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space, conflict and the media.4 More specifically, adopting a spatial approach to re- ligion, it draws on this episode to consider media rituals in the construction of holy space within the Middle East conflict. The Ritual Production of (Sacred) Space and its Medial Representation In this instance, a spatial approach to religion is particularly illuminating. Since space and religion are mutually formative, a focus on Jerusalem as space can help us under- stand how the city is constructed by religion and in turn shapes religion. Additionally, such an approach helps us uncover the entanglement of religion and space in Jeru- salem and reveals related structures of power and control and their influence on the conflict in the Middle East. Above all, we can explore how power works in and through religious processes in relation to different levels, areas and conceptions of space.5 4 With “media”, I mean here primarily audiovisual news media such as newscasts on television or websites. 5 Knott 2005, 8; Kong/Woods 2017, 2–3. Fig. 1: Beginning of the ceremony, U. S. Opens New Embassy in Jerusalem After Trump’s Decision to Recognize Capital (TIME 2018, 00:01:32). Jerusalem between Political Interests and Religious Promise | 129www.jrfm.eu 2020, 6/1, 127–151