John Kiss
Author Samuel Thrope criticized Kiss' portrayal of an ideal Jerusalem, stating that "depicting the church, mosque, and synagogue as sharing the same urban space is not a replacement for, and will not bring about, a just solution to the violence and oppression that plague this city." Thrope blamed the artist for disengagement from the political reality of the city as one of "graft, poverty, demolitions, oppression, hate" and called Kiss' approach "a counterfeit coin."