Upper Nazareth ex-mayor Shimon Gapso adds some gravity (and maybe a bit of hyperbole) to the elections, saying the vote for him is “a matter of life and death.”
Gapso, recently removed from office recently for bribery, has run a campaign vowing to protect the Jewish character of the city, which some have said has raised tensions in the development town, which sits next to Nazareth, an Arab town popular with Christians.
Upper Nazareth Mayor Shimon Gapso in court in 2010. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
“I will live, I will prove my innocence and win this round of elections,” he tells Maariv. “I know the head of a local council who had a brain hemorrhage and afterward they cleared him. I intend to stay healthy and prove to everyone that I am not guilty.”
“I would rather cut off my right arm than build an Arab school,” he told the paper.
“No, no, no. No mosques, ever,” he added. “And no Christmas trees.”
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