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Source: http://hamodia.com/2016/11/07/barkat-amona-demolition-could-have-major-impact-on-yerushalayim/
Jerusalem Mayor: We Cannot Have One Law for Arabs and Another for Jews
(Hamodia) Dov Benovadia - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat wrote to State Attorney Avichai Mandelblit this week: "It has come to my attention that the legal department has determined that there are similar instances in Jerusalem, especially in Arab neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city, where homes were illegally built on Jewish-owned land. According to the law that would apply to Amona, the city would be obligated to evict thousands of Arab families and demolish their homes." The Jerusalem municipality said that "Mayor Barkat has asked State Attorney Mandelblit to assess the implications of the Amona decision on the city. There are many cases in Jerusalem that are identical to the situation in Amona, where Arabs have built homes on privately owned or municipal land and have lived there for decades. Obviously we cannot have a situation where there is one law for Arabs and another for Jews."