Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem

The Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, came to power in 2008, insisting that Jerusalem should forever remain the undivided capital of the Jewish state.

But no city has had a more turbulent history and today it lies at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Palestinians themselves want to establish the capital of their future Palestinian state in at least part of Jerusalem. 

So is Nir Barkat a visionary or is he ignoring reality? He talks to Tim Franks.