Barkat ‘Puts Another Nail in Jerusalem’s Coffin’

Jerusalem Councilman and Israel Land Fund (ILF) Director Arieh King warned on Monday morning that Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is on the verge of passing a new plan, which will whitewash illegal Arab construction in the capital and threaten the fragile demographic balance of the city.

 

King, who has long warned against Barkat’s policies that he says constitute a de facto divide of Jerusalem, noted Barkat on Monday morning is “trying to put another nail in the coffin of Jerusalem as a unified city under Israeli sovereignty.”

 

Barkat is to present before the District Planning and Construction Committee of the Interior Ministry a plan, entitled Plan 30006, to whitewash illegal Arab construction in the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood located just east of the Jewish neighborhood East Talpiyot.

 

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