Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni defended his decision Thursday, saying, "I have nothing against Arab Israelis, they work with us throughout the year and do construction for us." However, he said, when tensions are high, just as Jews should be prevented from entering the Temple Mount , "by the same measure, I think it is wrong to allow Arab workers into the kindergartens," Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. In a more strongly worded statement, Shimoni, who is mayor of the city of Ashkelon, which is close to the border with the Gaza Strip, told Channel Two television: "Whoever thinks this is...
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