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Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem

Tim Franks speaks to Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat, who came to power in 2008 insisting that Jerusalem should forever remain the undivided capital of the Jewish state.

The Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat came to power in 2008 insisting that Jerusalem should forever remain the undivided capital of the Jewish state. But no city has had a more turbulent history and it lies today at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians themselves want to establish the capital of their future Palestinian state in at least part of Jerusalem. So is Nir Barkat a visionary or is he ignoring reality? He talks to Tim Franks.

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