Part I Connected to place --

Introduction : Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate/Bab al-Khalil the gate of forked ways --

Chapter 1 Arab Jews --

Neither oxymoron nor aspersion --

The Locals --

Chapter 2 Mixed cities --

A Holy Site chooses a city-a city chooses a holy site --

Coexistence disturbed by confrontation --

Chapter 3 Life On the verge of the future --

A Large problem in a small place --

Conflict as routine --

Part II Connected by force --

Chapter 4 Expanding the boundaries of the possible --

A New land --

An Ambiguous V --

Chapter 5 Like owners --

Transferring the deed --

Houses from within, people from without --

Chapter 6 Occupation, assimilation, opposition --

Jerusalem : A bustling and noisy place --

Jaffa : Abandoned and attractive --

Hebron and Jerusalem : The force of history --

Epilogue.