(+Video) Mayor of Tel Aviv Tells the Media His City is Cool — but not Israel’s Capital

Yarden Frankl..
Honest Reporting/Backspin..
24 July '12..

Yesterday we met with Ron Huldai, the Mayor of Tel Aviv. We asked him about the various efforts by the media to label his city as Israel’s capital. He is very proud of his city, but was absolutely clear about the issue of Israel’s capital.

He mentioned that although Tel Aviv is one of the “coolest” cities in the world, it is NOT Israel’s capital.

Since we had spent the whole day on the streets of the city, asking residents if THEY thought their city was the capital, we disagreed strongly with his characterization that the city is “cool.” It’s actually really, really hot! (You can watch our hunt for Israel’s capital next week.)

But, we do concur wholeheartedly that Tel Aviv is NOT Israel’s capital.

You can find all sorts of things in this amazing city. After all, it is the financial and cultural center of Israel. From high tech start-ups to beautiful beaches to the third largest sushi market in the world per capita (behind Tokyo and New York,) Tel Aviv has a lot to be proud of.

But it’s not the capital of Israel.

That has always been Jerusalem.

Just ask the Mayor.



Link: http://honestreporting.com/tel-aviv-mayor-denies-media-claim/

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