These days, when the title of legal adviser raises the threshold of excitement from all sides of the political map, things are a little more sensitive.
Lion would like a secular, left-leaning woman for the slot to attract a secular audience to vote for his list. But so far, no one has been selected.
EasTech is a hi-tech complex on Saleh a-Din Street that will host hi-tech companies for free in exchange for hiring programmers from east Jerusalem. Israeli politicians' arrivals complicated things.
There have been some posters, some exposure on the media networks, and occasionally a few private salon get-togethers – but the big “action” has not happened yet.
What is on the agenda now is feeling among some of the city’s residents that the ultra-Orthodox representatives are establishing facts on the ground and preparing to deepen their influence.
Jerusalem city councilors Laura Wharton and Yossi Havilio failed to unite their lists and run together, but their platforms are largely similar.
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