tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post7119675006741612992..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: And the Winner of the Jerusalem Election is....Jameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-12895036367583021922008-11-13T13:51:00.000+02:002008-11-13T13:51:00.000+02:00PP, maybe you should make your vote a strategic on...PP, maybe you should make your vote a strategic one in the General Election. Take one for the team?<BR/><BR/>Yellow BoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-38408880676892286262008-11-12T10:11:00.000+02:002008-11-12T10:11:00.000+02:00I'm in shock that someone I voted for actually won...I'm in shock that someone I voted for actually won an election- this hasn't happened to me since I made Aliya! Just as well I didn't go for Dan Biron...<BR/><BR/>UTJ apparently have the majority in the Moatza, though. Things are going to be interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-67987030254303130582008-11-12T07:05:00.000+02:002008-11-12T07:05:00.000+02:00Baruch hashem, Barkat won. I think it's a much, mu...Baruch hashem, Barkat won. I think it's a much, much better choice. I hope he is able to really turn the city around and at the end of his term, I hope he will leave a better mark than just silly signs marking each neighborhood.Commenter Abbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753256568022159103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-79337281605847748252008-11-12T01:15:00.000+02:002008-11-12T01:15:00.000+02:00From the JTA:While Jerusalem’s current mayor, the ...From the JTA:<BR/><BR/><I>While Jerusalem’s current mayor, the haredi Uri Lupolianski, is widely seen as sympathetic to secular concerns, his would-be successor, Porush, is not thought to have the same sympathies.</I><BR/><BR/>See there Chareidim, Tafasta merubah lo tafasta...<BR/><BR/>As for the rest of us, there's no doubt that in a hundred ways Porush would be a more welcomed choice than Barkat but in the one thing that matters most - that non-religious Israelis don't "write off" Jerusalem - it's probably a darn good thing that Porush lost. <BR/><BR/>Worse comes to worst, Barkat's less-than-Jerusalem-centric choices or feelings will only inspire a Zionistic backlash among chareidim and thus bring the coming-majority-community into greater alliance with Zionistic ideas, beliefs and goals.<BR/><BR/>mnuezmnuezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328856077944673860noreply@blogger.com