JERUSALEM — Hoping to shake up Jerusalem City Hall, an Arab political list has qualified for the first time to run in the capital’s municipal election.
Sundus El-Khot, a lecturer, teacher and facilitator living in western Jerusalem, filed the final paperwork on Friday, including a slate of 18 candidates and 750 signatures of support from the public for the list called Kol Ezraheha (All of Its Citizens). Given Palestinian opposition to participating in Israeli politics and historic low turnout, recruiting candidates and getting the signatures was a tall order.
