23.12.2011                      27.Kislev. 5772                       Channuka 3

Jerusalem:

Barkat seeks support to redesign J'lem borders

J'lem mayor speaks with rabbis from national religious community on initiative that would relinquish parts of city.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat spoke with rabbis from the national-religious community this week in an effort to garner support for a land swap that would relinquish parts of the city.
In a speech at a National Defense College alumni event last week, Barkat suggested that small parts of municipal that lie on the Palestinian Authority side of the security barrier should be under the PA’s jurisdiction rather than that of the municipality, which has trouble providing services and accessing those areas due to the security situation….