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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-mayor-no-split-city-has-ever-worked/
Jerusalem Mayor: No Divided City Has Ever Worked
(Times of Israel) Philip Podolsky - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Thursday: "We need to look at the realities and recognize that no split city has ever worked.... Ideologically and practically, Jerusalem cannot and will not be divided." Responding to increasing international pressure to freeze construction in east Jerusalem, Barkat said such moves would harm the interests of all Jerusalemites - including those living in the eastern portions of the city. "When we build, we are building for everyone, including infrastructural projects and schools in east Jerusalem," the mayor said.