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NEWS
Appeal to High Court to Disqualify Shderot Religious
Council Composition
by B. Rabinowitz
The Gesher Lev party in the Shderot City Council, headed by
Attorney Yosef Pinchas Cohen, appealed last week to the High
Court, demanding that it disqualify the makeup of the city
Religious Council even though had been officially approved
by Religious Affairs Minister Yossi Beilin.
In the appeal filed by Attorney Eyal Nun, the High Court was
asked to issue a restraining order and to arrange the
election of a balanced Religious Council makeup, one
according appropriate representation to all religious groups
in the city as well as a representative on behalf of the
local rabbinate.
The ten-page petition focuses mainly on disqualification of
the candidacy of Moshe Peretz, a member of the Labor Party
Central Committee. This is the party of Religious Affairs
Minister Yossi Beilin. The petition claims that Peretz has
helped advance many party issues in Shderot and even
contributed one of the buildings he owns for party
activities in the city.
At this stage, publication of the Council composition in the
official records has been delayed due to the resignation of
the Shas representative, Yitzhak Yifrach. Mayor of Shderot,
Eli Moyal, has announced his intention to convene the City
Council to elect a candidate to replace Yifrach. In this
way, he hopes to pave the way for Beilin's approval of the
new Religious Council composition.
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