Jerusalem Mayor Barkat said to seek national office

23 August 2015, 8:40 pm

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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is said to be preparing a run for Knesset and national office, Channel 10 reports.

Barkat has worked hard in recent weeks to sign up thousands of supporters as Likud members, a group he hopes will form the nucleus of support that will put him on the party’s Knesset list in the next legislative elections, the television news outlet says.

His supporters reportedly come from beyond Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, including from major Likud-leaning cities like Ashdod and Ashkelon.

If Netanyahu does not run again for prime minister, Barkat is said to be planning to throw his hat into the ring for the party’s — and possibly the country’s — top spot.