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Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat celebrates with supporters after winning a hard-fought reelection race, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 23, 2013, 7:47 am
After tough campaign, Barkat beats Lion to remain Jerusalem mayor
Incumbents returned in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beit Shemesh and nearly everywhere else; Likud-Beytenu garners just one seat on capital’s council
By Yoel Goldman
Hadera Mayor Haim Avitan leads the city's Purim parade last year (photo credit: courtesy Hadera municipality)
June 9, 2013, 9:59 am
Hadera mayor, top officials held on corruption charges
Police say months-long undercover investigation leads to arrests
By Gavriel Fiske
Acre Mayor Shimon Lankri speaks to the media about the attempted attack on his life (photo credit: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/Flash90)
April 7, 2013, 8:33 am
Local authorities to strike in response to violence against mayors
‘We won’t wait for a mayor to be killed, and we won’t allow criminals to turn Israel into the wild west,’ says union head
By Aaron Kalman
Hadera Mayor Haim Avitan leads the city's Purim parade last year (photo credit: courtesy Hadera municipality)
February 20, 2013, 1:20 am
Hadera mayor’s car torched
Assailant escapes on scooter; municipal storage facility also set ablaze
By Ron Friedman
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