The post of mayor and 30 city council seats were at stake in determining Jerusalem’s future.
Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?
I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.
With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.
"The participation of a Palestinian list in the occupation's municipal elections in Jerusalem is a shameless normalization that serves the plans of the occupation," read the announcement.
Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of the municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat with Rabbi Pear to discuss his entry into politics, as well as what he hopes to advance on the city council.
Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat down with Laura Wharton and discussed her positions and goals she hopes to advance as part of Yossi Havilio’s Jerusalem Union.
“It’s time to choose: A messianic Jerusalem or an Israeli Jerusalem?”
Results are not expected the night or even the morning after the elections but rather a few days later – and at the latest on Sunday, March 3.
In the haredi sector, there four lists competing against each other for seats on the Jerusalem city council.
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