5 - Amos Elon -- ÒJerusalem, City of MirrorsÓ Pg. 4

The Wars of Religion continue in Jerusalem under another name. It has been said about Jerusalem that she is a necrocracy, the only city where the vote is given to the dead. Everywhere in Jerusalem, you notice the heavy weight of the past on the present. For Jews, she has always been the Capital of Memory.... Memory is never static... Jerusalem epitomizes the power of memory over the minds of men and women.