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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Shas backs Yahav in tight Haifa mayoral race
The Shas ultra-Orthodox party says it will back Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav in upcoming municipal elections, as a battle for the helm of the country’s third largest city heats up, the Walla news site reports.
On Monday, the High Court reversed a decision to ban Einat Kalisch Rotem from running the race. Kalisch Rotem and fellow challenger David Etzioni have been polling neck and neck with Yahav in the race.
Shas sits in the current Haifa city council coalition headed by Yahav, who has been mayor of Haifa since 2003.
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