Jerusalem Elects Moshe Lion for Mayor

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Moshe Lion has won the runnoff Jerusalem election for mayor after winning 51.5% of what was a very close vote.

When Jerusalemites went to sleep on Tuesday, Ofer Berkovitch was in the lead with some 8000 votes, but the overnight counting changed those numbers drastically, giving Lion a 6000 vote lead, before the soldier votes are counted.

In Gush Etzion, Shlomo Ne’eman beat Moshe Seville in the runoff vote, winning 56% of the votes.