That's it: Interior Minister opposes division of Beit Shemesh

After numerous false reports, today (Wednesday) Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar dispersed the fog, and announced finally that the distribution of Beit Shemesh is not on the agenda.

Due to the initiative of the factors in Beit Shemesh to divide the city in two, following the election results, MK Porush sent a month ago a letter to Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar, which called him to reject this proposal outright.

Today Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar responded to Porush's request and announced that the matter "is not on the agenda".

At Mayor Moshe Aboutbul's offce satisfaction with the announcement was expressed: "This was a fallen idea staged just to bash the mayor and it is for the good that it went off the agenda. The mayor continues his blessed work to benefit all city residents regardless."

In the letter sent last month Porush wrote: "In recent days rumors have been going around which speak of an intention on the part of certain factors to lead to the division of the city of Beit Shemesh into two parts - Haredi and secular. The mere idea - is liable to be rejected outright, after the selection process was conducted in a completely democratic way and the electorate has spoken again".

Porush continued to hint in his letter on legal provocation planned in advance to disrupt the preliminary results at Beit Shemes, and the cynical use of perversity for falsifying results, and warns against artificial modification of the will of residents by dividing the city.

"It's no secret that the subject of Beit Shemesh caused interested parties to overturn the world and forced the city into new elections," wrote Rabbi Porush in his letter. "As we know the polling stations in the city were open from early morning to late evening unhindered and without any complaint, and every resident was entitled to exercise his elementary right and vote for the preferred candidate. Ultimately it became clear that the incumbent Mayor Rabbi Moshe Aboutbul was again elected as mayor."

"Now, as I heard, they are asking you, as interior minister, to announce the division of Beit Shemesh into two parts, and I hope that this proposal will be rejected outright."

Porush ended his letter with a warning that the division of the city will inevitably lead to a wave of similar applications in Jerusalem to divide it. "This idea," Porush writes, "could lead to a similar request of the division of Jerusalem into three parts: a part for the secular, for Haredim and for Arabs." In conclusion, he wrote: " I ask you to reject any request for distribution of Beit Shemesh which is contrary to the will of the residents and all its purpose is to perpetuate the hostility and controversy in the city."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!