The new municipal council of Jerusalem will be formally installed here tomorrow in the presence of Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, High Commissioner of Palestine.
The new council will consist of six Jews and a like number of Arabs, with Dr. Hussein Fakri El Khaldi, a Moslem Arab, as mayor. Daniel Auster, a Jew, and Jacob Farrej, a Christian Arab, are the vice mayors.
The new Arab mayor, contrary to his predecessor, will receive the support of the Jewish population, which forms a majority in Jerusalem. It was at first expected that the Jews would demand that the mayor of Jerusalem be a Jew. Jewish leaders have, however, agreed to Dr. Khaldi’s appointment.
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