(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - In an interview, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said: "When Jews came to the Land of Israel, each tribe had a piece of the territory, except Jerusalem. It was not divided among the tribes. For a thousand years, it was managed as a city that all people came to, and they felt, 'Wow, the city belongs to me as much as it belongs to the other tribes.' And Jews and non-Jews alike that used to come to Jerusalem felt respect...for people different from them." "Not one city in the world that was ever divided stayed functional....The vast majority of the Arab residents in Jerusalem do not want the city divided."
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