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Jerusalem Mayor: Freezing Construction in Israel's Capital Makes No Sense

(Jerusalem Post) Daniel K. Eisenbud - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the Jerusalem Post that ongoing international pressure to freeze construction in Israel's capital is unconstitutional, impractical and nonsensical. He said, "When the American administration or the Europeans come and talk about freezing building in Jerusalem, I pose questions for them: 'Freeze all the infrastructure for the Arab residents? Freeze building the schools? Do not give the Arabs [building] permits?...Or, God forbid, do you mean that I have to ask somebody whether he is Jewish or not to determine whether I freeze his construction?'"
2016-12-09 00:00:00
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