I just blogged about how Obama and his policy wonks are trying to rip the social fabric of Jerusalem apart in the name of 'liberal' idealism.
Well here's a quick thought for Bibi and Mayor Nir Barakat if they don't want to see the city divided one day: We need more Arabs in municipal jobs in this city. And by municipal jobs I don't mean street cleaners and construction workers. We need more Arab clerks in the various city offices and agencies, more Arabs in the Fire Dept. and maybe even in the Police Force if the security aspects of that could be adequately worked out through rigorous screening and assigning non-weapons holding jobs.
In fact, Arabs make yup roughly 30% of the city's population - I think we need a program in place that tries to get their representation in municipal jobs to an equal level to their overall demographic numbers. Not only is this the right thing to do, it will go a long way towards assuring a greater participation in the city's civic life and make sure Arab residents are as opposed to splitting this singular city in two as most of Jerusalem's Jewish residents are.
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