Nir Barkat - Israeli politics

Video: Jerusalem’s new mayor

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 Secular candidate wins Jerusalem mayor race 
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A secular Jewish businessman is set to become the next mayor of Jerusalem.

Nir Barkat won over 50 per cent of the vote in local elections, bringing an end to five years of ultra-orthodox Jewish control.

Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports.

 
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