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'''Nir Barkat''' was elected Mayor of Jerusalem in November 2008. He is a high-tech entrepreneur millionaire and a secularist. | '''Nir Barkat''' was elected Mayor of Jerusalem in November 2008. He is a high-tech entrepreneur millionaire and a secularist. | ||
| − | He rejects the idea that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state and has supported controversial proposals for an area in the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan to be turned into an archaeological park.<ref>[http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/nir_barkat/index.html Nir Barkat], New York Times, accessed 19 Sept 2012</ref> | + | He rejects the idea that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state and has supported controversial proposals for an area in the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan to be turned into an archaeological park.<ref>[http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/nir_barkat/index.html Nir Barkat], New York Times, accessed 19 Sept 2012</ref> Barkat is also Honorary Chairman of the [[Jerusalem Foundation]]. |
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| − | Barkat is also Honorary Chairman of the [[Jerusalem Foundation]]. | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jerusalem Foundation]] | [[World Zionist Organization]] rep on the board of the [[Jewish Agency for Israel]] |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Israel]] | [[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Israel]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:54, 1 March 2019
Nir Barkat was elected Mayor of Jerusalem in November 2008. He is a high-tech entrepreneur millionaire and a secularist.
He rejects the idea that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state and has supported controversial proposals for an area in the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan to be turned into an archaeological park.[1] Barkat is also Honorary Chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Affiliations
- Jerusalem Foundation | World Zionist Organization rep on the board of the Jewish Agency for Israel
Notes
- ↑ Nir Barkat, New York Times, accessed 19 Sept 2012
