Jerusalem in 2050 should be a knowledge-city with a large number of schools, colleges and international organisations with a combined foreign population of about 800,000 persons. The present population of 800,000 will have to be contained to 1,500,000 by 2050. The presence of 33% foreign nationals will dilute the tension among the warring ethnic groups and help develop new ideas and changed priorities.
Western Jerusalem may be the capical of Israel and eastern Jerusalem may be the capital of Palestine even though shifting of capital may be the best for both countries. An area between these two capitals will act as a buffer zone and will contain a number of educational institutions and international organisations. The employed staff and their families will be distributed within the two cities.
Administration of the buffer zone will be controlled by a committee of representatives from the educational institutions and the international organisations. They will buy water and power from Israel.
The educational institutes will pay the most dominant role in bringing peace to this region as the future generation of Israelis and Palestinians will be trained from a young age to avoid and discourage violence.
The physical form of the urban renewal in the buffer zone or the education-city will only reflect the philosophy behind it. The urban design guidelines will encourage a contemporary from without discarding the essential qualities of the region's urban morphology.
Hopefully, in 2050, majority of the voters in both countries will be educated in the Jerusalem-edu-city and elect political leaders trained in the non-violent ways of life.
