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Tel Aviv, Jerusalem mayors keep posts; right-wing populists register successes
The municipal elections in Israel yesterday brought no major surprises. In the most interesting political fight this year, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat beat Atty. Moshe Lion, whose candidacy was backed by Shas’s Aryeh Deri and former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. The defeat has implications for the political futures of both politicians: Deri is weaker without…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 23, 2013
Why are Jerusalem leftists voting for a pro-settlement mayor?
Over 5 million Israelis have the right to vote in the municipal elections today. National politics are not as directly reflected in municipal polls as they were in the past – when Likud and Labor used those as platform for securing their parties’ political machines (plus, there just isn’t much of a competition in the…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 22, 2013
‘JPost editor forbids mentioning corruption allegations against Jerusalem mayoral candidate’
According to Seventh Eye, Steve Linde told senior journalists at the Jerusalem Post that on the order of the publisher, allegations involving Moshe Leon should not be discussed in reports of the Jerusalem municipal race. Leon’s candidacy is backed by Avigdor Lieberman. Why did the Jerusalem Post‘s Editor-in-Chief, Steve Linde, instruct his writers not to report…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 27, 2013
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