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December 03, 1993 - Image 24

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WINNING page 23

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in east Jerusalem.
This creation of "facts on the
ground" did not win Mr. Kollek
many friends among East
Jerusalem's Palestinians — for
which he paid in this last elec-
tion; out of 90,000 eligible Arab
voters, only 6.5 percent actu-
ally voted, compared to 47 per-
cent of the city's Jewish
residents.
But for the most part, he was
able during his 28 years in of-
fice to maintain a relative peace
between Jerusalem's Jews and
Arabs. He did so by refraining
from what the Palestinians re-
gard as an outright provocation:
settling Jews in the midst of
Arab neighborhoods, such as
the Muslim Quarter of the Old
City, the village of Silwan, and
other distinctly Arab areas.
This was the policy pursued
by the Likud and parties fur-
ther to the right — especially
the NRP — often with violent
results.
But Mr. Kollek vehemently
opposed it and was quite out-
spoken about his views.
Mr. Olmert, a former Likud
government official, may be a
horse of a different color. He has
pledged to improve services in
Arab east Jerusalem, issue
more building permits for Arab
residents and generally be more
attentive to the needs of east
Jerusalemites. But at the same
time he is intent on taking steps
that will forever preclude any
division of the city along na-
tional lines.
Shmuel Meir, head of the
NRP faction on the new coun-
cil, has already demanded that
"another 100,000 Jews be
brought to east Jerusalem."
Other voices on the right are
pressing to build Jewish hous-
ing in the Arab neighborhoods
of A-Tor and Ras el-Amoud.
These goals, of course, are not
so easily managed. El

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