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Jerusalem City Council Coalition
by Betzalel Kahn

The Jerusalem City Council approved Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky's new coalition in a majority vote last week in addition to the appointment of deputy mayors, a permanent alternate for the mayor, administrative committees and chairman for the various committees.

The new coalition is comprised of United Torah Jewry, Shas, the Mafdal. The Likud was supposed to join but could not because of internal difficulties at the last minute. It is expected to join soon. Meretz is also expected to join the coalition, after its party institutions approve an agreement reached with the mayor on the executive tasks the party will receive.

At a City Council meeting held last Thursday night in the City Council hall the Mayor repeatedly called on City Council Member Nir Barkat to join the broad coalition. Rabbi Lupoliansky expressed his regret that Barkat demanded the title of permanent deputy mayor as a precondition for joining the coalition. Rabbi Lupoliansky offered Barkat a high-level economic portfolio including commerce and tourism, which would have allowed him to realize his vision of bringing industry and enterprise to Jerusalem, but Barkat declined.

The new deputy mayors approved by the City Council include Rabbi Uri Maklev (UTJ), Rabbi Yehoshua Pollack (UTJ), Rabbi Shlomi Attias (Shas), Rabbi Eliezer Simchayof (Shas), and Shmuel Shakedi (Mafdal). Yigal Amedi (Likud), who will also serve as alternate mayor, is also to be a deputy mayor once Likud joins.

Deputy Mayor Rabbi Uri Maklev will be in charge of chareidi education; Deputy Mayor Rabbi Yehoshua Pollack will be in charge of the department of city planning (except for business licensing); Deputy Mayor Rabbi Shlomi Attias will be in charge of welfare, the section for urban beautification and chairman of the interdepartmental committee for educational welfare; Deputy Mayor Rabbi Eliezer Simchayof will be in charge of the treasury; Alternate Mayor and Deputy Mayor Yigal Amedi is to be in charge of culture, the sports authority and communal administrations and neighborhoods; and Deputy Mayor Shmuel Shakedi will be in charge of education.

Other portfolios also approved by the City Council included Rabbi Avraham Feiner, Torah culture; Rabbi Yaakov Shnor, transportation and engineering services; Rabbi Shlomo Rosenstein, public health services; Rabbi Yosef Lok, public buildings; Rabbi Shlomo Malik, in charge of the city hotline and resident services; Rabbi Yosef Levi, chareidi services; Rabbi Shlomo Barska (Shas), chareidi sport; Mina Fenton (Mafdal), foreign relations, the Jewish people, the Jewish legacy and other portfolios; David Hadari (Mafdal), in charge of youth movements, youth organizations, the elderly, community work, the Nahal Brigade and East Jerusalem; Yoram Karshi (Likud), emergency and security.

 

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