In this regard we strongly urge the Israeli government not to confiscate land, build and expand settlements, demolish Palestinian homes or revoke Palestinian Jerusalemites' residency rights. Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem are under threat. We urge our leaders to take immediate steps of confidence building in Jerusalem so that our peoples will not be frustrated but will retain their hope for peace. We encourage our two peoples, Israelis and Palestinians, and the three faith communities to develop a strategy of peace-education that is based on justice and reconciliation. Such education should engender respect for the identity, religious tradition and culture of the other.
Peace education is effective when it is backed up by acts of concrete peace-making.
Not only the formal educational system but also families, politicians, mass media, synagogues, churches and mosques should give this task of peace education a high priority so that the animosity dividing people in Jerusalem will be overcome and the two peoples may live in reconciled security. We urge the government of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority to regain the momentum towards peace according to UN resolutions 242 and 338, the Declaration of Principles in 1993 and subsequent agreements in order that our peoples may enjoy their national and human rights as God meant it to be. We are convinced that meetings such as ours contribute to the reconciliatory process and should continue with as broad a participation as possible. Joint action in the name of our Abrahamic heritages is essential to translate our principles into reality, so that Jerusalem may be the paradigm of coexistence.