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Jerusalem Will Never Be Divided, Says City Mayor
(AFP) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has vowed that the city would never be divided to allow the eastern side to become the capital of a future Palestinian state. "It's not going to happen, it's not natural, it's the wrong thing to do from any perspective," he said. "We know that there is not one example of a working model of a split city." Barkat also rejected international criticism of the demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in east Jerusalem and said critics should visit Jerusalem before speaking out. He said the Shepherd Hotel was "owned legally, by Jewish owners, [and] they have asked to develop the land according to the zoning code....They have been granted permission like they would be in any city, in any country in the world." "Anybody trying to freeze [construction] by race - its anti-constitutional, it is double standards, and it is not acceptable."