge gathered on the issues and applying it usefully to current events. As of the last month, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is back in the spot light of the UN with Palestine is pressing the Security Council for statehood. Israel has had the upper hand for many years with the US as an ally of their plight. Palestine is changing the rules of the game by going directly to the UN to ask for statehood, rather than having bilateral negotiations with Israel and the US as an critical mediator.
I believe the most challenging part of the Jerusalem Project will always be keeping up-to-date on all aspects of the issues surrounding Jerusalem in order to be a reliable source of information for all who use the project as a mode of information.
I agree that it is crucial to keep up to date information and reliable sources. I think as long as we continue to discuss topics with the scholars that we have met we will have accurate information.
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