Word: jerusalems
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...another sign of their permanent presence, the Israelis have moved the offices of the Ministry of Justice, the national police and the Jerusalem district court into the eastern sector of the city. Begin has even talked of moving the Premier's offices there. In addition, Israeli governments have built seven huge, utilitarian apartment complexes on the hills and ridges that surround East Jerusalem. Only Jews live in these housing projects. Their population, currently about 52,000, is expected to reach 120,000 by 1988. The Israeli economy has provided jobs for thousands of East Jerusalem's Arabs in the western...
...East Jerusalem Arabs resent the reconstruction of the Old City's Jewish Quarter, which they see as the first step toward reducing the Arab population even further. Somewhat grudgingly, they tolerate other Israeli efforts to tidy up the Old City, like installing a cable network to get rid of unsightly (and somewhat incongruous) TV antennas. Says Mahmud Abu Zalef, editor of the Arab daily Al Quds: "Any improvement in the physical sense that will make Jerusalem more beautiful is okay with me. I don't care who does it. But it should not be done by throwing people...
...planned or supervised most of the improvements in the Old City for the past eleven years: Vienna-born Mayor Teddy Kollek, 67. A pudgy, sometimes abrasive human dynamo, Kollek has a profound sense of the city's history; after the 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, he was instrumental in preventing the Israeli government from tearing down the walls of the Old City. Since then, Kollek has built many parks, play grounds, community centers, libraries and clinics in East Jerusalem, thereby risking the charge by nationalist Israelis that he is "soft" on the Arabs. Kollek, in fact, believes firmly...
During his historic visit to Jerusalem a year ago, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expressed delight at meeting "the world's most famous mayor." Sadat was not far from the mark. For nearly 13 years, ebullient, tough-talking and relentlessly energetic Teddy Kollek, 67, has presided over Jerusalem in an evenhanded, unceremonious way. On election day last week, Kollek halted a breathless, last-minute round of electioneering to talk with Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer and TIME'S Robert Slater about his goals for the city...
...increased vote among the Arabs as a first step toward greater participation in the running of Jerusalem...