Jerusalem Mosaic strives to create in future years a Jerusalem that is a multicultural city celebrating its diversity and flourishing economically from its assets: Jerusalem residents (Jewish, Muslim, Christian, secular, religious) will be active participants in Jerusalem’s multicultural city-life. Not only will tourism revolve around the cultural significance of Jerusalem and focus on the diverse communities residing in the city, but also residents’ daily life will be permeated with multicultural spirit:

Cultural aspect of city-life

Traditional holidays of all three religions and of different denominations and streams will be celebrated in street festivals, in theatres, museums and holy places.

Economic aspect of city-life

Jerusalem economy and income will revolve around selling traditional merchandise and setting up folklore events, both attracting tourism and creating a fair-trade community for Jerusalem residents.

Educational aspect of city-life

Jerusalem youth will be offered many opportunities for social involvement in the diverse cultural activities and business offers that such cultural festivals will necessitate.

Political aspect of city-life

The vision for Jerusalem’s political life is for Jerusalem to represent the ability to appeal to the needs of all peoples and all religions in a respectful, just manner. Jerusalem would be a symbol of conflict-transformation and of tolerance.

Justice through politics can be implemented only after making the shift from the notion of ‘negotiations’, in which each party tries to gain as many benefits at the expense of the other, (causing in the long run frustration and reprisals of different sectors) towards a notion of sustainable peace-building, supporting the needs of all human beings.

We believe that a basic need of the Palestinian people in the West Bank and in Jerusalem is a sense of autonomy and control over their own reality. A basic need of the Jewish people is a sense of home and security-that Jews could finally “rest in their homeland”. Both communities need to build trust, either through politics and decision-making processes or through joint projects.

Psycho-social aspect of city-life

Residents’ sense of belonging in the year 2050 will be grounded in their affiliation to their own stream of belief together with their participation in the spirit of pluralism and respect for all traditions. Communities will experience a sense of pride from belonging to their own tradition as well as from belonging to such a unique pluralistic tolerant city as Jerusalem.

Thus, combining economic, cultural and educational aspects will assist struggling communities and support the creation of a psycho-social foundation for sustainable socioeconomic improvement, and for inter-community tolerance in Jerusalem.