The Jerusalem City Council last night failed to adopt a motion that would have forced Mayor Teddy Kollek to get its advance approval of any statement he might make on security matters or foreign policy. The motion, if passed, would have been in effect, a censure of the Mayor for his outspoken criticism of Government bureaucracy, particularly in its dealings with Arab residents of East Jerusalem. Mayor Kollek was also sharply critical of the way in which the Army blew up two buildings in East Jerusalem that were owned by a captured leader of the El Fatah terrorist gang.
Mayor Kollek explained at the Council meeting that his criticism of bureaucratic delays in finding housing and employment for some East Jerusalem Arabs reflected the views of the city’s residents as he saw them and not necessarily those of the City Council.
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