A. All unilateral actions aimed at expelling one side, eroding conditions for negotiations and/or sabotaging a resolution must cease immediately. These include construction and expansion of settlements; de facto and de jure annexation steps, including those implied by the separation barrier’s route (the settlement blocs of “Greater Jerusalem”{10}); land registration procedures; violation of the status quo on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif; systemic discrimination in housing and planning policy; evictions and home demolitions; as well as attempts to unilaterally change the city’s demographic composition through the revocation of residency rights, legislation, territorial changes, formal disconnection of the neighborhoods beyond the separation barrier from the city, or through any other means.

B. Extreme caution must be exercised in the deployment of security forces towards civilian populations, and disruptions to daily routines and freedom of movement and expression should be avoided. The asymmetry in control over security measures, which exposes the Palestinian population to discriminatory enforcement, must be taken into account. Those responsible for implementing security measures must provide equal security to Israelis and Palestinians, respect the rights of both populations, and act with fairness, restraint, and devoid of ethnic or political biases. Civilian armament should end.

C. The systemic inequalities affecting East Jerusalem residents must be addressed immediately and significantly by fairly allocating substantial budgets to reduce socio-economic gaps. Any threat to residency status should be removed; building and planning policies should allow Palestinian communities to grow and develop adequately and should respect the integrity and contiguity of Palestinian space.

D. The city’s Palestinian population should be free to build and strengthen their own institutions and entities, and to manage their civic life in as many areas as possible in an autonomous manner and without fear.

E. Living conditions in West Jerusalem must also be markedly improved as a prerequisite for reducing tensions, strengthening personal security, and fostering a horizon for dialogue.

F. Preparations toward an agreement and its implementation should be accompanied by huge investments, along with broad local and international support aimed at strengthening the economy, democracy, human rights, and civil society. Such investments should involve education toward peace; dialogue; interfaith understanding; and the engagement of as many civil entities as possible to support the process based on the principles presented in this paper; as well as the development of socioeconomic and cultural cooperation to foster shared heritage, multiculturalism, hope, and a sense of success.

G. Local neighborhood leadership and infrastructure should be strengthened in order to harness them towards solution-supporting processes and to create the foundations for self-governance.