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Nir Barkat

Ex-Jerusalem Mayor Barkat Wants to Be Netanyahu’s Successor as Likud Leader
Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has declared that he sees himself as the best successor to Benjamin Netanyahu as Likud’s leader. Speaking to Ynet, Barkat “for the first time declared himself as the heir to the […]

UNRWA Will Continue to Provide Services in Occupied Jerusalem
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) dismissed, on Thursday, threats by the Israeli mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, to close down its operations in occupied East Jerusalem. In early October, […]

UNRWA Concerned about Israeli Plan to Stop its Work in Jerusalem
The UN Works and Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has expressed its concern about a statement made by Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barkat, that he would stop the organization’s operations in the occupied city. UNRWA’s […]

Israel to Close UNRWA Schools in Jerusalem to End Refugee ‘Lie’
Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, yesterday announced that he plans to remove the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees from occupied East Jerusalem, accusing it of “operating illegally and promoting incitement against Israel”. Following […]