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Source: http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief2-21.htm
The Palestinian Boycott of Jerusalem's Municipal Political Process
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) - Justus Reid Weiner The lower standard of municipal services in the Arab neighborhoods is a consequence of, not the cause for, the boycott of the municipal political process dictated by the Palestinian leadership. Arab politicians could have made their mark in municipal politics just as ultra-Orthodox Jews have in Jerusalem, and as disadvantaged minority groups have done in democracies elsewhere. The Arab residents of Jerusalem ought to question whether this decades-long boycott, imposed by the Palestinian leadership, has in fact served their interests.