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NEWS
Jerusalem: UTJ Signs Jerusalem Coalition Agreement
By G. Lazer and Yechiel Sever
UTJ signed a coalition agreement with Jerusalem Mayor Nir
Barkat that includes a pledge to uphold the religious status
quo and the city's Jewish character, and to form a
partnership in running the city and seeing to the needs of
all its residents, including the educational and religious
needs of Jerusalem's chareidi sector. The move and the
subsequent decisions were made after consulting with
gedolei Yisroel shlita.
"I'm hoping and praying for siyata deShmaya in working
with my colleagues to meet the many needs of the chareidi
sector in Jerusalem," said Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus, Degel
HaTorah's party leader in Jerusalem, after the signing of the
agreement on Monday, "and to maintain the achievements the
chareidi public has made in recent years, and to improve the
educational facilities and the botei knesses from the
condition some of them are in."
With eight councilmen, UTJ is the largest party on the city
council and will receive eight portfolios and two committees,
including Chareidi Education, City Beautification, as well as
the Sanitation portfolio and the chairmanships of the
Allotment Committee and the Planning Works Submission
Committee. The party will also be given a deputy mayor right
away and another deputy post following the reinstatement of
the old law for the appointment of eight deputies in the
Jerusalem Municipality rather than the current seven.
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