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Jerusalem Chooses Secular Mayor

Nir Barkat, a former high-tech business executive, has been elected Jerusalem’s mayor and is “determined to save the city.”  He has brought new hope, because he is a secularist and not Orthodox, unlike his predecessor.
He was born in Jerusalem and has degrees in computer science and business management. He later founded the BRM group, which [...]

Jerusalem Bus Stop Incident “not deliberate”

The family of the 19 year old Palestinian, Qassem Mughrabi, who drove into a bus stop and injured 19 Israelis claim that the driver was not intending to carry out a terrorist attack. After driving into the bus stop, the teen was shot dead by soldiers who were waiting at there. The family asserts that [...]