Right-wing Jewish activists vow to sabotage east Jerusalem vote

Right-wing Jewish activists vow to sabotage east Jerusalem vote

AFP
Date: 01-06-05

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A far-right member of Jerusalem's Israeli municipal council vowed to sabotage the Palestinian presidential election in the holy city's Arab sector by blocking access to the polling stations.

"There will be several hundred of us coming to pay bills, buy stamps and thus create long queues inside and outside the post offices" where the polling is due to take place, David Adari told Israeli army radio.

Adari, a member of the pro-settler National Religious Party, explained that the aim of the operation is to delay the voting process and dissuade east Jerusalem Palestinians from taking part in Sunday's election.

The radio said several Arab Israeli members of parliament made an urgent plea to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, asking him to take the necessary measures to prevent the sabotage attempt.

Some members of the Israeli government had been reluctant to allow the residents of east Jerusalem to take part in the ballot for fear that it would undermine negotiations towards a final status agreement.

However Sharon agreed after heavy international pressure to allow voting via post offices in a repeat of the procedure used in the previous election in 1996.

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