Arab Defies PA to Run in Jerusalem Election

(Jerusalem Post) - Etgar Lefkovits Defying a Palestinian Authority order to boycott next month's Jerusalem municipal elections, an Israeli Arab entrepreneur is hoping to become the first Arab elected to the Jerusalem city council. Moussa Elian, 53, from the Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, who ran unsuccessfully five years ago in the last local elections, is running in the June 3 race as the head of the Independent Arab List.


2003-05-13 00:00:00

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