One cannot build with indifference in Jerusalem. It requires either an act of arrogance--building boldly as Solomon and Herod did-- or of aggression--demolishing the old fabric and building anew as the Romans and the Umayyads did; or, it demands humility--absorbing the past, reflecting upon it,respecting it, as one considers the present and the future.

JERUSALEM IS A WORLD CITY. Yet it is also the capital of Israel. Certain factions of Israeli society want to Judaize--to increase the Jewish presence--at the expense of others in the city. I believe this must be strongly resisted. It would eventually destroy Jerusalem as a world city and I say that not just as a humanist, but as an urbanist and an Israeli. When the city was divided, each half was an intolerably parochial place. For Jerusalem to survive as a unique place in the world, the conditions for the spiritual, economic and social growth of these groups must be protected. I believe that left to themselves and with little external intervention, the people of the city will eventually opt for a community which is truly undivided.